Blanche of Castile, Princess of Castile, Queen of France

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• General Information: Blanche of Castile served as the regent during the minority of her son, Louis IX.

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Death: Moriarty (1963) gives her death date as 1 December 1262.

Blanche married Louis VIII "the Lion", King of France on 23 May 1200 in Bapaume, Hauts-de-France, France. Louis (son of Philip II "Augustus", King of France and Isabella of Hainaut) was born on 5 Sep 1187 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; died on 8 Nov 1226 in Château de Montpensier, Montpensier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Saint Louis IX, King of France was born on 25 Apr 1215 in Poissy, Île-de-France, France; died on 25 Aug 1270 in near Tunis; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France.
2. Charles I, King of Naples, Sicily and Jerusalem was born in 1220; died on 7 Jan 1285 in Foggia, Apulia, Italy; was buried in Naples, Campania, Italy.
3. Robert I, Count of Artois was born in Sep 1216; died on 9 Feb 1250 in Mansoura, Egypt.

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• General Information: He was also known as Alfonso VIII. He was also the King of Toledo and Extramadura. He was the victor of Los Navas de Tolosa.
• Reign: From 1158 to 1214; King of Castile

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Alfonso married Eleanor of England, Princess of England and Queen of Castile in 1170 in Burgos, Castile and León, Spain. Eleanor (daughter of Henry II "Curt Mantel", King of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Dutchess of Aquitaine) was born on 13 Oct 1162 in Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France; died on 25 Oct 1214 in Burgos, Castile and León, Spain; was buried in Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death: Some sources say she died in Domfront, Normandy, France.

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• Reign: From 1157 to 1158; King of Castile

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He was also known as Sancho II.

Sancho married Blanca of Navarre, Princess of Navarre on 30 Jan 1151 in Logera or Calaharra, Spain. Blanca (daughter of Garcia IV el Restaurador, King of Navarre and Margaret de l'Aigle) was born about 1134; died on 12 Aug 1156. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: birth to death

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Death: Moriarty (1963) gives her death date as 24 June 1156.

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Her name was also spelt Blanche.

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Moriarty (1963) gives their wedding date as 4 February 1151.

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• Reign: From 1154 to 1189; King of England

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He was also the Duke of Normandy; Duke of Aquitaine; and Count of Anjou.

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He was also the Duke of Normandy; Duke of Aquitaine; and Count of Anjou.

In 1149, he was knighted by King David of Scotland.

He was crowned King of England on 25 Oct 1154 in Westminster Abbey.

A dispute between the King and the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Becket, lead to Thomas' murder in the cathedral in December 1170. A year later, Henry invaded Ireland.

Henry married Eleanor of Aquitaine, Dutchess of Aquitaine on 18 May 1153 in Bordeaux, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Eleanor (daughter of William X, Duke of Aquitaine and Éléonore de Châtellerault) was born in 1123 in probably Bordeaux, France; died on 31 Mar 1204 in Palace of Poitiers, Poitiers, Poitou, France; was buried in Fontevrault Abbey, Fontevrault, Maine-Et-Loire, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was also the Queen of France and the Queen of England. She was the heiress of Aquitaine.

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• General Information: He was also the King of Galicia, Toledo, Zaragoza, and the Asturisas.
• Reign: From 1126 to 1157; King of Castile and Léon

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Alfonso married Berengaria of Barcelona in Nov 1128 in Saldaña, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain. Berengaria (daughter of Raymond Berenger III "el Grande", Marquis of Barcelona and Count of Provence and Dulce di Gievaudun) died in Feb 1149 in Palencia, Castile and León, Spain; was buried in Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Parents: Weis (1982) gives her parents as Raymond IV, Count of Barcelona and Marie.

Death: Weis (1982) gives her death date as 1131.

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Garcia married Margaret de l'Aigle in 1130. Margaret (daughter of Gilbert, Seigneur de l'Aigle and Julienne of Perche) was born about 1104; died on 25 May 1141. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Miscellaneous: 1135; After the death of Henry I in 1135, Geoffrey laid claim to Normandy through his wife Mathilda. Meanwhile, Mathilda attempted the conquest of England from her cousin King Stephen who had gained the crown. Geoffrey did not accompany her, being still engaged in the conquest of Normandy, which he completed in 1144.
• Title(s): 1144; In 1144 he became the Duke of Normandy.
• Military: 1147; He undertook a crusade with King Louis VII of France. in 1147 In 1150, Geoffrey and Matilda ceded Normandy to their son Henry (later King Henry II of England), who founded the English Angevin dynasty.

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Birth:
Geoffrey "le Bel", meaning "the Handsome" was the first to use the Plantagenet name. One story relates that his father, Fulk the Younger atoned for some evil deed by being scourged with broom twigs or planta genista before the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Another story relates that Geoffrey wore a sprig of broom or planta genista in his hat. Regardless, it is generally agreed upon that the family name of "Plantagenet" has its origins with the planta genista or broom plant.

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Geoffrey married The Empress Maud on 22 May 1127 in Le Mans, Pays de la Loire, France. Maud (daughter of Henry I "Beauclerc", King of England and Duke of Normandy and Matilda of Scotland) was born on 7 Feb 1102 in London, England; died on 10 Sep 1167 in Rouen, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France; was buried in Bec Abbey, Le Bec-Hellouin, Normandy, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She is also know as the Empress Maud, as when married to Henry V, she was the Empress of Germany.
• Miscellaneous: 1126

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Birth: Weis (1982) gives her birth as 1104.

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In 1126, Maud’s father, Henry I, had her declared heir presumptive. When he died in 1135, she went to Normandy to claim her inheritance. England, however, declared Stephen of Blois king. In 1139, Maud landed in England with 140 knights, and besieged Arundel Castle. A civil war ensued with Stephen being captured in February 1141 in Lincoln and imprisoned in Bristol. Eventually an agreement was reached where Stephen continued as King, but upon his death, Maud’s son, Henry would become King of England.

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Marriage Date: Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 3 April 1127.

Marriage Date: Richardson (2004) gives their marriage date as 17 June 1128.

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• General Information: He was also William VIII, Count of Poitou and a crusader.
• Title(s): 1126

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He became the Comte de Poitou where he was known as William VIII.

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He died while on a pilgrimage to St. Iago de Compostela.

William married Éléonore de Châtellerault in late 1121. Éléonore (daughter of Almeric I, Vicscount of Châtellerault and Dangerose) was born about 1105; died after Mar 1130. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]