Individual Details
Constance of Castile
(Either 1136 - 4 Oct 1160)
According to Wikipedia:
Constance of Castile (1136 or 1140 - 4 October 1160)[1] was Queen of France as the second wife of Louis VII, who married her following the annulment of his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine.[2] She was a daughter of Alfonso VII of León and Berengaria of Barcelona,[3] but her year of birth is not known.
Life
The official reason for her husband's annulment from Eleanor of Aquitaine had been that he was too close a relative of Eleanor for the marriage to be legal by Church standards; however, he was even more closely related to Constance.
Constance died giving birth to her second child. Desperate for a son, her husband remarried a mere five weeks after her death.
Constance was buried in the Basilica of Saint-Denis, France.
Children
Constance had two children:
Margaret, 1157-1197, who married first Henry the Young King of England,[4] and then Béla III of Hungary[5]
Alys, 1160-1220, who married William IV of Ponthieu[6]
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According to Wikipedia:
Constance of Castile (1136 or 1140 - 4 October 1160)[1] was Queen of France as the second wife of Louis VII, who married her following the annulment of his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine.[2] She was a daughter of Alfonso VII of León and Berengaria of Barcelona,[3] but her year of birth is not known.
Life
The official reason for her husband's annulment from Eleanor of Aquitaine had been that he was too close a relative of Eleanor for the marriage to be legal by Church standards; however, he was even more closely related to Constance.
Constance died giving birth to her second child. Desperate for a son, her husband remarried a mere five weeks after her death.
Constance was buried in the Basilica of Saint-Denis, France.
Children
Constance had two children:
Margaret, 1157-1197, who married first Henry the Young King of England,[4] and then Béla III of Hungary[5]
Alys, 1160-1220, who married William IV of Ponthieu[6]
Constance of Castile (1136 or 1140 - 4 October 1160)[1] was Queen of France as the second wife of Louis VII, who married her following the annulment of his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine.[2] She was a daughter of Alfonso VII of León and Berengaria of Barcelona,[3] but her year of birth is not known.
Life
The official reason for her husband's annulment from Eleanor of Aquitaine had been that he was too close a relative of Eleanor for the marriage to be legal by Church standards; however, he was even more closely related to Constance.
Constance died giving birth to her second child. Desperate for a son, her husband remarried a mere five weeks after her death.
Constance was buried in the Basilica of Saint-Denis, France.
Children
Constance had two children:
Margaret, 1157-1197, who married first Henry the Young King of England,[4] and then Béla III of Hungary[5]
Alys, 1160-1220, who married William IV of Ponthieu[6]
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According to Wikipedia:
Constance of Castile (1136 or 1140 - 4 October 1160)[1] was Queen of France as the second wife of Louis VII, who married her following the annulment of his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine.[2] She was a daughter of Alfonso VII of León and Berengaria of Barcelona,[3] but her year of birth is not known.
Life
The official reason for her husband's annulment from Eleanor of Aquitaine had been that he was too close a relative of Eleanor for the marriage to be legal by Church standards; however, he was even more closely related to Constance.
Constance died giving birth to her second child. Desperate for a son, her husband remarried a mere five weeks after her death.
Constance was buried in the Basilica of Saint-Denis, France.
Children
Constance had two children:
Margaret, 1157-1197, who married first Henry the Young King of England,[4] and then Béla III of Hungary[5]
Alys, 1160-1220, who married William IV of Ponthieu[6]
Events
| Marriage | Bef 18 Nov 1153 | Louis VII "The Younger," King of France | |||
| Death | 4 Oct 1160 | ||||
| Birth | Either 1136 | Castile, Spain | |||
| Title (Nobility) | Princess of Castile |
Families
| Spouse | Louis VII "The Younger," King of France (1119 - 1180) |
| Child | Margaret of France (1158 - 1198) |
| Child | Alys of France, Countess of Vexin (1160 - 1220) |
| Father | Alfonso VII, King of León and Castile (1105 - 1157) |
| Mother | Berenguela of Barcelona (1116 - 1149) |
| Sibling | Sancho III, King of Castile (1134 - 1158) |
| Sibling | Ferdinand II, King of Leon (1137 - 1188) |
| Sibling | Sancha of Castile (1139 - 1179) |