Alfonso VI of León and Castile "the Brave", King of Castile, León, and Navarre

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• General Information: From Wikipedia: In the cultural field, Alfonso VI promoted the safety of the Camino de Santiago and promoted the Cluniac Reforms in the monasteries of Galicia, León and Castile. In the spring of 1073, he made the first concession of a Leonese monastery to the Order of Cluny. The monarch replaced the Mozarabic or Toledan rite with the Roman one. In this respect it is a common legend that Alfonso VI took Mozarabic and Roman breviaries and threw them into the fire. When only the Roman breviary burned, the king threw the Mozarabic one into the fire, thus imposing the Roman rite.[citation needed] Alfonso VI, the conqueror of Toledo, the great Europeanizing monarch, saw in the last years of his reign how the great political work that he had carried started to be dismantled due to Almoravid attacks and internal weaknesses. Alfonso VI had fully assumed the imperial idea of León and his openness to European influence had made him aware of the feudal political practices which, in the France of his time, reached their most complete expression. In the conjunction of these two elements, Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz sees the explanation of the grant of the iure hereditario (sharing the kingdom between the two daughters and the son instead of bequeathing all to the only son, more typical of Navarrese-Aragonese tradition) of the Counties of Galicia and Portugal to her two Burgundian sons-in-law, Raymond and Henry. After a few years, that decision led to the independence of Portugal and the possibility of an independent Galicia under Alfonso Raimúndez, which ultimately did not materialize when the infante became King Alfonso VII of León.
• Crowned: 1065; In 1065, he was crowned the King of León. In 1072, he was crowned the King of Castile.
• Military: 1085; He conquered Toledo and Madrid in 1085 and Lisbon in 1093.
• Living: 28 May 1108, Astorga Cathedral, Astorga, Castile and León, Spain; Alfonso and Beatrice appeared together on 28 May 1108 in the Astorga Cathedral.
• Last Full Review: 7 Jul 2021

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Birth: Weis (1982) gives his birth date as 1030.

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From Wikipedia: The mortal remains of the king were deposited in a stone sepulcher, which was placed at the feet of the church of the Royal Monastery, until the reign of Sancho IV, who deemed it unseemly that his ancestor was buried at the foot of the temple and ordered the tomb to be moved inside and placed in the church's transept, near the tomb of Beatriz, Dowager Lady of Los Cameros and daughter of Infante Frederick of Castile who had been executed by orders of his brother, King Alfonso X the Wise in 1277.

The sepulcher that contained the remains of the king, now disappeared, was supported on alabaster lions, and was a large ark of white marble, eight feet long and four wide and tall, being covered by a smooth black lid. The tomb was usually covered by a silk tapestry, woven in Flanders, bearing the image of the king crowned and armed, with the representation of the arms of Castile and León on the sides, and a crucifix at the head of the tomb.[72]

The tomb that contained the remains of Alfonso VI was destroyed in 1810, during the fire at the Royal Monastery of San Benito. The mortal remains of the king and those of several of his wives were collected and preserved in the abbey chamber until 1821, when the monks were expelled, and were then deposited by the abbot Ramón Alegrías in a box, which was placed in the southern wall of the chapel of the Crucifix until January 1835, when the remains were collected again and placed in another box and taken to the archive where the remains of the wives of the sovereign were at that time. The purpose was to place all the royal remains in a new sanctuary that was being built at that time.[72] However, when the Royal Monastery of San Benito was dissolved in 1835, the monks delivered the two boxes with the royal remains to a relative of one of them, who kept it hidden until 1902, when these were discovered by Rodrigo Fernández Núñez, a professor at the Institute of Zamora Rodrigo.

The mortal remains of Alfonso VI are now in the Monastery of the Benedictine nuns of Sahagún, at the foot of the temple, in a smooth stone ark and with a cover of modern marble, and in a nearby sepulcher, equally smooth, lies the remains of several of the king's wives.

Alfonso married Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of León and Castile in 1073/74. Agnes was born in 1052; died on 6 Jun 1078. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alfonso married Jimena Muñoz, a royal concubine in Not married. Jimena died in 1128; was buried in San Andrés Monastery, Vega de Espinareda, Castile and León, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Elvira Alfónsez was born about 1079; died after Apr 1157.
2. Teresa Alfónsez of Castile and León was born about 1080; died on 1 Nov 1130; was buried in Braga Cathedral, Braga, Norte, Portugal.

Alfonso married Constance of Burgundy in 1080/81. Constance (daughter of Robert III "the Old", Duke of Burgundy, Prince of France and Eleanor of Semur-en-Auxois) was born on 8 May 1046; died in Jan 1093 to Feb 1093; was buried in The Monastery of Sahagún, Sahagún, Castile and León, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The marriage appears to have been orchestrated via the Cluniac connections at Alfonso's court.

1. Urraca "la Temeraria", Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia 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.
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Alfonso married Zaïda of Seville "Isabel", Princess of Seville and Dania in not married. Zaïda was born about 1070 in Dénia, Valencian Community, Spain; died on 12 Sep 1107 in Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sancho Alfónsez was born about 1093; died on 29 May 1108.

Alfonso married Berta of Burgundy after 25 Nov 1093. Berta (daughter of William II "the Great", Count of Burgundy and Mâcon and Stephanie of Longwy) died before 15 Jan 1100. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alfonso married Isabel on yes date unknown. Isabel died about 1107. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Sancha was born about 1102; died before 10 May 1125.
2. Elvira or Gelcira was born about 1103; died on 8 Feb 1135.

Alfonso married Beatrice of Aquitaine in 1108. Beatrice (daughter of William IV, Count of Poitou and Hildegarde of Burgundy, Duchess consort of Gascony and Aquitaine) died in 1110. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Title(s): 1029; He became the Count of Castile after his uncle's death in 1029.
• Reign: From 1035 to 1065; King of Castile
• Reign: From 1037 to 1065; King of León
• Reign: From 1056 to 1065; Emperor of Spain
• Last Full Review: 31 May 2021

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He was crowned King of León after defeating his brother-in-law.

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According to tradition, he was the first to have himself crowned Emperor of Spain in 1056, and his heirs carried on the tradition.

Ferdinand married Sancha of León between Nov 1032 and Dec 1032. Sancha (daughter of Alfonso V, King of Castile and León and Elvira Meneddez) was born in 1013 in León, Castile and León, Spain; died on 8 Nov 1067 in León, Castile and León, Spain; was buried in Basilica of San Isidoro, León, Castile and León, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 31 May 2021

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• Crowned: 999; In 999 he was crowned as the King of Navarre.
• Title(s): 1026; He became the Count of Castile in 1026.
• Title(s): 1030; In 1030 he became the Count of Aragon.

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He was murdered.

Sancho married Munia Mayor on Yes, date unknown. Munia (daughter of Sancho Garcia, Count of Castile and Urraca Salvadores) was born in 995; died after 13 Jul 1066 in Frómista, Castile and León, Spain; was buried in Monastery of San Salvador de Oña, Oña, Castile and León,Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was the co-heir of Castile and the countship of Alava.

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• History: In 999, he was crowned the King of Castile and León.

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Alfonso married Elvira Meneddez in 1015. Elvira (daughter of Menendo Gonzalez, Count of Galicia and Totadomna) was born about 996 in Galicia, Spain; died in Dec 1022 in León, Castile and León, Spain; was buried in Basilica of San Isidoro, León, Castile and León, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: In 994, he was crowned the King of Navarre.

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Garcia married Ximena Fernandez before 981. Ximena (daughter of Fernando Vermudez, Count of Cea and Elvira Diaz of Saldana) was born about 970; died after 1035. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sancho married Urraca Salvadores in 994. Urraca (daughter of Salvador Perez) died on 20 May 1025. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Vermudo married Elvira Garcia of Castile in 26 Nov 991 - 30 Nov 991. Elvira (daughter of Garcia I Fernandez de Lara, Count of Castile and Aba Ribagorza) was born about 970; died after 1 Mar 1028; was buried in Basilica of San Isidoro, León, Castile and León, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Menendo married Totadomna. Totadomna (daughter of Bermudo Froilaz de Trastámara) died about 1022 in Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]