See GRAF.
LEON, Ponce de, and his quest.
See AMERICA: A. D. 1512.
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LEON,
Origin of the name of the city and kingdom.
"This name Legio or Leon, so long borne by a province and by
its chief city in Spain, is derived from the old Roman 'Regnum
Legionis' (Kingdom of the Legion)."
_H. Coppée,
Conquest of Spain by the Arab-Moors,
book 5, chapter 1 (volume 1)._
LEON:
Origin of the kingdom.
See SPAIN: A. D. 713-910.
LEON:
Union of the kingdom with Castile.
See SPAIN: A. D. 1026-1230; and 1212-1238.
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