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in June 1127 which delimited the territorial domains of Kings Alfonso I of Aragón (the Battler) and

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. After Alfonso VII took the castle of

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in April 1127, Alfonso the Battler met his counterpart in the valley of Támara, where they negotiated to return Castile to the boundaries of 1054, after the

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and to return the lands acquired in 1076, after the murder of Sancho of Peñalén. In the pact, Alfonso the Battler was recognized as the sovereign of Vizcaya,

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, Belorado,

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and

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. In addition, Alfonso the Battler renounced the title of

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