Individual Details

Berengaria de Castilla

(Aug 1181 - 8 Nov 1245)

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Berengaria de Castilla1
F, #102389, b. August 1181, d. 8 November 1245
Last Edited=6 Aug 2005
Consanguinity Index=0.09%
Berengaria de Castilla was born in August 1181. She was the daughter of Alfonso VIII, Rey de Castilla and Eleanor Plantagenet.2 She married, firstly, Konrad II Herzog von Swabia in 1188. She married, secondly, Alfonso IX, Rey de Castilla y León, son of Fernando II, Rey de León and Urraca de Portugal, circa 1198.1 She and Alfonso IX, Rey de Castilla y León were divorced in 1209. She died on 8 November 1245 at age 64.3,4
Her marriage to Konrad II Herzog von Swabia was annulled. As a result of her marriage, Berengaria de Castilla was styled as Reina Berengaria de Castilla circa 1198.2 She abdicated as Queen of Castile in 1217.3
Children of Berengaria de Castilla and Alfonso IX, Rey de Castilla y León

Fernando III, Rey de Castilla y León+ b. 1199, d. 30 May 1252
Berengaria de Castilla+5 b. c 1198/99, d. 12 Apr 1237
Constanza de Castilla b. 1200, d. 1242
Leonor de Castilla b. 1202, d. 1202
Alfonso de Castilla, Duque de Molina+1 b. c 1203/4, d. 1272

Citations

[S16] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 47. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
[S106] Royal Genealogies Website (ROYAL92.GED), online http://www.daml.org/2001/01/gedcom/royal92.ged. Hereinafter cited as Royal Genealogies Website.
[S38] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 112, says 1246. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 62, says 1234. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
[S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume II, page 59. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.

Events

BirthAug 1181
Death8 Nov 1245

Families

SpouseAlfonso IX (1171 - 1230)
ChildSaint Ferdinand of Castile, III (1201 - 1252)
FatherAlfonso VIII (1155 - 1214)
MotherEleanor Plantagenet (1162 - 1214)
SiblingBlanca de Castilla (1183 - 1252)
SiblingEleanor de Castilla (1190 - 1253)