Van wie was Alfons VIII van Castilië?

Alfons VIII, bijgenaamd de Edele (Spaans: Alfonso VIII, el de las Navas) (Soria, 11 november 1155 — Gutierre Muñoz, Ávila, 5 oktober 1214) was koning van Castilië van 1158 tot 1214. Hij was de zoon van Sancho III en Blanca van Navarra en de kleinzoon van Alfons VII.

Rahel la Fermosa (Ladino for "Rachel the Beautiful"; originally Rahel Esra; c. 1165, Toledo – 1195, Toledo) was a Jewish woman who lived in Toledo, Spain in the twelfth century. She was the paramour of King Alfonso VIII of Castile, a Catholic Christian and husband of Eleanor of England, for almost seven years. Under her influence, a number of Spanish Jews were appointed to positions within the royal court. This led to discontent among the clergy and nobility. Rahel received the death penalty, together with her fellow Jews in the court, in the presence of the king himself.