Spain celebrate the 900th anniversary of the coronation of King Alfonso I with the issue of a new stamp on 12th November. The stamp features Jose Bueno's 7ft sculpture of the Aragonese king which can be found in the Buenavista park in Zaragoza.
Alfonso I was crowned King of Aragon and Navarre in 1104, succeeding his brother Pedro I. He became a great soldier and was known as the Battler, he would then would go onto become regarded as one of the most important Aragonese Monarchs following the kingdom’s territorial expansion during his reign.
King Alfonso I died in 1134 after he was seriously injured during the siege of Fraga which he fought against his stepson Alfonso VII of Castile, bequeathing his kingdom to the Knights Templars and the Hospitallers. This caused uproar among the nobility who insisted that successors to the throne had to originate from the same lineage as the deceased monarch. Alfonso’s brother Ramiro II the Monk, was therefore installed as King of Aragon and Garcia Ramirez the Restorer, as King of Navarre.
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