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2 unusual facts about Gonzalo Ruiz


Gonzalo Rodríguez

Gonzalo Ruiz (died 1205), also known as Gonzalo Rodríguez, former ruler of La Bureba in Spain

Gonzalo Ruiz

If Peire's satire was performed at Puivert before an audience that included the satirised troubadours and the entourage of Eleanor of England, who was passing through Gascony on her way to marry Alfonso VIII of Castile, then the identification of Guossalbo Roitz with Gonzalo Ruiz of Bureba becomes probable.



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Orgaz

El Greco's painting "The Burial of the Count of Orgaz" features Don Gonzalo Ruíz, native of Toledo and Señor of the town of Orgaz.