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Alfonso VIII, Borgoña de Castilla, Rey de Castilla 1155–1214 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 November 1155

Birth Location: Provincia de Soria, Castilla y León, Spain

Death Date: 5 October 1214

Death Location: Burgos, Provincia de Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain

Father: Sancho Castile

Mother: Blanca Navarre

Spouse(s): Eleanor Toledo

Children(s): Berenguela Castilla, Sancho Plantagenet, Fernando Plantagenet, Leonor Aragona, Urraca Castilian), Blanche Castile

In 1155, Alfonso VIII, Borgoña de Castilla, Rey de Castilla entered the world in Provincia de Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, born to Sancho Iii Bourgogne King Of Castile And Blanca Of Navarre. Alfonso VIII, Borgoña de Castilla, Rey de Castilla married Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Of Castile And Toledo, and had children including Berenguela Plantagenet Reina De Castilla, Blanche De Castile, Fernando De Castilla Y Plantagenet, Leonor De Aragona, Sancho De Castilla Y Plantagenet, Urraca Of House Of Ivrea Castilian Urraca Is Magpie In Castilian. Alfonso VIII, Borgoña de Castilla, Rey de Castilla passed away in 1214 in Burgos, Provincia de Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain.

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Biography

  • In 1155, Alfonso VIII, Borgoña de Castilla, Rey de Castilla entered the world in Provincia de Soria, Castilla y León, Spain, born to Sancho Iii Bourgogne King Of Castile And Blanca Of Navarre.
  • Alfonso VIII, Borgoña de Castilla, Rey de Castilla married Eleanor Plantagenet Queen Of Castile And Toledo, and had children including Berenguela Plantagenet Reina De Castilla, Blanche De Castile, Fernando De Castilla Y Plantagenet, Leonor De Aragona, Sancho De Castilla Y Plantagenet, Urraca Of House Of Ivrea Castilian Urraca Is Magpie In Castilian.
  • Alfonso VIII, Borgoña de Castilla, Rey de Castilla passed away in 1214 in Burgos, Provincia de Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain.

Immediate Family

Parents

Sancho Castile
1134–1158
Birth Location: Toledo, Spain
SC
Blanca Navarre
1133–1156
Birth Location: Pamplona, Provincia de Navarra, Navarra, Spain
BN

Spouses(s)

Eleanor Toledo
1162–1214
Birth Location: Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
ET

Children(s)

Berenguela Castilla
1180–1246
Birth Location: Segovia, Provincia de Segovia, Castilla y León, Spain
BC
Sancho Plantagenet
1181–1181
Birth Location: Castilla y León, Spain
SP
Fernando Plantagenet
1189–1211
Birth Location: Valladolid, Provincia de Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain
FP
Leonor Aragona
1202–1244
Birth Location: Castilla y León, Spain
LA
Urraca Castilian)
1187–1220
Birth Location: Spain
UC
Blanche Castile
1188–1252
Birth Location: Palencia, Provincia de Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain
BC

Alfonso Castilla's Ancestors

Self
Alfonso Castilla
1155–1214
Birth Place: Provincia de Soria, Castilla y León, Spain
Parents
Sancho III, Bourgogne, King of Castile
1134–1158
Toledo, Spain
Blanca (of) Navarre
1133–1156
Pamplona, Provincia de Navarra, Navarra, Spain
Grandparents
Alfonso (VII Pierre-Raimund 'the Emperor' 1st of House of Ivrea, King of Castile, Leon &) Galicia
1105–1157
Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Berengaria (Raimundo of Barcelona, Queen Consort) Castile
1116–1149
Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Great-Grandparents
Raymond Portugal
1070–1107
Urraca child
1081–1126
Ramon Barcelona
1080–1131
Douce Countess
1090–1127
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Macon
1020–1087
Alfonso death
1039–1109
Constance Burgundy
1046–1093
Ramon twin
1054–1082
Matilda Apulia
1059–1112
Gilbert Crusades
1055–1107
Gerberga, Provence
1060–1115

Alfonso Castilla's Descendants

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Alfonso (VIII, Borgoña de Castilla, Rey de) Castilla (11 November 1155–5 October 1214) m. Eleanor (Plantagenet, Queen of Castile and) Toledo (13 Oct 1162–31 Oct 1214)
  1. 1. Berenguela (Plantagenet, Reina de) Castilla 1180–1246 m. Alfonso (IX Fernandez House of Ivrea, King de Castilla y) León 1171–1230
    1. 1. Alfonso (de) Castille 1204–1272
    2. 2. Berenguela (Castile & Leon, Empress) consort 1198–1237 m. Sir (Jean De Brienne, King of Jerusalem, Latin Emperor of) Constantinople 1170–1237
      1. 1. Louis (de Brienne Beaumont, The Vicomte) Beaumont-le-Maine 1235–1297 m. Lady (Agnes De Beaumont, The Viscountess) Beaumont-le-Maine 1235–1301
        1. 1. Henry ('disinherited' Beaumont, Earl, Knight of Folkingham, Joint Warden of Scotland, Privy Councillor, Constable of England, Battle of) Bannockburn 1288–1339 m. Alice (Comyn, Countess of) Buchan 1289–1349
        2. 2. Lady (Jeanne De) Beaumont 1273–1310 m. Sir (Norville de Norton, Lord of) Sharpenhoe 1266–1328
        3. 3. Sir (Henry I De Beaumont, 1st Earl of) Buchan 1268–1339
      2. 2. Jean (de Brienne, Grand Butler of) France 1225–1296 m. Jeanne (de) Chateaudun 1227–1265
        1. 1. Blanche (de Brienne, Lady of Loupeland, Baroness Fiennes of) Tingry 1246–1302 m. Guillaume (II (William) de Thienes (Fiennes), Lord of Wendover, baron de) Tingry 1245–1302
      3. 3. Alphonse (de) Brienne 1225–1270 m. Marie (de) Lusignan 1222–1260
        1. 1. Jean (II de) Brienne –1294
    3. 3. Fernando (III de Castilla y León, Rey de) Castilla 1201–1252 m. Elisabeth (Beatrice Schwaben) (Hohenstaufen) 1202–1235 m. Jeanne (Joana de Dammartin, Comtesse D'Aumale, Countess of Ponthieu and Aumale, queen consort of Castile and) Leon 1216–1279
      1. 1. Eleonor (( Leonora) of Castilla, Queen Consort, accompanied Edward on crusade to the Holy Land from 1270 to 1272, and she saved his life after) wounded 1240–1290 m. King (Edward I ' Longshanks' Plantagenet, 'Hammer of the Scots', Parliament formed; expeled) Jews 1239–1307
        1. 1. Edward (II) Plantagenet 1284–1327 m. 1295–1358
        2. 2. Joan (of England) Plantagenet 1272–1307 m. Gilbert (IV 'The Red Earl ' de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford, 7th Earl of Gloucester, 3rd Lord of Glamorgan, excommunicated by Pope Clement) IV 1243–1295 m. Sir (Ralph de Monthermer, Earl of Gloucester and Hertford, Knight, squire of Gilbert de Clare, taken prisoner at Bannockburn, keeper of Cardiff) castle 1270–1325
        3. 3. Juliana Castilla 1264–1264
        4. 4. Eleanor (Castilla Plantagenet, Countess of) Bar 1264–1297 m. Henry (III House of Bar, Count of) Bar 1259–1302
        5. 5. Joan Plantagenet 1265–1265
        6. 6. John Plantagenet 1266–1271
        7. 7. Henry Plantagenet 1267–1274
        8. 8. Princess (Isabel) Plantagenet 1274–1279
        9. 9. Alphonso Plantagenet 1273–1284
        10. 10. Margaret (of England Plantagenet, Duchess of) Brabant 1275–1333 m. John (II "the Peaceful" House of Reginar, Duke of Brabant &) Lothier 1275–1312
        11. 11. Mary Castilla 1276–1332
        12. 12. Berenguela Castilla 1276–1278
        13. 13. Princess (Alice) Plantagenet 1279–1291
        14. 14. Elizabeth (Plantagenet, Countess consort of) Holland 1282–1316 m. Humphrey ('Ordainer of Magna Carta' de Bohun, 4th Earl of Hereford, Anglo-Norman family of the Welsh) Marches 1276–1322 m. John (I Count of Holland & Zealand (no) issue) 1273–1299
      2. 2. Alfonso (X Ferdinandez of Castile &) León 1221–1284 m. Violant2 (of) Aragon 1236–1301 m. Maria (Guillen de) Guzman 1212–1262
        1. 1. Sancho (IV 'The Brave' King of Castile and) León 1258–1295 m. María (de Molina, le) Grande 1265–1321
        2. 2. Beatriz (Ferdinandez of Castile &) León 1254–1280 m. William (Guglielmo VII the Great Montferrat (di Monferrato), 12th Margrave of Montferrat, titular King of) Thessalonica 1253–1292
      3. 3. Enrique (de Castilla y) León 1230–1303
      4. 4. Berenguela (de) Castilla 1228–1279
  2. 2. Sancho (de Castilla y) Plantagenet 1181–1181
  3. 3. Fernando (de Castilla y) Plantagenet 1189–1211
  4. 4. Leonor (de) Aragona 1202–1244
  5. 5. Urraca (of House of Ivrea Castilian, (Urraca is 'magpie' in) Castilian) 1187–1220 m. Alphonse (de) Portugal 1185–1223
    1. 1. Alfonso (III Portuguese House of Burgundy, King of Portugal, reconquered Faro from the Moors in) 1249 1210–1279 m. Beatrice (of) Castile 1242–1303
      1. 1. Dennis ((Dionysius) Portuguese House of Burgundy, King of Portugal, de) Rechtvaardige 1261–1325 m. Saint (Elizabeth of) Aragon 1271–1336
        1. 1. Konstanze (Constanza of) Portugal 1290–1313 m. Ferdinand (IV 'The Summoned' King of Castile and) León 1285–1312
        2. 2. Alfonso (IV Portuguese House of Burgundy, King of) Portugal 1291–1357 m. Beatrice (of) Castile 1293–1359
      2. 2. Branca (of Portugal, Abbess of Las) Huelgas 1259–1321
  6. 6. Blanche (de) Castile 1188–1252

Alfonso Castilla's Timeline

2 Records

1155
11 November 1155
Birth of Alfonso VIII, Borgoña de Castilla, Rey de Castilla in Provincia de Soria, Castilla y León, Spain
Provincia de Soria, Castilla y León, Spain
1214
5 October 1214
Age 59
Death of Alfonso VIII, Borgoña de Castilla, Rey de Castilla in Gutierre-Munoz, Provincia de Ávila, Castilla y León, Spain
Gutierre-Munoz, Provincia de Ávila, Castilla y León, Spain

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 November 1155
    Event Place: Provincia de Soria, Castilla y León, Spain
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 October 1214
    Event Place: Gutierre-Munoz, Provincia de Ávila, Castilla y León, Spain
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Burgos, Provincia de Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain
    Record Source: Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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