Death of Alfonso I the Battler

September 10, 1134

The king of Aragon and Navarre died on campaign after a disastrous defeat against the Almoravids at Fraga. He left his kingdom in his will to the three military orders of the Holy Land, a bequest his nobles immediately ignored in favor of his brother Ramiro the Monk. The Battler's reign had pushed the Reconquista further than any Aragonese king before him, but his bizarre testament threatened to undo everything.