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Alfonso VII King of Castilla & León

Male 1105 - 1157  (52 years)


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  • Name Alfonso VII King of Castilla & León  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 1 Mar 1105  Grajal do Campos, León, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Rey de Galicia, de León y de Castilla 
    Occupation 17 Sep 1111 
    Crowned King of Galicia at Santiago de Compostela 
    Occupation 1112 
    Proclaimed "el Emperador" King of Castile, León and Toledo 
    Occupation 1112 
    Ruled under the tutelage of Pedro Froilaz (Conde de Traba) and his mother (until 1119) 
    Occupation 9 Dec 1117 
    Styled himself "imperator" for the first time 
    Occupation 1126 
    King of Castile & León (assumed effective personal rule after his mother's death) 
    Occupation 26 May 1135 
    Crowned Emperor at León 
    Occupation 1147 
    Captured Almería from the Moors 
    Occupation 1148 
    Captured Tortosa from the Moors 
    Occupation 1157 
    Captured Jaén from the Moors 
    Died 21 Aug 1157  La Fresneda, Teruel, Asturias, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Santa María Cathedral, Toledo, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4183  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Raymond de Bourgogne-Comté,   b. Abt 1063, Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 May 1107, Grajal do Campos, León, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 44 years) 
    Mother Urraca Alfonsa Queen of Castilla & León,   b. 1082, Burgos, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Mar 1126, Saladaña, Palencia Province, Castilla & León, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years) 
    Marriage Contract 1087 
    Married 1092  Toledo, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2123  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Gontrodo Pérez,   b. Abt 1110, Toledo, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1186, León, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 76 years) 
    Married
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    Children 
     1. Urraca Alfonso de Castilla,   b. 1132, Toledo, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Oct 1164, Palencia, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2515  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Berenguela Raimundo de Barcelona,   b. Abt 1116, Barcelona, Catalonia, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1149, Palencia, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 33 years) 
    Marriage Contract 1124 
    Married Nov 1128  Saladaña, Palencia Province, Castilla & León, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sancho III King of Castilla,   b. 1134, Toledo, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Aug 1158, Toledo, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years)
     2. 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)
     3. Sancha de Castilla,   b. 1139, Toledo, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1177, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Ryksa of Silesia,   b. Abt 1130, Wroclaw, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Abt 1185  (Age ~ 55 years) 
    Married 1152  Wroclaw, Poland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sancha de Castilla,   b. 21 Sep 1154, Toledo, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Nov 1208, Sijena, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 54 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2340  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
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    2. [S576] Histoire généalogique et chronologique de la maison royale de France, Anselme de Sainte-Marie, augustin déchaussé, (Troisième Édition, la Compagnie des Libraires, Paris, 2 août 1726-1733), Volume 1, p. 538 & Vol. 7, p. 762.
      Également: Histoire de la fortification, La citadelle et la place de Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, de la Renaissance à l'Époque Contemporaine, Gérard Folio, général de division, Centre d'études d'histoire de la Défense, Cahier n° 25, 2005, Tome 2, p. 25.

    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. [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), 104:113-25.