De Castille, King of Castile / King of Toledo Alfonso VIII^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1155 - 1214  (58 years)

• Name	De Castille, Alfonso
  Prefix	King of Castile / King of Toledo
  Suffix	VIII
  Nickname	the Noble
  Born	11 Nov 1155	, , Castile, Spain
  Gender	Male
  AFN	8XJ4-NT
  _UID	719878578C66EB4AB55CA26FB46FB74742A2
  _UID	77DD5B31B353564C99980706FEDA7D637EF2
  Died	5 Oct 1214	Huelgas, Burgos, Spain
  Buried	Huelgas, Burgos, Spain
  Person ID	I7844	NewFranceGenealogy
  Last Modified	9 May 2017

  
  

  Father	De Castille, King of Castile Sancho III,   b. 1134, of, Castile, , Spain ,   d. 31 Aug 1158, Castile, Spain  (Age 24 years)
  Mother	Of Navarre, Blanche
  Family ID	F3256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	De Castille, King of Castile Sancho III,   b. 1134, of, Castile, , Spain ,   d. 31 Aug 1158, Castile, Spain  (Age 24 years)
  Mother	Navarre, Blanche
  Family ID	F3119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	De Castille, King of Castile Sancho III,   b. 1134, of, Castile, , Spain ,   d. 31 Aug 1158, Castile, Spain  (Age 24 years)
  Mother	Queen/Castile Blanche,   b. Abt 1139, of, Navarre, , Spain ,   d. 12 Aug 1156, Castile, Spain  (Age ~ 17 years)
  Married	4 Feb 1151
  Family ID	F9781	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Angevin, Queen/Castile Eleanor,   b. 13 Oct 1162, Falaise, Calvados, France, France ,   d. 31 Oct 1214, , , Burgos, Spain  (Age 52 years)  [2, 3, 4]
  Married	Sep 1170	, Burgos, Burgos, Spain
  _UID	C2E7BCE6CE7C8D47BE6BDBD67F1E1CD2CE29
  Notes	MARRIAGE: Also shown as Married Burgos. [5]
  Children	1. Prince of of Castle Sancho,   b. 1180, , , Castile, Spain ,   d. 1180, , , Castile, Spain  (Age 0 years) + 2. Queen of Castile and Toledo Berengaria,   b. Jun 1180, Burgos, Castille and Leon, España ,   d. 8 Nov 1246, Las Huelgas, Castille and Leon, Spain  (Age ~ 66 years)   3. Prince Of Castle Henry,   b. Abt 1182, , , Castile, Spain ,   d. Bef 1203  (Age ~ 20 years) + 4. De Castile, Queen/Portugal Urraca,   b. 1186, , , Castile, Spain ,   d. 3 Nov 1220, Lisbon  (Age 34 years) + 5. De Castile, Queen consort of France Blanche,   b. 4 Mar 1188, of, Castile, Valencia, Spain ,   d. 27 Nov 1252, , Paris, Seine, France  (Age 64 years)   6. Prince of Castile Ferdinand,   b. 29 Nov 1189, , , Castile, Spain ,   d. 14 Oct 1209  (Age 19 years)   7. Princess Of Castile Matilda,   b. Abt 1192, , , Castile, Spain   8. Princess Of Castile Sancha,   b. Abt 1193, , , Castile, Spain ,   d. Dy   9. Princess Of Castile Constance,   b. Abt 1190/1194, , , Castile, Spain ,   d. 1243  (Age ~ 49 years)   10. De Castile, Queen/Aragon Eleanor,   b. 1195, , , Castile, Spain ,   d. 1253  (Age 58 years)   11. De Castile, King of Castile Henry I,   b. 14 Apr 1203/1204, , , Castile, Spain ,   d. 7 Jun 1217  (Age 13 years)
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F3110	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Alfonso VIII (November 11, 1155 - October 5, 1214), king of Castile and grandson of Alfonso VII, is a great name in Spanish history, for he led the coalition of Christian princes and foreign crusaders who broke the power of the Almohades at the battle of the Navas de Tolosa in 1212. His personal history is that of many medieval kings. He succeeded to the throne, in infancy, on the death of his father, Sancho. Though proclaimed king, he was regarded as a mere name by the unruly nobles to whom a minority was convenient. The devotion of a squire of his household, who carried him on the pommel of his saddle to the stronghold of San Esteban de Gormaz, saved him from falling into the hands of the contending factions of Castro and Lara, or of his uncle Ferdinand of León, who claimed the regency. The loyalty of the town of Ávila protected his youth. He was barely fifteen when he came forth to do a man's work by restoring his kingdom to order. It was only by a surprise that he recovered his capital Toledo from the hands of the Laras. His marriage with Leonora of Aquitaine, daughter of Henry II of England, brought him under the influence of the greatest governing intellect of his time. Alfonso VIII was the founder of the first Spanish university, the studium generale of Palencia, which, however, did not survive him. During his reign, Castile annexed the province of Logroño. In 1176, Alfonso married Eleonor Plantagenet, daughter of King Henry II of England and his wife Eleonor of Aquitaine. They had 12 children: " Berenguela, or Berenguaria, Queen of Castile (1180-1246), married to Conrad of Hohenstaufen, Duke of Swabia, and then to Alfonso IX, King of León; succeeded her brother, Henry I " Sancho, prince of Castile (1181) " Sancha, princess of Castile (1182-1184) " Urraca, princess of Castile (1186-1220), married to Alfonso II of Portugal " Blanche, a.k.a Blanche of Castile, princess of Castile (1188-1252), married to Louis VIII of France " Ferdinand, prince of Castile (1189-1211) " Mafalda, princess of Castile (1191-1204) " Henry, prince of Castile (1192 - 1190s) " Constance or Constanza, princess of Castile (1196 - late 1190s) " Eleonor or Eleanor, princess of Castile (1202-1244), married to James I of Aragon " Henry I of Castile (1204-1217) succeeded his father. " Constance or Constanza, princess of Castile (?-1243), abbess of Las Huelgas !King of Castile (1158-1214); he succeeded to the throne on the death of his father, Sancho III. Troubled by interference from Navarre in his youth, he later allied Castile with Aragon, forming a connection that was eventually to become the basis for the unification of Spain. Alfonso also established Castilian dominance over Leon. From the 1170's, he was occupied with resisting encroachments by the Almohads, Muslim invaders from Northern Africa. Defeated by the Muslim caliph Ykub al-Mansur (c. 1160-99) at Alarcos in 1195, Alfonso and his allies won a major victory over the Muslim comnmander al-Nasir at Navas de Tolosa in 1212. SURNAME: Also shown as Castile GIVEN NAMES: Also shown as Alphonso PREFIX: Also shown as King Of Castle BIRTH: Also shown as Born Soria. DEATH: Also shown as Died Gutierre Munoz. DEATH: Also shown as Died 06 Oct 1214 BURIAL: Also shown as Buried Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas.

  
  

• Sources

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