=Alfonso VIII= (=III=), of Castile (the Noble, 1166-1214), minority of, =3=, 363. the Jews under, =3=, 384-7. employs a Jew as ambassador, =3=, 385. Jewish mistress of, =3=, 386. assisted by the Toledo Jews against the Almohades, =3=, 386-7. defeated at Alarcos, =3=, 387. reproached for his humane treatment of the Jews, =3=, 499. appeals to Innocent III against the Mahometans, =3=, 507. protects the Jews of Toledo, =3=, 507. =Alfonso X=, of Castile (the Wise, 1252-1284), the Jews under, =3=, 592-6. patron of learning, =3=, 592. gives a village to his Jewish soldiers, =3=, 592. and the Jews of Seville, =3=, 592-3. employs Jews, =3=, 593-4, 615. reproached by Nicholas III, =3=, 594, 615. degrades the Jews, =3=, 594-5. Jews in the code of, =3=, 595-6. code of, in Spanish America, =3=, 596. executes his Jewish Almoxarif, =3=, 616. imprisons the Jews, =3=, 616. son of, rebels, =3=, 616. death of, =3=, 616. anti-Jewish statutes of, revived, =4=, 194-5. =Alfonso XI=, of Castile (1325-1380), the Jews prosperous under, =4=, 52, 75-6. Jewish favorites of, =4=, 79-80. petitioned against usury, =4=, 80. makes a Jew farmer of revenues, =4=, 80. Jews accused before, =4=, 83. accuses Gonzalo Martinez of treason, =4=, 85. besieges Valencia, =4=, 86. death of, =4=, 113. bastard sons of, oppose Pedro the Cruel, =4=, 113. wife of, =4=, 114. law of, renewed, =4=, 193. =Alfonso II=, of Ferrara, death of, =4=, 660. =Alfonso IX=, of Leon, does not compel the Jews to wear a badge, =3=, 513. =Alfonso II=, of Naples, patron of Isaac Abrabanel, =4=, 360, 383-4. =Alfonso III=, of Portugal (1248-1279), the Jews under, =3=, 618. =Alfonso V=, of Portugal, takes Jews captive at Arzilla, =4=, 286-7, 339. employs Isaac Abrabanel, =4=, 337-8. prosperity of the Jews under, =4=, 338-9. code of, =4=, 339. Jewish favorites of, =4=, 339. death of, =4=, 340. =Alfonso=, brother of Henry IV, of Castile, crowned, =4=, 278. death of, =4=, 279. =Alfonso=, duke of Poitou, employs a Jewish oculist, =3=, 583. =Alfonso=, Infante of Portugal, releases Marranos, =4=, 517. =Alfonso of Aragon=, archbishop, protects Marranos, =4=, 330. =Alfonso de Cartagena=, influences Eugenius IV against the Jews, =4=, 249-50. =Alfonso de Spina=, Franciscan, attacks the Spanish Jews, =4=, 276. confessor of Alvaro de Luna, =4=, 271. writes a work against the Jews, =4=, 277. anti-Jewish work by, reprinted, =4=, 415. =Alfonso of Valladolid.= _See_ Alfonso Burgensis.