If you want a medieval ruler with King Baldwin energy—steel will, constant crisis—look at Alfonso VI of León and Castile. His reign feels like a man walking through history with fresh bruises every time he stands back up. After his father’s death split the realm, Alfonso and his brothers turned inheritance into civil war. Alfonso lost. He was captured by his brother Sancho II, humiliated, and forced out of the center of power. In medieval politics, that kind of defeat usually ends your story. Al