Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, born at the end of the first half of the eleventh century. In 1058 he joined the court of King Ferdinand I, whose death he entered the service of King Sancho de Castilla, who named him Alferez royal. Soon, by his victories in lawsuits against other gentlemen, he is known like the Campeador.
In 1072, the king Sancho dies to treason in the siege of Zamora. His brother Alfonso succeeded him to the throne and became king of Castile and Leon.
Remained after the change of monarch to the second plane, the continuous frictions in the new court, where the Cid has powerful enemies, will take him to undergo, in 1081, the penalty of exile. After leaving Castilla enters the service of the Muslim kingdom of Saragossa, obtaining numerous victories before Christian and Muslim armies.
At the end of 1086 or early 1087, in the face of the danger of Almoravid invasion, King Alfonso VI forgives him and the Cid returns to Castile, but soon returns to the Levant to continue fighting. Shortly after, in 1088, a new disagreement with the king provokes the second exile, that will last about four years. After years of incessant struggle, in 1094, the Cid, after a long and hard siege, conquers Valencia where he will die in 1099.
El Cid also passed through different towns in this area that are approaching Valencia. If we follow in the footsteps of this famous knight we will arrive to La Puebla de Valverde, Valbona, Mora de Rubielos, Rubielos de Mora, Nogueruelas, Linares de Mora, Mosqueruela and from there we will connect with the route drawn by the Cantar until Maestrazgo, The tracks of the Campeador without leaving the region itself, following his way through Fuentes de Rubielos and Olba until arriving at the Valencian Community.