LA COLADA is one of the two swords, along with Tizona, that legendary tradition attributes to El Cid, until he gave them to his sons-in-law, the Infantes de Carrión. The sword had been won in battle by the warrior from Burgos from the Count of Barcelona and, although it was given, along with Tizona, to his sons-in-law, the Infantes, it was returned by them after the affront committed against his daughters Doña Elvira and Doña Sol in the town of Corpes, which gave rise to the name of the affront narrated in the Lay of El Cid.
After the incident, El Cid had been dishonored and requested justice from the king. The trial culminated in the "riepto" or duel in which the representatives of El Cid's cause defeated the infantes. They were publicly disgraced, their marriages were annulled, and the swords were also returned. Colada was then given again by El Cid to his knight Martín Antolínez.
“Martín Antolínez, my worthy vassal,
take Colada, I won it from a good lord”
According to Sebastián de Covarrubias, the name may owe its etymology to -Acero Colado- (cast steel), or, in other words, clean and free of impurities. Like Tizona, in the Lay of El Cid, the sword terrifies unworthy opponents if wielded by a brave warrior.
Historians also doubt that the sword kept in the Royal Palace of Madrid and shown as the real Colada sword is indeed authentic.
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