University of Valladolid

There are three hypotheses about the origins of the University of Valladolid. A very spread tradition fixes its birth in the relocation to Valladolid of the Estudio General de Palencia, considered the first University in Spain and created between 1208 and 1241 by Alfonso VIII, king of Castile and the Bishop Tello Téllez. Some people think the birth of the University center in Valladolid is located in a school or in a particular study with headquarter in The Abadía de Santa María la Mayor. However, the most recent researches defend the royal and municipal creation of the University. As it appears in the documents of salaries donation to the new Study, the Castilian Monarchs were its creators and the council of Valladolid acted as intermediary of the foundation.