Alfonso IX, King of León and Galicia b. 15 Aug 1171 Zamora, León, Spain d. 24 Sep 1230 Villanueva de Sarria, Spain: NH genealogy

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1171 - 1230 (59 years)

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Name	Alfonso IX
Suffix	King of León and Galicia
Alternate birth	1166 [1, 2]
Birth	15 Aug 1171	Zamora, León, Spain [1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
Gender	Male
Death	24 Sep 1230	Villanueva de Sarria, Spain [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
Burial	Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain [4, 5]
Person ID	I2413	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others \| Ancestor of AP, Ancestor of DDB, Ancestor of DGH, Ancestor of DK, Ancestor of EK, Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of LD, Ancestor of LDN, Ancestor of LMW, Ancestor of TNH, Ancestor of TSW, Ancestor of TWK, Ancestor of UKL
Last Modified	18 Jul 2023

Father	Fernando II, King of Leon, Galicia, and Extremadura, b. 1137 d. 22 Jan 1188, Benavente, Italy (Age 51 years)
Mother	Urraca of Portugal, b. Abt 1150 d. 16 Oct 1188, Bamba, near Valladolid, Castile, Spain (Age ~ 38 years)
Marriage	1165 [1, 4, 5]
Annulled	Jun 1175 [1, 4, 5]
Family ID	F2662	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1	Aldonza Martinez da Silva
Family ID	F17373	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	3 Aug 2020

Family 2 Berenguela I of Castile, Queen Of Castile & Toledo, b. Abt 1180 d. 8 Nov 1246, Las Huelgas, near Burgos, Castile, Spain (Age ~ 66 years)

Marriage Bef 17 Dec 1197 Valladolid, Castile, Spain [4, 6, 11, 12]

Annulled Bef 19 Jun 1204 [4, 8, 13]

Notes

Annulled by Pope Innocent III on grounds of consanguinity.

Children

+	1. Bérenguère of Castile-León, b. Abt 1199 d. 12 Apr 1237, Constantinople (Age ~ 38 years)
+	2. St. Fernando III, King Of Castile, León, Galicia, Toledo, Córdoba, Jaén, and Seville, b. Between Jun 1201 and Jul 1201, En route between Salamanca and Zamora d. 30 May 1252, Seville, Andalusia, Spain (Age ~ 50 years)
+	3. Alfonso, b. Between 1203 and 1204 d. 6 Jan 1272, Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain (Age ~ 69 years)

Family ID F3770 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 7 Jun 2019

Notes

Called "el Baboso," "the Slobberer," supposedly because he was subject to fits of rage during which he foamed at the mouth. Despite this, he is also notable for having founded the University of Salamanca and for convening what was arguably the first parliament in Western Europe that included representatives of the urban bourgeoisie. Our theory is that he was a marooned time-traveler from the future: if you found yourself stuck in twelfth-century Spain, you'd foam at the mouth once in a while too.

From Wikipedia:

In spite of the democratic precedent represented by the Cortes and the founding of the University of Salamanca, Alfonso is often chiefly remembered for the difficulties his successive marriages caused between him with Pope Celestine III. He was first married in 1191 to his first cousin, Theresa of Portugal, who bore him two daughters, and a son who died young. The marriage was declared null by the papal legate Cardinal Gregory for consanguinity.

After Alfonso VIII of Castile was defeated at the Battle of Alarcos, Alfonso IX invaded Castile with the aid of Muslim troops. He was summarily excommunicated by Pope Celestine III. In 1197, Alfonso IX married his first cousin once removed, Berengaria of Castile, to cement peace between León and Castile. For this second act of consanguinity, the king and the kingdom were placed under interdict by representatives of the Pope. In 1198, Pope Innocent III declared Alfonso and Berengaria's marriage invalid, but they stayed together until 1204. The annulment of this marriage by the pope drove the younger Alfonso to again attack his cousin in 1204, but treaties made in 1205, 1207, and 1209 each forced him to concede further territories and rights. The treaty in 1207 is the first existing public document in the Castilian dialect.

The Pope was, however, compelled to modify his measures by the threat that, if the people could not obtain the services of religion, they would not support the clergy, and that heresy would spread. The king was left under interdict personally, but to that he showed himself indifferent, and he had the support of his clergy. Berengaria left him after the birth of five children, and the king then returned to Theresa, to whose daughters he left his kingdom in his will.

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