ABSTRACT
It was customary in those days for exiled Spanish knights to seek their livelihood in Moorish territory. The Cid, however, had no desire to remain there but decided to go on to Barcelona, which was then being governed by the two brothers, Count Ramon II, nicknamed “Tow-head,” and Count Berenguer II, eventually known as the “Fratricide” for murdering his brother about a year after the Cid’s arrival. History reveals nothing of the life of the Cid at the Court of the two brothers, but it is easy to conjecture how he passed his time.
