Charlton Heston in = El Cid

In June 1998, Charlton Heston was elected president of the National Rifle Association, for which he had posed for ads holding a rifle. He delivered a jab at then-President Clinton, saying, "America doesn't trust you with our 21-year-old daughters, and we sure, Lord, don't trust you with our guns."

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[UnitedOffensiveIII]

My deepest sympathy to his Family and all that knew this fearless fighter of integrity,in all he touched, and the roles he took on.

He stood up for his beliefs and gave his all. How many of us can say the same of ourselves. He ilk will be sorely missed.

[UnitedOffensiveIII]

By this time, the Cid was an adult. in 1067, he fought alongside Sancho against the Moorish stronghold of Zaragoza, making its emir al-Muqtadir a vassal of Sancho. In the spring of 1063, he fought in the Battle of Graus, where Ferdinand's half-brother, Ramiro I of Aragon, was laying siege to the Moorish town of Graus which was in Zaragozan lands. Al-Muqtadir, accompanied by Castilian troops including the Cid, fought against the Aragonese.

[UnitedOffensiveIII]

The party would emerge victorious; Ramiro I was killed and the Aragonese fled the field. One legend has said that during the conflict El Cid killed an Aragonese knight in single combat, giving him the honorific title of "El Cid Campeador".

[UnitedOffensiveIII]

Rodrigo (or Ruy) Díaz de Vivar (Vivar (Burgos) c. 1044--Valencia, 10 July 1099), known as El Cid Campeador, was a Castilian nobleman, military leader and gifted diplomat, who after being exiled, conquered and governed the city of Valencia. Rodrigo Díaz was educated in the royal court of Castile and became the alférez, or chief general, of Alfonso VI, and his most valuable asset in the fight against the Moors.

[UnitedOffensiveIII]

The nickname "El Cid" comes from the Spanish article "El", which means "The" and the dialectal Arab word سيد "sïdi" or sayyid, which means "Lord". So "El Cid" could be translated as "The Lord". As explained later in the article, the title "Campeador" is a vulgar Latin word that could be translated as "master of military arts".

[UnitedOffensiveIII]

Eventually, the Christian kingdoms in the north began a long fight to win Spain back from the Moors. This period, from 718 to 1491, is known as the Reconquest. The two most powerful kingdoms in northern Spain were Castile and Aragon. When Queen Isabella of Castile and King Ferdinand of Aragon married in 1469, they united their forces. Isabella and Ferdinand finally drove the Moors out of Spain when they captured the kingdom of Granada, the Moors´ last stronghold, in 1492.

[El7IncA]

FOR GOD, EL CID AND SPAIN!!!....

[arisell]

Por Dios, El Cid y España!

[kingslegion1]

one of the GREATEST movies ever made.. full of honor and manhood.

[jstarwars360]

reminds me of Moses

[MachuPicchuTours]

Kool video, thanks for sharing !!!

Saludos from MACHU PICCHU Peru

[arsofe]

Where's the whole movie?

[dmtau]

Dmtau just tell the truth,you don't like , that is your problem. . . .You or who ever never can change the past ! The people day after day better.. .when people know they were wrong ! You don't. . .so you are stupid.

[lycans101]

dmtau you idiot stop talking

[dmtau]

Charlton Heston. . idiot one!Fictions movie. . . how the death body on the horse. .no ways no matter you do. . .Welding to the horse?

[MIT1369]

I can't think of a better man to portray The Cid. God Bless him.