He is variously known among Castillian kings as the Avenger or the Implacable, and as "He of Salado River." The first two names he earned by the ferocity with which he repressed the disorder of the nobles after a long minority; the third by his victory in the Battle of Rio Salado over the last formidable African invasion of Spain in 1340. This is considered by many as the final turning point of the Reconquista in favor of the Catholic Kings till the Moors' final defeat in 1491.
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