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Alfonso IX King of León

Male 1171 - 1230  (59 years)


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  • Name Alfonso IX King of León  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Born 15 Aug 1171  Zamora, León, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1188 
    Held the first documented Cortes in León attended by duly elected representatives of towns as well as nobles and ecclesiasts 
    Occupation 1204 
    Dispute with the church after he married Berenguela (his first cousin) from whom he was obliged to separate 
    Occupation 1204 
    Pope Innocent III annulled the marriage although he agreed that their children would remain legitimate 
    Occupation 6 Jun 1217 
    Succeeded as King of Castile by right of his wife and her son Fernando (after the death of her brother Enrique) 
    Occupation 1228 
    Successfully campaigned against the Moors by capturing Lazeres, Merida, Elvas, Badajoz and several towns in Extremadura 
    Occupation 1188-1230 
    King of León and Galicia (succeeded his father) 
    Died 24 Sep 1230  Villanueva de Sarría, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Santiago el Mayor Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4179  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Fernando II King of León,   b. 1137, Toledo, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jan 1188, Benavente, Zamora, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Urraca de Portugal,   b. 1151, Coimbra (Coïmbre), Portugal Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1188, Valladolid, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 37 years) 
    Married Jun 1165  Coimbra (Coïmbre), Portugal Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _SEPR 1169 
    Annulled Jun 1175 
    Family ID F2121  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Inés Íñiguez de Mendoza 
    Married
    Not married Partners 
    Children 
     1. Urraca Alfonso de León,   b. Abt 1197,   d. Aft 1242  (Age ~ 46 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F10828  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Berenguela Queen of Castilla,   b. 1180, Burgos, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Nov 1246, Las Huelgas Abbey, Burgos, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 66 years) 
    Married Dec 1197  Valladolid, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    _SEPR 1204 
    Annulled 1204 
    Children 
     1. Fernando III King of Castilla & León,   b. 1201, Monte de Valparaíso, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 May 1252, Sevilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
     2. Alfonso de León,   b. 1202, León, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Jan 1272, Salamanca, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years)
     3. Berenguela de Castilla,   b. 1204, León, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Apr 1237, Constantinople (Istanbul), Empire Byzantin Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2120  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
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    2. [S628] Dictionnaire de la noblesse, seconde et troisième éditions, François-Alexandre Aubert de La Chenaye-Desbois, (La Veuve Duchesne, libraire, Antoine Boudet, l'auteur, rue Saint-André-des-Arcs, Schlésinger frères, Paris, 1770-1778), Tome 3, p. 202; Tome 6, p. 636 & Tome 9, p. 120.

    3. [S629] Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Herausgegeben Von Detlev Schwennicke, (Verlag Von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Deutschland, éditions 1978 à 1993), Volume 2, p. 62.

    4. [S7] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, George Edward Cokayne; Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand & Howard de Walden, editors, (Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume V, p. 168.

    5. [S633] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Frederick Lewis Weis. Edited with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.; assisted by David Faris, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 7th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992), 104:114-27 & 107:120-28.