Spanish Historical Figure

Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar or also known as El Cid Campeador was a nobleman and a military leader.  After he was exiled he took control and governed the city of Valencia.  Rodrigo Díaz was educated in the royal court of Castile and became the alferez, the chief general, of Alfonso VI, and his most valuable asset in the fight against the Moors.  El Cid was fighting one of the men when he was shot in the heart with an arrow.