Ramiro II of Aragon, the Monk (1086-1157). King of Aragon (1134-1157). Scene depicting the legend of the Bell of Huesca, or Legend of the Monk King. Ramiro decapitated all the noblemen who had dared to challenge his royal power. Illustration after the painting by Casado del Alisal. Chromolithography. Historia General de España (General History of Spain), by Miguel Morayta. Volume II. Madrid, 1889.

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