Berengeria of Castile[1, 2]
1175 - 1246 (71 years)-
Name Berengeria of Castile Born 1175 Castile, Spain (aka Berenguela) 
Gender Female Died 1246 Notes - From the houses of Castile and Plantagenet, she was 2nd wife of Alfonso IX (VIII) of Leon, whom she married in 1197. Marriage was arranged to stop the wars between England and Spain. The marriage was annulled by Pope Innocent III on the grounds of her kinship with her husband. She reigned as Queen of Castile and Leon for a few months after the death of her father, Alfonso VIII in 1214, and after her brother, Henry I who died in 1217. Berengaria (Berenguela) then proclaimed her son, Ferdinand III King of Castile in 1217.
Person ID I19337 mykindred Last Modified Feb 6, 2003
Father King Alfonso VIII of Castile, b. 1155, (aka The Good) , d. 1214, Castile (Age 59 years) Mother Princess Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile, b. 1161, England (aka Princess Eleanor) dtr of Henry II , d. 1214, Castile - wife of Alfonso VIII (Age 53 years) Married 1169 Family ID F6916 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family King Alfonso IX of Leon, b. 1166, Leon - son of Fernando II , d. 1230, Leon - reign from 1188 (Age 64 years) Married 1190 Spain - 1st cousins 1/r Children 1. Berengaria of Leon, b. circa 1191, Leon - dtr of Alfonso IX , d. Aft 1220 (Age ~ 30 years)2. King Fernando III of Castile, b. 1199, Spain -King of Castile - son of Alfonso IX , d. 1252, Castile - reign from 1217 (Age 53 years)Family ID F7381 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- From the houses of Castile and Plantagenet, she was 2nd wife of Alfonso IX (VIII) of Leon, whom she married in 1197. Marriage was arranged to stop the wars between England and Spain. The marriage was annulled by Pope Innocent III on the grounds of her kinship with her husband. She reigned as Queen of Castile and Leon for a few months after the death of her father, Alfonso VIII in 1214, and after her brother, Henry I who died in 1217. Berengaria (Berenguela) then proclaimed her son, Ferdinand III King of Castile in 1217.
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