Marguerite of France

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• Married: 2 Nov 1160, Le Neubourg, Évreux, Normandy, France; (1) Henry, Duke of Normandy, the son of Henry II, King of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine, Dutchess of Aquitaine. He was born on 28 February 1155 in Bermondsey, Surrey, England. [Henry married Marguerite of France] He was crowned joint King of England in 14 June 1170. He died on Saturday 11 June 1183 in Château Martel, Touraine, France. He was buried in Rouen Cathedral, Rouen, Normandy, France. Issue: 1. William, Prince of England (1177-c1177)
• History: 1196; After the death of her husband, Béla III, she made a pilgrimage to the holy land.

Marguerite married Béla III, King of Hungary after 24 Aug 1186. Béla (son of Géza II of Hungary, King of Hungary and Euphrosyne Mstislawna of Kiev) was born in 1148; died on 23 Apr 1196 in Hungary; was buried in Székesfehérvár, Central Transdanubia, Hungary. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reign: From 1137 to 1180; King of France (House of Capet)
• Crowned: 25 Dec 1137; He was crowned the King of France on 25 December 1137.

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Louis VII was buried in Barbeau Abbey, Fontaine-le-Port, France. His bones were transferred to St. Denis' Abbey in 1817.

Louis married Constance of Castile in 1153/54. Constance (daughter of Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Léon and Berengaria of Barcelona) died on 4 Oct 1160; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Crowned: 1108; He was crowned the King of France in 1108.
• Reign: From 1108 to 1137; King of France (House of Capet)
• Military: say 1120; He was a crusader.

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Birth: Stuart (2002) gives his birth as 1081 in Herbst, France.

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Louis married Adelaide of Maurienne in 1115. Adelaide (daughter of Humbert II "il Gross", Count of Maurienne and Savoy and Gisela de Bourgogne) was born in 1092; died on 18 Nov 1154. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was also known as Adelaide of Savoy.

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Marriage Date: von Redlich (1941) gives their marriage date as about 1120.

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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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• Crowned: 1060; In 1030, he was crowned King of France.
• Reign: From 1060 to 1108; King of France (House of Capet)

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Death: Stuart (2002) states he died 24 July 1108.

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Philip married Bertha of Holland in 1072, and was divorced in 1091. Bertha (daughter of Florenz I, Count of Holland and West Friesland and Gertrude of Saxony) was born about 1055; died in 1093 in Montreuil-sur-Mer, Hauts-de-France, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Humbert married Gisela de Bourgogne in 1090. Gisela (daughter of William II "the Great", Count of Burgundy and Mâcon and Stephanie of Longwy) was born about 1070; died after 1133. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: He was also Count of Galicia, Coimbra, and d'Amous; and the Governor of Toledo.
• Military: say 1086; When Raymond and his cousin, Henry of Burgundy, first arrived in Iberia is uncertain, but it probably was with the army of Duke Odo I of Burgundy in 1086. In April 1087, the army abandoned the siege of Tudela. While most of the army returned home, Odo and his retinue went west. By 21 July 1087 they were probably at Burgos, at the court of King Alfonso VI of León and Castile, and by 5 August he was in the capital city of León. There Odo most likely arranged Raymond's marriage to Alfonso's heiress, Urraca.
• Miscellaneous: 1095; By his marriage, Raymond received as dowry the government of the Kingdom of Galicia (which included the County of Portugal and the County of Coimbra),[2] although shortly after, in 1095, Alfonso VI gave the County of Portugal and the County of Coimbra to Henry of Burgundy, father of the first Portuguese King Afonso Henriques of Portugal, basing it in Bracara Augusta (nowadays Braga.
• Last Full Review: 11 Feb 2021

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Raymond married Urraca "la Temeraria", Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia in 1087 in Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain. Urraca (daughter of Alfonso VI of León and Castile "the Brave", King of Castile, León, and Navarre and Constance of Burgundy) was born in Apr 1079 in Burgos, Castile and León, Spain; died on 8 Mar 1126 in Saldaña, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain; was buried in Basilica of San Isidoro, León, Castile and León, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was the heiress of Castile and León. Her nickname translates to the Reckless.
• Title(s): 1093; She became the Countess of Galicia.
• Reign: From 1109 to 1126; Queen of Galicia, Castile, León, and Toledo.
• Title(s): 1 Jul 1109; She became the Queen of Galicia, Castile, León, and Toledo.
• Last Full Review: 11 Feb 2021

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Raymond married Dulce di Gievaudun on 3 Feb 1112. Dulce (daughter of Gilbert, Vicount of Gievaudun, Carlat, and Milhaud and Gerberga) was born about 1095; died between 1127 and 1130. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the heiress of Provence-Arles.