Berengaria of Castile, Queen of Castile^[1]

1180 - 1246  (66 years)

• Name	Berengaria of Castile
  Suffix	Queen of Castile
  Birth	1180
  Gender	Female
  Acceded	1217
  Death	8 Nov 1246	Las Huelgas
  Notes	Acceded: 1217 abdicated. Some sources say died age 75 but they must be wrong as her mother was born in 1162, so she could not be born in 1171. Some say marriage to Alfonso was annulled 1204. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01747
  Person ID	I5604	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Alfonso VIII of Castile, King of Castile,   b. 11 Nov 1155, Soria d. 6 Oct 1214, Gutierre Munoz (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Eleanor Plantagenet, Queen of Castilla,   b. 13 Oct 1162   d. 31 Oct 1214, Burgos, Castile (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1170	Burgos Cathedral, Castile
  Family ID	F1805	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alfonso IX of Leon, King of Leon,   b. 15 Aug 1171, Zamora d. 24 Sep 1230, Villanueva de Sarria (Age 59 years)
  Marriage	1197	Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain
  Divorce	1209
  Children	1. Ferdinand III (St.) of Castill, King of Castilla,   b. 5 Aug 1201, Castile, Spain d. 30 May 1252, Seville, , Andalucía, Spain (Age 50 years)   2. Berengaria of Leon, Empress of Constantinople,   b. 1204   d. 12 Apr 1237 (Age 33 years)   3. Constanza of Castile Infanta of Castile,   b. 1 May 1200   d. 7 Sep 1242, Las Huelgas (Age 42 years)   4. Leonor of Castile Infanta of Castile,   b. 1202   d. 12 Nov 1202, León (Age 0 years)   5. Alfonse de Castilla de Molina, sn de Molina y Mesa,   b. Abt 1204   d. 6 Jan 1272, Salamanca (Age ~ 68 years)
  Family ID	F1813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).