 Twice, in 1098 and 1104, the elaborate dating clause "the king Don Alfonso reigning in Toledo and ruling ("imperante") the Christians and the Pagans in all the kingdoms of Spain" is used.The "Historia silense", written shortly after his reign in the ambit of the Leonese royal court, refers to Alfonso twice as the "orthodox Spanish emperor" ("ortodoxus Yspanus imperator").Alfonso's imperial title was recognised outside of his kingdom.