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Berenguela Alfosez De Castile

Berenguela Alfosez De Castile

Female 1180 - 1246  (66 years)


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  • Name Berenguela Alfosez De Castile 
    Birth 1180  Spain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 8 Nov 1246  Spain Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I7800  footsteps | Ancestors, Beaufort, Charlamagne, Robert Capet II
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

    Father Alfonso Sánchez Castilla Bourgogne, VIII,   b. 11 Nov 1155, Spain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1214, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Eleanor De Castile, Queen Consort Of Castile And Toledo ,   b. 13 Oct 1162, Normandie, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Oct 1214, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F3917  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Alfonso IX Of León,   b. 15 Aug 1171, Spain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Sep 1230, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 1197 
    Children 
    +1. Berenguela Alfonsa, Queen Consort Of Jerusalem Castile ,   b. 1198, Spain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Apr 1237, Turkey Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Fernando Alfonsez San Castilla, King Of Castille ,   b. 24 Jun 1201, Spain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1254, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)
    Family ID F4535  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2025 

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  • Notes 


    • Berenguela of Castile (1180-1246) was one of the most powerful women in E u r o p e . As queen-consort of Alfonso IX of Leon, she acquired the trouble d b o u n d ary lands between the kingdoms of Castile and Leon and forged al li a n c e s with powerful nobles on both sides. Even after her marriage was d i s s o l ved, she continued to strengthen these connections as a member of h e r f a t h er's court. On her brother's death, she inherited the Castilian t h r o n e o utright-and then, remarkably, elevated her son to kingship at th e s a m e t i me. Using her assiduously cultivated alliances, Berenguela rul ed a l o n g side Fernando and set into motion the strategy that in 1230 wou ld r e s u l t in his acquisition of the crown o f Leon and the permanent un ion o f C a s t ile and Leon.

  • Sources 
    1. [S88] 1881 Census of Canada, Year: 1881; Census Place: Lot 67, Queens, Prince Edward Island; Roll: C_13164; Page: 47; Family No: 175.


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