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Alfonso VII, King of Leon and Castile

Male 1105 - 1157  (52 years)


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  • Name Alfonso VII  
    Suffix King of Leon and Castile 
    Birth 1 Mar 1105  Caldas de Reyes, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 Aug 1157  Fresneda, Teruel, Aragón, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3
    Burial Cathedral Santa Maria, Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I10069  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1126, Saldaña, Palencia, Castilla-Leon, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Marriage Between Dec 1092 and Jan 1093  Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location  [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)
    Family ID F17370  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 3 Aug 2020 

    Family 2 Berenguela of Barcelona,   b. Abt 1114   d. 15 Jan 1149, Palencia, Castile, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 35 years) 
    Marriage Nov 1128  Saldaña, Palencia, Castilla-Leon, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5
    Children 
    +1. Sancho III, King of Nájera, Castile, and Toledo,   b. 1134   d. 31 Aug 1158, Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
    +2. Fernando II, King of Leon, Galicia, and Extremadura,   b. 1137   d. 22 Jan 1188, Benavente, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
    +3. Sancha of Castile, Queen Consort of Navarre,   b. Abt 1139   d. 1179 (Age ~ 40 years)
    +4. Constance of Castile, Queen Consort of France,   b. Aft 1140   d. 4 Oct 1160, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 18 years)
    Family ID F3302  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2018 

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

  • Notes 
    • Called "Emperor" (Emperador).

  • Sources 
    1. [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.

    2. [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.

    3. [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.

    4. [S49] Genealogics by Leo Van de Pas, continued by Ian Fettes and Leslie Mahler.

    5. [S846] Spanish-language Wikipedia.