Alfonso VII of León and Castile

Alfonso VII, the Kaiser ( born March 11, 1104/1105; † August 21, 1157 ) was from 1126 King of León and Castile.

Alfonso was the son of Urraca of León, daughter of Alfonso VI. , And her first husband, Count Raymond of Burgundy.

He was his grandfather Alfonso VI. follow as king in Castile and León. But he was limited by Urracas second husband, Alfonso I of Aragon, on Galicia, whose crown he received in 1111. But Urraca came with her husband in battle, they influenced the Castilian nobility, to rise up and Alfons 1122 be proclaimed the king.

After a lengthy war that had already begun his mother Urraca 1114 Alfons alleged against his stepfather and kept in the division in 1127 Castile, Leon, Asturias and Galicia; only that part of Navarre, he joined from Aragon. When in 1134 his stepfather died, Alfonso sat down quickly by final. After Alfonso ordered the state and fought successfully against the Moors, as notably in 1134 in alliance with Aragon and Navarre. On May 26, 1135 Alfons had himself crowned emperor of Leon in Spain. 1146 began with the conquest of Cordoba another successful phase in the fight against the Moors. Shortly thereafter, the Muslims also lost Calatrava and Almería to Alfonso. However, the North African Almohad Córdoba conquered back soon again. Support from the other Christian princes, Alfonso won another victory over the Moors in Jaén. The decreed by him inheritance among his sons Sancho III. (Castile ) and Ferdinand II ( Léon ) divided Spain again.

Progeny

1128 married Alfons Berenguela of Barcelona, daughter of Ramon Berenguer III. , Count of Barcelona. She died in 1149 with her ​​Alfons had the following children. :

  • Sancho III. (1134-1158), King of Castile
  • Ferdinand II (1137-1188), King of León
  • Sancha (1137-1179), ∞ Sancho VI. , King of Navarre
  • Konstanze (around 1138-1160 ), ∞ Louis VII, King of France

After the death of his first wife Berenguela married Alfonso Richeza 1152, the daughter of Wladyslaw II, Senior Duke of Poland. With her he had a daughter, Sancha (1155-1208), ∞ Alfonso II, King of Aragon.

Alfonso also had an illegitimate daughter, Urraca, ∞ García IV, King of Navarre.

Almohad Caliphate Sancho III of Castile Berengaria of Barcelona Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona Sancho VI of Navarre Constance of Castile Louis VII of France Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon Crown of Aragon Integrated Authority File
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