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    Alfonso IX (15 August 1171 – 23 or 24 September 1230) was King of León from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until his own death. He took steps...
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    reigning in León. It is generally assumed that the old Asturian kingdom was divided among the three sons of Alfonso III of Asturias: García (León), Ordoño...
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  • alongside her younger sister, Dulce. The eldest child and daughter of Alfonso IX of León by his first wife, Teresa of Portugal, Sancha was made co-heiress...
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    Alfonso IV (c. 890s – 933), called the Monk (Spanish: el Monje), was King of León from 925 (or 926) and King of Galicia from 929, until he abdicated in...
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    Alfonso V (c. 994 – 7 August 1028), called the Noble, was King of León from 999 to 1028. Like other kings of León, he used the title emperor (Imperator...
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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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    Alfonso was only heir to Castile until his paternal grandfather king Alfonso IX of León died and his father united the kingdoms of Castile and León....
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  • Aldonza Alfonso de León (c. 1215–1266) was an illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso IX of León and his mistress Aldonza Martínez de Silva. She married...
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    Alfonso VII (1 March 1105 – 21 August 1157), called the Emperor (el Emperador), became the King of Galicia in 1111 and King of León and Castile in 1126...
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  • León from his older cousin. The elder Alfonso granted that in exchange for acknowledgement that the king of Castile was overlord of the king of León....
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    Ferdinand (c. 1192 – August 1214) was the eldest son and heir apparent of Alfonso IX of León by his first wife, Theresa, daughter of Sancho I of Portugal. He predeceased...
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  • of León (1194/5 – 1248) was briefly suo jure Queen of León, reigning alongside her older sister, Sancha. The second daughter of Alfonso IX of León and...
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    instance of a figure of the lion as symbol of the Kingdom of León is found in minted coins of Alfonso VII, called the Emperor (1126–1157). Until then, the cross...
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    ) Raymond (House of Ivrea) Alfonso VII the Emperor Ferdinand II of León Alfonso IX of León Ferdinand III the Saint Alfonso X the Wise Sancho IV the Brave...
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    III of Castile and León, Berengaria, Constance, and Eleanor. Alfonso was born near León in 1202. As the son of Alfonso IX of León and Berengaria of Castile...
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    Martín Alfonso de León (c. 1220 – before April 1272) was an illegitimate son of Alfonso IX of León by Teresa Gil de Soverosa, a Portuguese noblewoman,...
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    Alfonso VI (c. 1040/1041 – 1 July 1109), nicknamed the Brave (El Bravo) or the Valiant, was king of León (1065–1109), Galicia (1071–1109), and Castile...
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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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    Rodrigo Alfonso de León (1214-1268) was a Spanish nobleman, Lord of Alexer. and Adelantado of León. Rodrigo was the illegitimate son of Alfonso IX of Leon and...
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    Berengaria of Castile (category 12th-century nobility from León and Castile)
    1217, 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,...
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    Burgundy. He was, according to many historians, the illegitimate son of Alfonso IX of León. He was elected Grand Master of the Order of Santiago in 1225, succeeding...
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    Urraca (León, 24 June 1081 – Saldaña, 8 March 1126), called "the reckless" (la temeraria), was Queen of León, Castile and Galicia from 1109 until her death...
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    Bertrand's death in 1112, Alfonso succeeded to the county of Toulouse and marquisate of Provence. In 1114, Duke William IX of Aquitaine, who claimed Toulouse...
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    the mistresses of King Alfonso IX of León and afterward, the wife of Diego Froilaz. She probably arrived in the Kingdom of León in 1191 in the entourage...
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  • She was a daughter of Alfonso IX of León and Berengaria of Castile. She was a younger sister of Ferdinand III of Castile and Alfonso of Molina. In 1217,...
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    The Cortes of León or Decreta of León from year 1188 was a parliamentary body in the medieval Kingdom of León. According to UNESCO, it is the first historically...
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    (1065–72), Galicia (1071–72) and León (1072). Born at Zamora, Sancho was the eldest son of Ferdinand the Great and Sancha of León. He was married to Alberta...
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    King Alfonso IX of León and his mistress, Teresa Gil de Soverosa. Sancha was born in 1220, she was the first-born daughter of Alfonso IX of León and his...
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    marriage of Pedro Ponce de Cabrera and Aldonza Alfonso de León, illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso IX of Leon. The house held several important titles in...
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    Alfonso XI (11 August 1311 – 26 March 1350), called the Avenger (el Justiciero), was King of Castile and León. He was the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile...
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