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Tardajos is a municipality located in the
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. According to the 2004
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), the municipality has a population of 622 inhabitants.
History
Tardajos received a
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from Count
Pedro González de LaraPedro González de Lara was a Castilian magnate. He served Alfonso VI as a young man, and later became the lover of Alfonso's heiress, Queen Urraca. He may have joined the First Crusade in the following of Raymond IV of Toulouse, earning the nickname el Romero...
and Countess Eva in 1127. It was re-issued with adjustments on three subsequent occasions by either Pedro or Eva, the last being in 1147.