ACCORDING TO THE CHRONICLES OF THE RECONQUEST,
PEDRO WAS THE SON OF THE BYZANTINE EMPEROR
ISAAC KOMNENOS AND HAD TRAVELLED TO THE IBERIAN
PENINSULA TO FREE CHRISTENDOM FROM THE INVADERS. THE
CHRONICLES RELATE THAT PEDRO ÁLVAREZ, THE BYZANTINE
PRINCE, EVEN FOUGHT ALONGSIDE THE FAMOUS RODRIGO
DIAZ DE VIVAR, BETTER KNOWN BY HIS NICKNAME
“EL CID”. KING ALFONSO VI REWARDED PEDRO ÁLVAREZ FOR HIS
BRAVERY WITH PROPERTIES AND TITLES, MARKING THE
FOUNDING OF THE HOUSE OF ÁLVAREZ DE TOLEDO.
PAGES AND PAGES
OF HISTORY
LET US TRANSPORT OURSELVES A FEW CENTURIES LATER,
TO THE XVTH CENTURY, AS SPAIN IS UNIFIED UNDER KING
FERDINAND AND QUEEN ISABELLA. THE ARISTOCRATIC
ÁLVAREZ DE TOLEDO FAMILY ALREADY REIGNS OVER
THOUSANDS OF SQUARE KILOMETERS IN DIFFERENT
PART OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA. A NEW MEMBER
OF THE FAMILY, DUKE FADRIQUE, IS ABOUT TO MARK
A NEW PAGE IN THE HISTORY OF SPAIN. RELATED BY
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Rouge et or – Chroniques de la reconquête espagnole 1937-1938.
Bauer, Eddy. Victor Attinger Editions , First publication: 1938.