How did El Cid become a legend in Spanish culture?

His daughter Cristina was married with a Navarre knight, her son García Ramirez became King of Navarre; his other daughter María wed with the Count of Barcelona Ramón Berenguer III and mother of Ramón Berenguer IV, so El Cid is an ancestor of the current Spanish King. read more

El Cid was noted for: Being the national hero of Spain. El Cid displayed remarkable military ability in his conquest of Valencia, and after his death, he became the subject of many legends, stories, and poems, including the 12th-century epic El cantar de mío Cid ("The Song of the Cid"). read more

The reason El Cid did not want to fight was because he was hoping that both armies would become weak. That would make it easier for him to carry out his own plan which was to become ruler of the Kingdom of Valencia. The first thing El Cid needed to do was to remove the influence of the Count of Barcelona. read more