Following the death of his mother, queen <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urraca_of_León" id="mwGw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Urraca of León">Urraca of León</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_VII_of_León_and_Castile" id="mwHA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alfonso VII of León and Castile">Alfonso VII</a> is proclaimed king of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_León" id="mwHQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kingdom of León">León</a>.<sup about="#mwt23" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-2"}}' id="cite_ref-2" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_8#cite_note-2" id="mwHg" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwHw">[2]</span></a></sup>
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