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ALBORNOZ, GIL ALVAREZ DE

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ALBORNOZ, GIL See also:ALVAREZ DE , See also:Spanish See also:cardinal, was See also:born at See also:Cuenca See also:early in the 14th See also:century. He was the son of Gil Alvarez de Albornoz and of Dona Teresa de See also:Luna, See also:sister of Kimeno de Luna, See also:archbishop of See also:Toledo. He was educated at Saragosa, while his See also:uncle was See also:bishop of that see, and studied See also:law at See also:Toulouse. The powerful See also:influence of his See also:family opened him a public career early in See also:life. He was made See also:archdeacon of Calatrava, and became a member of the See also:king's See also:council while See also:young. In 133 7 he was chosen archbishop of Toledo in See also:succession to his uncle by the favour of the king, See also:Alphonso XI. At the See also:battle of See also:Tarifa he fought against a See also:great invasion from See also:Africa in 1340, and at thedes Xirchenstaates, by Dr H. J. Wurm (1892).

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