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    Ciudad Rodrigo (Spanish: [θjuˈðað roˈðɾiɣo] ) is a small cathedral city in the province of Salamanca, in western Spain, with a population in 2016 of 12...
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    Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo (Spanish: Duque de Ciudad Rodrigo) is a hereditary title in the Peerage of Spain, accompanied by the dignity of Grandee. It was...
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    of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, the 'Keys' guarding the roads through the mountain passes into Portugal. In 1812, Wellington finally captured Ciudad Rodrigo...
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  • Ciudad Rodrigo are a series of sieges of the Spanish town Ciudad Rodrigo. Specific sieges are: Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (1370) Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo...
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    Tordesillas 10 Burgos 9 Salamanca 8 Ciudad 7 Talavera 6 Corunna 5 Tudela 4 Bailén 3 Valencia 2 Madrid 1    The siege of Ciudad Rodrigo was the successful investment...
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    Waterloo, 1815) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo (Duque de Ciudad Rodrigo, 1812) of the Kingdom of Spain with Grandeeship, and Duke...
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    Wellesley, 9th Duke of Wellington, 9th Prince of Waterloo, 10th Duke of Ciudad Rodrigo, 9th Duke of Victoria, GE, OBE, DL (born 19 August 1945), styled Earl...
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    Oñoro 8 Sabugal 7 6 Lisbon 5 Bussaco 4 Almeida 3 Ciudad Rodrigo 2 Astorga 1    In the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo, in Salamanca, Spain, the French Marshal Michel...
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  • of Fuentes de Oñoro in and went to fight with Sharpe in the siege of Ciudad Rodrigo and the siege of Badajoz. He went on to fight in the Battle of Salamanca...
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    He was mortally wounded storming the lesser breach in the Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo on 19 January 1812 and died four days later. Like Sir John Moore, the...
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