THIS MONTH , WE TAKE YOU BEHIND THE SCENES TO MEET ONE OF SPAIN ’ S GREAT NOBLE FAMILIES AND DISCOVER THEIR UNPARALLELLED OIL WITH A UNIQUE STORY .
THE ROOTS OF THE HOUSE OF ÁLVAREZ DE TOLEDO
OUR JOURNEY BEGINS SOME 1,000 YEARS AGO , IN 1085 TO BE EXACT . THAT YEAR , THE FIRST ÁLVAREZ WHOSE NAME WAS RECORDED IN HISTORY , PEDRO , COUNT OF CARRIÓN , FOUGHT ALONGSIDE KING ALFONSO VI TO TAKE BACK THE CITY OF TOLEDO FROM THE MOORS . AFTER THIS VICTORY , PEDRO ÁLVAREZ STAYED IN TOLEDO AS MAYOR AND REPRESENTATIVE OF THE THE KING . FROM THEN ON , THE APPELLATIVE “ DE TOLEDO ” WAS ADDED TO THE NAME OF THE ÁLVAREZ LINEAGE .
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