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A small near Quarter sized 9D Silver coin. Alfonso XI a Fighting King! Stopped the Moorish Invasion of Europe Only King to DIE of the BLACK DEATH

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The Moors controlled the area later known as Spain since the 800's.
King Alfonso XI lived 1312-1350.
Alfonso XI was a fighting King that STOPPED the Moorish invasion of Europe!
The two Cities he controled Leon and Castille eventuallly became Spain in 1501.
Alfonso XI was the only European King to die of the Black Death!
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His father King Ferdinand IV died in 1311. Alfonso XI was born in 1312! His mother was Queen Constance of Portugal.
In Medieval times a person gained rights as a adult at age 15!
At age 15, he fired his Tutors and; BECAME KING AT 15! (1327) .