Cook Family Ancestry Alfonso VIII of Castile King of Castile [5589] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

Alfonso VII the Emperor Count of Castile [5631]
(1105-1157)

Berenguela of Barcelona [5632]
(1116-1149)

García IV the Restorer Ramírez King of Navarre [6226]
(Aft 1110-1150)

Marguerite de L'aigle [8365]
(-1141)

Sancho III of Castile King of Castile [5633]
(1134-1158)

Blanche of Navarre [5634]
(Aft 1133-1156)

Alfonso VIII of Castile King of Castile [5589]
(1155-1214)

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Spouses/Children:
Eleanor Plantagenet Queen of Castilla [3914]

Alfonso VIII of Castile King of Castile [5589] ²⁴

Born: 11 Nov 1155, Soria
Marriage: Eleanor Plantagenet Queen of Castilla [3914] in Sep 1170 in Burgos Cathedral, Castile
Died: 6 Oct 1214, Gutierre Munoz at age 58

bullet General Notes:

One source says married 1177.

http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01520

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded, 1158.

Alfonso married Eleanor Plantagenet Queen of Castilla [3914] [MRIN: 1805], daughter of Fitzempress Henry II Curtmantle King of England [2565] [9H8V-L97] and Eleanor of Aquitaine Duchess of Aquitaine [2564] [9CMK-Z62], in Sep 1170 in Burgos Cathedral, Castile. (Eleanor Plantagenet Queen of Castilla [3914] was born on 13 Oct 1162, died on 31 Oct 1214 in Burgos, Castile and was buried in Abbey of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile.)

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Alfonso VIII of Castile King of Castile [5589] ²⁴