Cook Family Ancestry Berengaria of Castile Queen of Castile [5604] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

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

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

Fitzempress Henry II Curtmantle King of England [2565]
(1133-1189)

Eleanor of Aquitaine Duchess of Aquitaine [2564]
(1122-1204)

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

Eleanor Plantagenet Queen of Castilla [3914]
(1162-1214)

Berengaria of Castile Queen of Castile [5604]
(1180-1246)

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Spouses/Children:
Alfonso IX of Leon King of Leon [5603]

Berengaria of Castile Queen of Castile [5604] ²⁴

Born: 1180
Marriage: Alfonso IX of Leon King of Leon [5603] in 1197 in Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain
Died: 8 Nov 1246, Las Huelgas at age 66

bullet General Notes:

Acceded: 1217

abdicated. Some sources say died age 75 but they must be wrong as her mother
was born in 1162, so she could not be born in 1171.
Some say marriage to Alfonso was annulled 1204.
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01747

bullet Noted events in her life were:

• Acceded, 1217.

Berengaria married Alfonso IX of Leon King of Leon [5603] [MRIN: 1813], son of Ferdinand II of Leon King of Leon [5611] and Urraca of Portugal [5612], in 1197 in Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain. (Alfonso IX of Leon King of Leon [5603] was born on 15 Aug 1171 in Zamora and died on 24 Sep 1230 in Villanueva de Sarria.)

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Berengaria of Castile Queen of Castile [5604] ²⁴