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    only son of King Ferdinand II of León and Urraca of Portugal. His father was the younger son of Alfonso VII of León and Castile, who divided his kingdoms...
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  • Alfonso VIII (11 November 1155 – 5 October 1214), called the Noble (El Noble) or the one of Las Navas (el de las Navas), was King of Castile from 1158...
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    The flag of Castile and León is the official flag of the Spanish autonomous community of Castile and León. It consists of the quartered coats of arms...
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    wives of Henry VIII and years of marriage v t e In common parlance, the wives of Henry VIII were the six queens consort of King Henry VIII of England between...
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    of León and Galicia from 1157 until his death. Born in Toledo, Castile, Ferdinand was the third but second surviving son of King Alfonso VII of León and...
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    autonomous community of Castile and León depicts the traditional arms of Castile (the yellow castle) quartered with the arms of León (the purple lion). It is topped...
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    and León is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. It was created in 1983 by the merging of the provinces of the historic region of León: León, Zamora...
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    Berengaria of Castile (category 12th-century nobility from León and Castile)
    and Queen of León from 1197 to 1204 as the second wife of King Alfonso IX. As the eldest child and heiress presumptive of Alfonso VIII of Castile, she...
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    Aquilina (MLT)  Katinka Zahra Lehtonen (MLT)  Katya Vella (MLT) Vuelta a Nuevo León VIII (details) 3 March 2024 1.NE  Nicole Córdova (MEX)  Pamela Javelly Barragán (MEX)...
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    the son of Alfonso VII of León and Castile and his wife Berengaria of Barcelona, and was succeeded by his son Alfonso VIII. His nickname was due to his...
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    Castile from 1217 and King of León from 1230 as well as King of Galicia from 1231. He was the son of Alfonso IX of León and Berenguela of Castile. Through...
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    (850–866), the kingdom began to be known as that of León. In 910, an independent Kingdom of León was founded when the king of Asturias divided his territory...
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    that it was separated from León and became a kingdom in its own right. Between 1072 and 1157, it was again united with León, and after 1230, the union...
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    The Kingdom of León arose out of the Kingdom of Asturias. The Kingdom of Castile appeared initially as a county of the Kingdom of León. From the second...
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  • Aristocracy in Twelfth-century León and Castile (Cambridge, 1997), 144. Notes Simon Barton, The Aristocracy in Twelfth-century León and Castile (Cambridge, 1997)...
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    frontera entre León y Córdoba a mediados del siglo X: desde Santarén a Huesca" (PDF). Estudios Humanísticos. Historia (1). León: Universidad de León: Servicio...
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    the reign of King Alfonso VIII or that these arms had pre-heraldic history as the heraldry of León. The chancery of Alfonso VIII adopted a Signum Regis (seal)...
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    inherited the Kingdom of León, "the most extensive, valuable and emblematic part: the one that contained the cities of Oviedo and León, cradles of the Asturian-Leonese...
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  • Gregory VIII (died 1137), born Mauritius Burdinus (Maurice Bourdin), was antipope from 10 March 1118 until 22 April 1121. He was born in the Limousin,...
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    Ferdinand received León & Galicia. The kingdoms remained divided under their sons Alfonso VIII of Castile and Alfonso IX of León, but in 1197 the latter...
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  • Queen dowager (section León)
    Ferdinand II of León, mother of King Alfonso IX of León Teresa of Portugal (4 October 1178 – 8 June 1250), wife of King Alfonso IX of León Constance of Portugal...
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    first queen of León, then also of Castile by her marriage to Alfonso VI. Contemporary records show Agnes to have been daughter of William VIII, Duke of Aquitaine...
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    of León, who also awarded it law-codes (a fuero) in 1167. It was originally known as Malgrat or Malgrado. After the death of Fernando II of León who...
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    accompanied by Aragonese troops, and went to the city of León, where John of Castile was proclaimed King of León, Seville and Galicia. Immediately afterwards, John...
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