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Emperor of Spain
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Imperator totius Hispaniae.
Late Middle Ages
Alfonso XI of Castile (r. 1312–1350), used the title "by the grace of God, Emperor of Spain" (in Old Spanish) in the fuero he granted to Guadalajara in 1337: Don Alfonso, por la gracia de Dios, emperador de España. It had already been used of him in the Chronicle of Cardeña (1327), which says that "Lord Alfonso inherited the realm and was raised Emperor of Spain" (D. Alfonso heredó el regno, è fue alzado Emperador de España).