Gerald the Fearless

Portuguese warrior and folk hero of the Reconquista

1120 CE to 1173 CE

Gerald or Gerard the Fearless (died prob.

1173), known in Portuguese as Geraldo Geraldes Sempavor ("without fear"), is a Portuguese warrior and folk hero of the Reconquista whose theater of operations is in the barren Alentejo and Extremadura regions of the lower Guadiana river.

The city of Évora is the most lasting of his conquests and is never retaken.

His success and independence have suggested parallels with the Castilian hero El Cid and Gerald has been called "the Cid of Portugal".

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