1052 - 1078 (26 years)
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Name |
Agnes of Aquitaine |
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Relationship | with Robert Alan Roy
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Birth |
1052 [2] |
Parents |
Father: William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine (c1025-1086)
Mother: Matilda ______ [3] |
Death |
6 Jun 1078 [2, 3, 4] |
Person ID |
I22273 |
Last Modified |
7 Jul 2021 |
Family |
Alfonso VI of León and Castile "the Brave", King of Castile, León, and Navarre, b. Jun 1040 d. 1 Jul 1109, Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain (Age 69 years) |
Engaged |
1069 [4] |
They were betrothed when Agnes was barely 10 years old and so it was necessary to wait until she reached age 14 for the official wedding. |
Marriage |
1073/74 [1, 2, 4] |
Age at Marriage |
She : ~ 22 years - He : ~ 33 years and 6 months. |
Complier's Note |
1077 |
According to Wikipedia: Orderic Vitalis, an English chronicler of the 12th century, said that the marriage of Agnes and Alfonso VI had been annulled in 1080 for reasons of consanguinity, and that Agnes was remarried in 1109 to Count Elias I of Maine.
Reilly suggests that the marriage had been annulled in 1077, probably because of the lack of children.[50] However, Gambra disagrees and believes that there are no reliable sources to support this assertion. In addition to being implied by Orderic, the alleged repudiation appears only in a volume of L'art de vérifier les dates and, according to Gambra, "it is impossible, in the absence of better references, to grant credit to the assertion of Agnes' repudiation".[83][g] In addition, he indicates that Lucas de Tuy, in his Chronicon mundi, indicates that the Queen was buried in Sahagún. Finally, he points out that "If such an important event had taken place, it would not make much sense [...] that Alfonso VI immediately married another princess who was a member of Agnes' family".[83] Agnes and the king's next wife, Constance, were cousins in the third degree, both of them descendants of William III, Duke of Aquitaine.[85] Salazar y Acha concludes that Orderic is in error, and that it was Beatrice, the last wife of Alfonso VI, who as his widow married the Count of Maine. |
Family ID |
F2366 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
7 Jul 2021 |
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Notes |
- Parents: Evans (1963) states her parents are unknown. [1]
- Death: Evans (1963) states that her marriage was annulled and she remarried Helias, Count of Maine. He gives her death as 1110. [1]
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Sources |
- [S2208] Evans, Charles F. "The Princess Zaida", (New Haven, Connecticut: The American Genealogist, Volume 39, 1963).
- [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002).
- [S304] Wikipedia, Agnes of Aquitaine, Queen of León and Castile.
- [S304] Wikipedia, Alfonso VI of León and Castile.
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