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Alfonso was born to Sancho III of Castile and Blanche, in Soria on 11 November 1155. [7] He was named after his grandfather Alfonso VII of León and Castile, who divided his kingdoms between his sons. This division set the stage for conflict in the family until the kingdoms were re-united by Alfonso VIII's grandson, Ferdinand III of Castile. [8]
Oldest son of Alfonso VII. Although his father was king of Castile, León, and Galicia, Sancho only inherited Castile, with León and Galicia going to his younger brother Ferdinand. (Castile , León, and Galicia would be later re-united in 1230 under Ferdinand III.) Alfonso VIII: The Noble 31 August 1158 6 October 1214 Oldest son of Sancho III.
Alfonso VIII the Noble King of Castile 1155–1214 r. 1158–1214: Sancho I King of Portugal 1154–1212: Sancho 1181: Henry 1184: Ferdinand 1189–1211: Mafalda 1191–1211: Constance c. 1202 –1243: Eleanor 1200–1244: James I the Conqueror King of Aragon 1208–1276: Henry I King of Castile 1204–1217 r. 1214–1217: Berengaria Queen of ...
According to the Latin Chronicle of Kings of Castile [38] the number given is almost 100,000 Saracens, including children and women, who were captured. [29] Thereafter, Alfonso VIII's grandson Ferdinand III of Castile took Córdoba in 1236, Jaén in 1246, and Seville in 1248; [39] [35] [40] [41] then he took Arcos, Medina-Sidonia, Jerez, and ...
The border of the Tagus had been overwhelmed in the second half of the 12th century because Alfonso VIII of Castile was advancing towards the Júcar. [1] He besieged Cuenca in 1172 but, after five months of siege, the caliph Abu Yaqub forced the Castilian to lift the siege by attacking Huete. [2]
Alfonso XIII's claim descended (due to his two eldest sons' renunciations) to his third son, Juan of Bourbon, Count of Barcelona, who was passed over in favour of his eldest son, whose title is King of Spain. The Count of Barcelona formally renounced his claims in favour of his son in 1977, two years after Franco's death and Juan Carlos's ...
Alfonso XIII [a] (Spanish: Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena; French: Alphonse Léon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidore Pascal Antoine de Bourbon; 17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African due to his Africanist views, was King of Spain from his birth until 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was ...
Eleanor of England (Spanish: Leonor; c. 1161 [2] – 31 October 1214 [3] [4]), was Queen of Castile and Toledo [5] as the wife of Alfonso VIII of Castile. [6] [7] She was the sixth child and second daughter of Henry II, King of England, and Eleanor of Aquitaine.