 A closer source, the contemporary "Annales cameracenses", written by Lambert of Waterlos (died "c".1170), do suggest wider European recognition of Alfonso's imperial stature.Under the year 1159 they refer to "our emperor" (the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederick I), the "Constantinopolitan emperor" (the Byzantine Emperor, Manuel I), and the "emperor of Galicia", that is, Alfonso VII.Alfonso VII's usual title from 1136 on was simply "Emperor Alfonso" with a list of those regions he presumed to rule