Alfonso IX "the Noble", King of Castile

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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]

1. Berengaria of Castile was born in 1171 in Kingdom of Castile; died on 8 Nov 1244 in Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile, Spain.
2. Blanche of Castile, Princess of Castile, Queen of France was born on 4 Mar 1188 in Palencia, Castile and León, Spain; died on 27 Nov 1252 in Paris, Île-de-France, France; was buried in Maubuisson Abbey, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, 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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• 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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• 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.

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• History: He was also the Lord of Urroz and Moncon. He was disinherited as Infante of Navarre. Ramiro II went on the First Crusade with Raymond of Toulouse.

Ramiro married Christina Diaz after 1098. Christina (daughter of el Cid and Dona Jimena Diaz) was born in 1077. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: He appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as a tenant in England.

Gilbert married Julienne of Perche on 1091 - 1092. Julienne (daughter of Geoffrey II, Count of Perche and Montagne and Beatrix de Montdidier) was born about 1069. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Living: 1109