Alfonso VII, King of Leon and Castile

1105 - 1157  (52 years)

• Name	Alfonso VII
  Suffix	King of Leon and Castile
  Born	1 Mar 1105	Caldas de Reyes, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	21 Aug 1157	Fresneda, Teruel, Aragon, Spain   [1, 3]
  Buried	Cathedral Santa Maria, Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain   [3]
  Person ID	I10069	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2020

  
  

  Father	Raymond of Burgundy,   b. Abt 1060,   d. 26 Mar 1107  (Age ~ 47 years)
  Mother	Urraca, Queen of Galicia, Castile, Leon, and Toledo,   b. 24 Jun 1081, León, León, Spain ,   d. 8 Mar 1126, Saldaña, Palencia, Castilla-Leon, Spain  (Age 44 years)
  Married	Between Dec 1092 and Jan 1093	Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain   [3]
  Family ID	F5043	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Gontrada Perez,   d. 1186
  Children	+ 1. Urraca Alfonso,   b. Aft 1126,   d. Aft Aug 1179  (Age > 52 years)
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F17370	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Berenguela of Barcelona,   b. Abt 1114,   d. 15 Jan 1149, Palencia, Castile, Spain  (Age ~ 35 years)
  Married	Nov 1128	Saldaña, Palencia, Castilla-Leon, Spain   [3, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Sancho III, King of Nájera, Castile, and Toledo,   b. 1134,   d. 31 Aug 1158, Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain  (Age 24 years) + 2. Fernando II, King of Leon, Galicia, and Extremadura,   b. 1137,   d. 22 Jan 1188, Benavente, Italy  (Age 51 years) + 3. Constance of Castile, Queen Consort of France,   b. Abt 1138,   d. 4 Oct 1160, France  (Age ~ 22 years) + 4. Sancha of Castile, Queen Consort of Navarre,   b. Abt 1139,   d. 1179  (Age ~ 40 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F3302	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Richeza of Poland,   b. Abt 1135,   d. 16 Oct 1185  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Married	Between 23 Oct 1152 and 21 Dec 1152  [3]
  Children	+ 1. Sancha of Castile,   b. 21 Sep 1154, Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain ,   d. 9 Nov 1208, Villanueva de Sigena, Huesca, Aragón, Spain  (Age 54 years)
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2015
  Family ID	F2641	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Called "Emperor" (Emperador).

  
  

• Sources

  [S145] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700 by Frederick Lewis Weis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr. 8th edition, William R. Beall & Kaleen E. Beall, eds. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2004, 2006, 2008., date only. [S858] Szabolcs de Vajay, "From Alfonso VII to Alfonso X: The First Two Centuries of the Burgundian Dynasty in Castile and Leon -- A Prosopographical Catalogue in Social Genealogy, 1100-1300." Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday ed. Lindsay L. Brook. Salt Lake City: Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, 1989., date and "Galicia" only. [S858] Szabolcs de Vajay, "From Alfonso VII to Alfonso X: The First Two Centuries of the Burgundian Dynasty in Castile and Leon -- A Prosopographical Catalogue in Social Genealogy, 1100-1300." Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday ed. Lindsay L. Brook. Salt Lake City: Association for the Promotion of Scholarship in Genealogy, 1989. [S49] Genealogics, by Leo Van de Pas. [S846] Spanish-language Wikipedia.