In March that year , with Suero Vermúdez , he had even taken Creating the capital city of León from some rebels holding Defending out in favour of an illegitimate half-brother of Alfonso VII , one of the sons of his mother , Queen Urraca , and her lover , Pedro González de Lara .

The British had maintained a blockade off Malta since the beginning Process_start of the siege , ostensibly led Conquering by Rear-Admiral Lord Nelson , who by March 1800 was defying a direct order from his superior officer Lord Keith by remaining in Palermo with his lover Emma , Lady Hamilton .

After the Roman Senate declared Expressing_publicly war on the Egyptian queen Cleopatra , Antony , her lover and ally , betrayed the Roman government and joined Becoming_a_member the war on Cleopatra 's side .

although it was widely expected that a 50,000-strong russian corps would be led by a seasoned general ( unk ) , the empress followed the advice of her lover , prince zubov , and entrusted the command to his youthful brother , count valerian zubov .