User blog comment:MilitaryBrat/William Wallace vs El Cid/@comment-2006360-20120402181233

Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar, better known as El Cid Campeador (The Lord Conqueror) was never crowned a king. He technically never ruled independently either. He "governed" a city called Valencia in the name of King Alfonso VI of Leon and Castile, but never took orders from him while lord of the city, and was pretty much left alone (El Cid had been a general under Alfonso before being exiled due to his extreme popularity, and turned to the Moorish side, but Alfonso recalled him after a defeat, but then had him exiled a second time).