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Alfonso VI Fernández King of Castilla & León

Male 1039 - 1109  (70 years)


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  • Name Alfonso VI Fernández King of Castilla & León  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Born 1039  Compostela, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 27 Dec 1065 
    King of León (succeeded his father) 
    Occupation 12 Jan 1072 
    Defeated by his brother Sancho at Golpejera, he was exiled to Toledo and obtained refuge with the Dhul-Nunid King 
    Occupation 10 Nov 1072 
    Returned to León after the murder of his brother and was accepted as King of Castile 
    Occupation 29 May 1073 
    Granted the order of Cluny its first monastic house in Castile at San Isidro de Dueñas 
    Occupation 1076 
    Taking advantage of the assassination of Sancho IV King of Navarre, he annexed La Rioja, Álava, Vizcaya and Guipúzcoa to Castile 
    Occupation 25 May 1085 
    Recaptured Toledo 
    Occupation 23 Oct 1086 
    Defeated at Sagrajas near Badajoz by al-Mu'tamid (King of Seville) with the help of Yusuf bin Tashfin (Emir of the Almoravids) 
    Occupation 1091 
    Recaptured Córdoba 
    Occupation 1093 
    Persuaded Al-Mutawakkil of Badajoz to cede him Lisbon, Santarém and Sintra 
    Occupation 29 May 1108 
    Defeated at Uclés where his son Sancho was killed 
    Died 29 Jun 1109  Toledo, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 1 Jul 1109  San Mancio chapel, Santos Facundo y Primitivo royal monastery, Sahagún, León, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4195  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Fernando I King of Castilla & León,   b. 1016, Burgos, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Dec 1065, León, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years) 
    Mother Sancha de León,   b. Abt 1017, León, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1067  (Age ~ 50 years) 
    Married Dec 1032  León, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Constance de Bourgogne,   b. Abt 1045, Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1093  (Age ~ 48 years) 
    Married 8 May 1081  Dijon, Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne, France Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. 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)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2128  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Jimena Muñoz,   b. Abt 1060, León, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1128, Esinareda del Bierzo (Benedictine convent), España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
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    Children 
     1. Elvira Alfonso de Castilla,   b. Abt 1081, Toledo, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1151  (Age ~ 71 years)
     2. Teresa Alfonso de Castilla,   b. Abt 1083, Toledo, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Nov 1130  (Age ~ 47 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2130  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Villana de Castilla,   b. Abt 1090
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F10200  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
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      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.

    2. [S725] Histoire de la maison royale de France et des grands officiers de la couronne, Anselme de Sainte-Marie, augustin déchaussé, (Estienne Loyson, Paris, 1674), Volume 1, p. 483.

    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. 57.

    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), 103:112-24 & 103:113-23.