Cook Family Ancestry Alfonso VII the Emperor Count of Castile [5631] This title is just so we know which tree we are working in, as there are many families represented here.

William I of Burgundy the Great Count of Burgundy [4596]
(1020-1087)

Stephanie (Etienette Gertrudis) of Barcelona de Longwy [4570]
(Abt 1025-Aft 1088)

Alfonso VI Ferdinandez King of Leon and Castile [5627]
(Bef 1040-1109)

Constance of Burgundy [5628]
(1046-1093)

Raymond of Burgundy Conde De Galicia Y Coimbr [4577]
(Abt 1070-1107)

Urraca of Castile Countess of Castile [5629]
(1081-1126)

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

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Spouses/Children:
1. Berenguela of Barcelona [5632]

2. Richeza of Poland [8450]

Sancha of Castile Infanta of Castile [8449]+

Alfonso VII the Emperor Count of Castile [5631] ²⁴

Born: 1 Mar 1105
Marriage (1): Berenguela of Barcelona [5632] on 10 Nov 1128 in Saldana
Marriage (2): Richeza of Poland [8450] in Jul 1152
Died: 21 Aug 1157, Fresneda at age 52

bullet Another name for Alfonso was Alfonso Raimúndez.

bullet General Notes:

Acceded: 1126

http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07870

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_VII_of_Le%C3%B3n_and_Castile

born Alfonso Raimúndez, called the Emperor

bullet Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: King of Galicia, 1111.

• Acceded: King of León and Castile, 1126.

Alfonso married Berenguela of Barcelona [5632] [MRIN: 1825], daughter of Ramon Berenguer III Count of Barcelona [63408] and Douce I Countess of Provence [63409], on 10 Nov 1128 in Saldana. (Berenguela of Barcelona [5632] was born in 1116 and died on 15 Jan 1149 in Palencia.)

Alfonso next married Richeza of Poland [8450] [MRIN: 3478], daughter of Wladyslaw II the Exile of Cracow Duke of Cracow [8451] and Agnes of Babenberg [64228], in Jul 1152. (Richeza of Poland [8450] died on 16 Jun 1185.)

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Alfonso VII the Emperor Count of Castile [5631] ²⁴