Robert Southey translated the chronicles about this man into English in 1808.  He briefly survived under King Zaragoza before betraying him and fighting off Almoravid attacks for the last five years of his life.  As recorded in the Historia Roderici 
Robert Southey translated the chronicles about this man into English in 1808.  He briefly survived under King Zaragoza before betraying him and fighting off Almoravid attacks for the last five years of his life.  As recorded in the Historia Roderici his principal feat was the capture of Valencia after having been banished by a jealous Alfonso the Sixth.  Originally named Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, FTP, name this subject of Corneille's most famous drama, the man considered Spain's national hero.
Robert Southey translated the chronicles about this man into English in 1808.  
El Cid