Alfonso IX "el Barboro", King of Léon

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• Reign: From 1188 to 1229; King of Léon

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Birth: Moriarty (1963) and Weis (1982) give his birth date as 1166.

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Alfonso married Berengaria of Castile in Dec 1197 in Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain. Berengaria (daughter of Alfonso IX "the Noble", King of Castile and Eleanor of England, Princess of England and Queen 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. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Saint Ferdinand III, King of Castile and Léon was born in Jul or Aug 1201 in Kingdom of Castile; died on 30 May 1253 in Seville, Andalusia, Spain.
2. Berenguela of Léon was born on 1198 to 1199 in León, Castile and León, Spain; died on 12 Apr 1237.

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• Reign: From 1157 to 1188; King of Léon, Galicia, and Extremandura

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Fernando II was the first king to use the royal symbol of the lion in a truly heraldic form.

Fernando married Urraca, Princess of Portugal in 1164, and was divorced in Jun 1175. Urraca (daughter of Alfonso I "Henriques", King of Portugal and Matilda of Savoy) was born about 1150; died on 16 Oct 1188 in Wamba, Valladolid, Spain; was buried in Santa María de Wamba, Wamba, Valladolid, Spain . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Religion: Abt Jul 1175; After her divorce, Urraca became a nun.

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Death: Weis (1982) gives her death date as 1178.

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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 Richilde of Poland, Queen of Castile and Léon in Jul 1152. Richilde (daughter of Wladislaw II, King of Poland and Agnes de Babenberg) was born between 1130 and 1140 in Poland; died in 1166. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death: Weis (1982) has her death date as before 1176.

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• Reign: From 1126 to 1185; King of Portugal

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He recovered Lisbon from the Moors. He was also the Count of Portugal.

Alfonso married Matilda of Savoy in 1146. Matilda (daughter of Amadeus III, Count of Savoy and Marquis of Maurienne and Matilda d'Albon) died on 4 Dec 1157 in Coimbra, Portugal. [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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• Crowned: 1139
• Reign: 1139-1159; King of Poland

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His name was also spelt Vladislas

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He was crowned the King of Poland.

Wladislaw married Agnes de Babenberg about 1126. Agnes (daughter of Saint Leopold III, Margrave of Austria and Agnes of Franconia, Princess of Germany) died in 1157. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was also known as Agnes of Austria and Agnes of Bamberg.

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Henry married Teresa Alfónsez of Castile and León in 1093. Teresa (daughter of Alfonso VI of León and Castile "the Brave", King of Castile, León, and Navarre and Jimena Muñoz, a royal concubine) was born about 1080; died on 1 Nov 1130; was buried in Braga Cathedral, Braga, Norte, Portugal. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the heiress of the countship of Portugal.

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• General Information: His name is also spelt Amadeo.

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He died on the Second Crusade.

Amadeus married Matilda d'Albon in 1133/34. Matilda (daughter of Guigues VIII, Comte d'Albon, Dauphin de Viennois) died after Jan 1145. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: Her name is also spelt Maud.