Family
Alfonso VII of Castile, King of León, Castile and Galicia, Emperor 1) Born 1 Mar 1104/05 Died 21 Aug 1157, approximately 53 years Married Nov 1128 2) (20 years married) to: Berengaria of Barcelona Daughter of Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona, Count of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence, Countess of Provence. Born 1116 Died 15 Jan 1149, 32 or 33 years Children: 1. Sancho III of Castile, King of Castile and Toledo 1)Born 1134 Died 31 Aug 1158, 23 or 24 years 2. Ferdinand II of Léon, King of Léon and GaliciaBorn ± 1137 Died 22 Jan 1187/88, approximately 50 years |
2nd marriage/ relation Alfonso VII of Castile, King of León, Castile and Galicia, Emperor 1) Married/ Related to: Richeza of Poland Born ± 1140 Died 16 Jun 1185, approximately 45 years Child: |
Sources
1) Source: Chronica Magistri Rogeri de Houdene "Accordingly, on the fourth day they produced a writing, in which was the following statement: “king Sancho the Fat had three sons, Ferdinand, king of Castille, Ramiro, king of Arragon, and Garsias, king of Navarre and Nagara. Ferdinand was the father of king Alphonso, who took Toledo, and was the father of queen Vracha, who was the mother of the emperor Alphonso, the father of king Sancho, whose son was king Alphonso, who married Eleanor, daughter of Henry, king of England. Ramiro, king of Arragon, was the father of king Sancho, who was father of king Peter and king Alphonso. King Peter died without issue, and was succeeded by his brother, king Alphonso, who took Saragossa. Garsias, king of Navarre and Nagara, was the father of king Sancho, who was afterwards slain at Penaflel: he was the father of Sancho, who died without issue when a child, and was succeeded, in Navarre and Nagara, by king Alphonso, his father’s kinsman, who took Toledo, as far as the boundaries of Puente la Reyna and Sangosa: and the said child was succeeded by Sancho, king of Arragon, his father’s kinsman, in the remaining portion of Navarre and Pampeluna.”The Treaty and Covenants entered into between Alphonso, king of Castille, and Sancho, king of Navarre." (Data from direct source)2) Source: The Chronicle of Alfonso the Emperor: A Translation of the Chronica Adefonsi imperatoris, with Study and Notes "During the month of November in the year 1166 of the Spanish Era, the King of León brought the daughter of Count Ramón Berenguer III of Barcelona to be his wife. Her name was Berengaria."