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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: 1175 births, 1175 by country, 1175 crimes, 1175 deaths, 1175 establishments, 1175 in Europe, 1175 in law, Edmund Rich, Ponce de Minerva, Ly Anh Tong, Margaret of Hungary, Mleh, Prince of Armenia, Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France, J do sh, Michael Scot, Chion-in, Yolanda of Flanders, Henry of France, Archbishop of Reims, Alan of Galloway, Philip I of Namur, Treaty of Windsor 1175, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Ildeniz, Bhoja II, Alexander of Villedieu, Ibn 'Asakir, Reginald de Dunstanville, 1st Earl of Cornwall, Seisyll ap Dyfnwal, List of state leaders in 1175, Cadell ap Gruffydd, Frederick of Hallum, Gerard de Furnival, Roger III of Sicily, Peire Vidal, Henry I of Rodez, H j Tokifusa, William Pinchon, Manfred I, Marquess of Saluzzo, Eliezer ben Samuel, 1175 in Ireland. Excerpt: Ponce de Minerva (1114/5 - 27 July 1175) was a nobleman, courtier, governor, and general serving, at the same and different times, the kingdoms of Leon and Castile. Originally from Occitania, he came as a young man to Leon (1127), where he was raised probably in close connexion to the royal family. His public career, first as a courtier and knight in the military retinue of Alfonso VII of Leon and Castile, began in 1140. By later historians he was implicated in the strife between Alfonso's successors, Sancho III of Castile and Ferdinand II of Leon, but he was generally loyal to the latter, although from 1168 to 1173 he was in voluntary exile serving Alfonso VIII of Castile. Ponce had a long and distinguished military career. He participated in at least twelve campaigns, more than half of them campaigns of Reconquista fought against the Moors, but also campaigns against Navarre (1140), Portugal (1141), and Castile (1162 and 1163), as well as one famous campaign against some Castilian rebels, in which he was captured. He acquir...
