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  Table of contents for Library of Congress control number 2001022435
Alfonso VIII and Sancho VII of Navarre 33 17.
Alfonso IX invades the Kingdom of Castile 75 35.
The Death of Alfonso IX of Le6n 118 61.
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 Encyclopedia: Alfonso IX of Leon
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...
Henry I of Castile, king of Castile and Leon, son of Alfonso VIII of Castile, and his wife Eleonor Plantegenet, (daughter of Henry II of England and Eleonor of Aquitaine), was born in 1204.
Alfonso of Leon, Lord of Molina (1203-1272) was the second son of King Alfonso IX of Leon and Berenguela of Castile, and a younger brother of King Ferdinand III of Castile.
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 Alfonso VIII of Castile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Alfonso VIII was the founder of the first Spanish university, the studium generale of Palencia, which, however, did not survive him.
In 1176, Alfonso married Leonora of England and Aquitaine.
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 Alfonso IX of Leon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alfonso was the only son of King Ferdinand II of Leon and Urraca of Portugal.
His eldest daughter, Sancha, was engaged to her cousin King Henry I of Castile, but Henry died in 1217 before the marriage could be solemnized.
Wanting to disinherit his eldest son, Fernando, King Alfonso invited John of Brienne to marry his daughter Sancha and thus inherit the Leonese throne.
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 castileleon
Son of Alfonso V; under regency of stepmother Urraca (1027-32); at war with Sancho III of Navarre until Sancho's death (1035); died at battle of Tamaron while attempting to recover territories from his brother-in-law Ferdinand I of Castile.
Ferdinand married Sancha, the sister of Bermudo III, king of Leon (1016-37), and heiress to the throne of Leon.
Alfonso, who had himself expected to acquire Castile, was angered at his wife's action, and, aided by a group of Castilian nobles favorable to his claim, made war upon his newly crowned son.
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 Chapter 1: The Cortes of Castile-León   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In three assemblies convened by Alfonso IX of León in 1188,1202, and 1208, the presence of townsmen was explicitly recorded.
Alfonso IX probably received an oath of allegiance from the bishops, nobles, and citizens of each city summoned to the curia of León in 1188, and perhaps asked the curia of Benavente in 1202 to recognize his son, Fernando, as heir to the throne.
Alfonso VIIIs economic ordinance enacted at Toledo in 1207 was prompted by his concern for the well-being of the towns.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Leon
Leon fell into the power of the Mussulman invaders, but they did not long retain it; it was reconquered by Alfonso I, the Catholic.
When Alfonso III (the Great) was dethroned by his sons (910), the eldest of them, García, took for himself the city of Leon, which then began to be the capital of a kingdom.
Leon now attained the chief place among the Christian States of Western Spain, but in the middle of the same century (the tenth) Castile began her efforts to achieve her liberation from Leonese vassalage.
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 COON-KUHN - STEADMAN Connections
ALFONSO IX KING OF LEON was born in 1171.
FERNANDO II KING OF LEON was born in 1145 in Spain.
ALFONSO VII KING OF LEON & CASTILE was born in 1104/5 in Castile, Spain.
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 Ferdinand II of Leon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1188), was the son of Alfonso VII of Castile and León and of Berenguela, of the house of the Kings of Aragon and Counts of Barcelona.
During the minority of his nephew Alfonso VIII of Castile he endeavoured to impose himself on the kingdom as regent.
He was succeeded by his only son Alfonso IX.
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 BATTLES OF CASTILE & LEON
The king of Aragon, Alfonso I "the battler", and the count Enrique of Portugal, defeat the Castilian Queen Urraca (wife of Alfonso I).
A Castilian army (militias of Cuenca, Huete, Moya & Alarcón), under the command of Alfonso Téllez and the bishop of Cuenca defeats the Muslim kings of Seville & Murcia (Ali Ibn-Aarki).
The city is reconquered by the king of León, Alfonso IX, after defeating a relief army of the same Ibn-Hud..
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 Chapter 5, Cortes of Castile-León   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The rejection of Alfonso de la Cerdas claims appears to be confirmed by the decision of his principal supporter, Juan Núñez de Lara, to withdraw to France, where he pledged homage and fealty to Philip III (the uncle of the infantes de la Cerda) in September 1276.
Alfonso X pointed out that the assembly was not officially a cortes, but the realities of practical policies enabled Sancho to present himself as a champion of the law of the land and the rights of the people, rather than a willful son acting out of mere personal ambition.
Alfonso X convened the cortes of Toledo 1254 on this account, and the cortes of Burgos 1276, Segovia 1278, and Seville 1281 were concerned with this issue, but later monarchs allowed the process of pledging allegiance to extend over several months.
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 Castiles & Leon
Alfonso was killed in battle against his stepson, Alfonso VII of Castile, and was succeeded by his brother Ramiro II in Aragón and by García IV in Navarre.
Alfonso VII (Alfonso the Emperor), 1104—57, Spanish king of Castile and León (1126—57), son and successor of Urraca.
Alfonso IX Spanish king of León (1188—1230), son and successor of Ferdinand II.
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 Untitled Document
Alfonso XI didn’t divert troops to the Portuguese border: the intervention of troops from the bishopric of Jaén and the Council of Seville was enough to defeat the Portuguese at Villanueva de Barcarrota and force Alfonso IV to raise his siege of Jaén.
Alfonso IV intervened in the war against Islam, which was surrounded with the solemn atmosphere of a crusade, only after his own daughter and son-in-law came to Portugal and begged him to.
Alfonso V decided to intervene in Castile in defense of the eventual rights of his niece, Juana, the Excellent Lady, who was by then engaged to be married.
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 Ancestors of Tim Farr - aqwg215
Alfonso II Raimundez King of ARAGON AND PAMPLONA on 18 Jan 1174 in Zaragosa, Spain.
Alfonso II Prince of ARAGON was born about 1180 and died Feb 1209.
Fernando III "The Saint" King of CASTILE AND LEON was born 19 Aug 1201 and died 30 May 1252.
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 FERDINAND III, Spanish king of Castile and León. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
1199–1252, Spanish king of Castile (1217–52) and León (1230–52), son of Alfonso IX of León and Berenguela of Castile.
At the death (1217) of her brother, Henry I of Castile, Berenguela renounced her right of succession in Ferdinand’s favor.
Ferdinand was planning an expedition to Morocco when he died and was succeeded by his son, Alfonso X. In 1671, Ferdinand was canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.
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 AllRefer.com - Alfonso VIII, Spanish king of Castile (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Alfonso VIII (Alfonso the Noble), 1155–1214, Spanish king of Castile (1158–1214), son and successor of Sancho III.
Alfonso took (1177) Cuenca from the Moors, but later (1195) he was seriously defeated by them at Alarcos.
Alfonso was married to Eleanor, daughter of Henry II of England.
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 MOO GHOSTS file list
From this episcopal origin, probably in 1230, sprang the royal foundation of Alfonso IX of Léon, who "with was salutary discretion summoned the most experienced masters of sacred letters and established schools" (Lucas de Tuy); which, however, does no signify, as Rashdall infers, that they taught theology.
Alfonso IX granted them the privileges alluded to later by St. Ferdinand, who was in reality the founder, the foundation of his father not having endured.
The principles Alfonso the Wise had put into practice in Salamanca, he drew from the "Leyes de Partida", commenced in 1256 and terminated in 1263.
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 Banks/Dean Genealogy - Person Page 57
She married Count Alfonso of Provence, son of King Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile, in July 1193 at Aix-en-Provence, France.
She married second Alfonso IX of León, son of Fernando II of León and Urraca of Portugal, on 10 November 1197 at Valladolid, Spain, They were forced to marry by the Pope in consequence of Alfonso IX having allied himself with the muslims vs. Alfonso VIII, King of Castile.
He married second Berenguela I of Castilla "la Grande", daughter of King Alfonso VIII of Castile "the Good" and Eleanor of England, on 10 November 1197 at Valladolid, Spain, They were forced to marry by the Pope in consequence of Alfonso IX having allied himself with the muslims vs. Alfonso VIII, King of Castile.
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 The Reconquest.
1135: Alfonso VII of Leon restores the prestige of the Leonese monarchy and is proclaimed emperor.
Alfonso VIII of Castile, helped by Sancho VIII of Navarre, Pedro II of Aragon and some troops from Portugal and Leon, is victorious in the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.
Alfonso X drafts the 'Fuero de las Leyes', the forerunner of the 'Siete Partidas'.
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 Ferdinand III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Ferdinand was the son of Alfonso IX of Leon and Berenguela, daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile.
When born, he was the heir to Leon, but his uncle, Henry I of Castile, died young, and his mother inherited the crown of Castile, which she conferred on him.
By his will Alfonso IX tried to disinherit his son, but the will was set aside, and Castile and Leon were permanently united in 1230.
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 My Family
Urraca of Castile and Leon died in 1136.
Children were: Alfonso IX of Leon (King of Leon).
Alfonso XIII (King of Spain) and Victoria Eugenie (Queen of Spain) were married in 1906 in Church of San Jeronimo, Madrid, Spain.
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 Alfonso IX of Leon -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Alfonso was the only son of King (Click link for more info and facts about Ferdinand II of Leon) Ferdinand II of Leon and Urraca of Portugal.
He was first married in 1191 to his cousin (Click link for more info and facts about Teresa of Portugal) Teresa of Portugal, who bore him two daughters, and a son who died young.
It cannot have been his conscience which constrained him to leave Teresa, for his next step was to marry (Click link for more info and facts about Berenguela of Castile) Berenguela of Castile in 1197, who was his second cousin.
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 AllRefer.com - Alfonso IX, Spanish king of LeOn (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Alfonso IX, Spanish king of LeOn, Spanish And Portuguese History, Biographies
Alfonso IX 1171–1230, Spanish king of LeOn (1188–1230), son and successor of Ferdinand II.
He conquered from the Moors several cities in Estremadura and was frequently at war with Alfonso VIII of Castile.
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 Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg59 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Louis V111 King of France was born 5 Sep 1187 and died 8 Nov 1226.
Alfonso IX of LEÓN King of Leon [Parents] was born 15 Aug 1171 in Zamora.
Blanche married Alfonso IX of LEÓN King of Leon.
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 29TH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
King Fernando II of LEON died in 1188 in Leon - reign from 1157.
He was born in Leon - son of Alfonso VII.
She died in 1178 in Leon - wife of Ferdinand II.
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 Spain Substates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
She was regent in Aragón and Cataluña during her cousin and husband, Alfonso V's warfare in Italy, conquering Napoli from Giovanna II in 1442.
She succeeded her brother Enrico IV, but Alfonso V of Portugal, who supported the claim of her brother's daughter, Juana la Beltraneja, attacked Castile and León but was defeated by the Castilian army in 1476.
King Alfonso XI of Castilla usurped the lordship in 1334, and Doña Maria was later succeeded by Juan Núñez de Lara IV.
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 King of Castile+Leon Saint Fernando III
He was the son of Alfonso IX, King of Leon, and of Berengeria, the daughter of Alfonso III, King of Castile, and sister of Blanche, the mother of St. Louis IX.
In 1217 Ferdinand became King of Castile, which crown his mother renounced in his favour, and in 1230 he succeeded to the crown of Leon, though not without civil strife, since many were opposed to the union of the two kingdoms.
He took as his counsellors the wisest men in the State, saw to the strict administration of justice, and took the greatest care not to overburden his subjects with taxation, fearing, as he said, the curse of one poor woman more than a whole army of Saracens.
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 28TH GENERATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
King Alfonso IX of LEON was born in 1166 in Leon - son of Fernando II.
He died in 1230 in Leon - reign from 1188.
Berengaria of LEON was born about 1191 in Leon - dtr of Alfonso IX.
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