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Berenguela Of Castile
Birth: Jan. 1, 1180
Segovia
Castilla y Leon, Spain
Death: Nov. 8, 1246
Burgos
Castilla y Leon, Spain
Queen of Castile (1217)
Queen Consort of León (1197-1204)
Regent of Castile
Eldest daughter of King Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor Plantagenet. Paternal granddaughter of King Sancho III of Castile and Blanca Ramírez of Navarre. Maternal granddaughter of King Henry II of England and Eleanor, Duchess of Aquitaine.
Berenguela was first betrothed to Conrad II, Duke of Swabia, before 1196, but he was murdered before their marriage could be solemnized.
She married King Alfonso IX of León in 1197, and together they had five children. Their marriage was annulled, however, in 1204 by Pope Innocent III because they were too closely related to each other.
After the annulment, the Queen and her children returned to Castile, where she thwarted her former husband's attempts to disinherit her children.
When her father died in 1214, she became Regent of Castile for her young brother Enrique I, and administered the government in his name.
Enrique was accidentally killed in 1217, and because he died without issue, Berenguela became Queen of Castile in her own right. She was thirty-seven years old at the time of her accession, and abdicated the same year in favor of her eldest son, who became Ferdinand III of Castile.
Following her abdication, Berenguela served as her son's adviser and retired to the Abbey de Santa María la Real de las Huelgas, where she died and was buried in 1246.
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Parents:
Alfonso VIII Of Castile (1155 - 1214)
Eleanor Plantagenet (1162 - 1214)
Spouse:
Alfonso IX De Leon (1171 - 1230)*
Children:
Ferdinand III Castile (1199 - 1252)*
Ferdinand III of Castile (1201 - 1252)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Monasterio de Santa María la Real de las Huelgas
Burgos
Castilla y Leon, Spain
Created by: A. I. Carroll-Zimmer
Record added: Dec 04, 2010
Find A Grave Memorial# 62558130
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Steve Butler and Suzanne Hibbs Family History
1180 - 1246 (66 years)
