Berengaria of CASTILEAge: 661180–1246
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| Birth | 1180 24 17 |
| Marriage of parents | Alfonso DE CASTILE VIII — Eleanor PLANTAGENET — View family September 22, 1180 |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Henry PLANTAGENET II July 6, 1189 (Age 9) Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France |
| Birth of a son #1 | Ferdinand Iii of CASTILE July 30, 1199 (Age 19) Monastery of Valparsio, Spain |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Eleanor of AQUITAINE April 1, 1204 (Age 24) |
| Death of a father | Alfonso DE CASTILE VIII October 5, 1214 (Age 34) |
| Death of a father | Alfonso DE CASTILE VIII October 6, 1214 (Age 34) Huelgas, Burgos, Spain |
| Death of a mother | Eleanor PLANTAGENET October 31, 1214 (Age 34) Las Huelgas, Burgos, Burgos, Spain |
| Death of a husband | Alfonso of LEÓN IX 1229 (Age 49) |
| Death of a brother | Alfonso of LEÓN IX 1229 (Age 49) |
| Death of a husband | Alfonso of LEÓN IX 1230 (Age 50) |
| Death of a brother | Alfonso of LEÓN IX 1230 (Age 50) |
| Death | November 8, 1246 (Age 66) |
| Record Change | January 10, 2004 (757 years after death) |
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Birth: October 13, 1162 29 40 — Falaise, Calvados, Normandy, France Death: October 31, 1214 — Las Huelgas, Burgos, Burgos, Spain |
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Marriage: September 22, 1180 — |
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Alfonso of LEÓN IX
Birth: 1166 10 3 — Death: 1230 — |
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Berengaria of CASTILE
Birth: 1180 24 17 — Death: November 8, 1246 — |
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Alfonso of LEÓN IX
Birth: 1166 10 3 — Death: 1230 — |
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Berengaria of CASTILE
Birth: 1180 24 17 — Death: November 8, 1246 — |
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Birth: July 30, 1199 33 19 — Monastery of Valparsio, Spain Death: May 30, 1252 — Sevilla, Spain |
| Shared note | Berenguela (or Berengaria) (1180 - November 8, 1246), was briefly queen of Castile and León. The eldest daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Leonora of England, she was briefly engaged to Conrad II, Duke of Swabia, but he was murdered in 1196 before they could be married.
Marriage
Berenguela married Alfonso IX of León in 1198, but this was annulled in 1204 by Pope Innocent III because they were second cousins. Berenguela and Alfonso had five children, including one who died in infancy, and when she returned to her father's court in Castile, she brought her children with her to Otella.
Berenguela often found herself politically at odds with her former husband. Alfonso had two daughters, Sancha and Dulce, by his first wife, Teresa of Portugal, and wished to disinherit Berenguela's children in favor of these daughters. To this end, he invited John of Brienne to marry his eldest daughter, Sancha, and thus inherit John's kingdom. Berenguela sabotaged this plan by convincing John of Brienne to marry her own daughter, Berenguela of Leon, instead. Later, on September 24, 1230 when Alfonso died, Berenguela and Fernando acted to set aside the rights of Sancha and Dulce by offering them a lifetime appanage, which they accepted. This was done so that, with Berenguela's aid, he could assume the Leonese throne.
[edit] Queen
When her brother Henry died by accident in 1217, Berenguela renounced her rights to the throne, in favor of her son Fernando. Thereafter she served as the king's motherly advisor; according to the Cronica Latina, her "total intent and desire being to procure honor for her son in every way possible". Berenguela helped quell the rebellious nobles, and then arranged for Fernando to marry a high-born wife, Beatriz (Beatrix) of Swabia.
Berenguela maintained strong connections with her sister Blanca, who was Queen of France. It was Blanche who suggested sending Jeanne of Ponthieu as a bride for Fernando after his first wife's death.
[edit] Children
Her children with Alfonso IX included:
* Leonor (1198/1199-October 31, 1210)
* King Fernando III the Saint (1200-1252)
* Alfonso, 4th Lord of Molina (1203-1272)
* Berenguela of Leon (1204-1237), married John of Brienne
* Constanza (May 1, 1200 or 1205-September 7, 1242), became a nun at Las Huelgas, Burgos, where she died |