Individual Details

Alfonso IX

(15 Aug 1171 - 24 Sep 1230)

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Alfonso IX, Rey de Castilla y León1
M, #102533, b. 15 August 1171, d. 24 September 1230
Last Edited=6 Aug 2005
Consanguinity Index=1.18%
Alfonso IX, Rey de Castilla y León was born on 15 August 1171 at Zamora, Spain. Hewas also reported to have been born in 1166.1 He was the son of Fernando II, Rey de León and Urraca de Portugal.1 He married, firstly, Theresa de Portugal, daughter of Sancho I de Bourgogne, Rei de Portugal and Dulcia de Provence, in 1190.1 He married, secondly, Berengaria de Castilla, daughter of Alfonso VIII, Rey de Castilla and Eleanor Plantagenet, circa 1198.1 He and Berengaria de Castilla were divorced in 1209. He and Theresa de Portugal were divorced in 1198.1 He died on 24 September 1230 at age 59 at Villanueva de Sarria.
He succeeded to the title of Rey Alfonso IX de Castilla in 1188.1 He succeeded to the title of Rey Alfonso IX de León in 1188.1
Children of Alfonso IX, Rey de Castilla y León and Berengaria de Castilla

Fernando III, Rey de Castilla y León+ b. 1199, d. 30 May 1252
Berengaria de Castilla+2 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.
[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

Birth15 Aug 1171Zamora, Spain
Title (Nobility)1188Rey de Castilla
Title (Nobility)1188Rey de León
Death24 Sep 1230Villanueva de Sarria

Families

SpouseBerengaria de Castilla (1181 - 1245)
ChildSaint Ferdinand of Castile, III (1201 - 1252)
FatherFernando II (1128 - 1188)
MotherUrraca de Portugal (1150 - 1188)