Constance of Castile
| Constance of Castile | |
|---|---|
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| Queen consort of the Franks | |
| Tenure | 1154 – 4 October 1160 |
| Coronation | 1154 |
| Born | 1136–1140 |
| Died | 4 October 1160 (aged 19–24) |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | |
| Issue | |
| House | Castilian House of Ivrea |
| Father | Alfonso VII of León and Castile |
| Mother | Berenguela of Barcelona |
Constance of Castile(1136 or 1140 – 4 October 1160)[1]wasQueen of Franceas the second wife ofLouis VII,who married her following the annulment of his marriage toEleanor of Aquitaine.[2]She was a daughter ofAlfonso VII of LeónandBerengaria of Barcelona,[3]but her year of birth is not known.
Life
[edit]The official reason for her husband's annulment from Eleanor of Aquitaine had been that he was too close a relative of Eleanor for the marriage to be legal by Church standards; however, he was even more closely related to Constance. They were second cousins throughWilliam I, Count of Burgundy.
Constance died giving birth to her second child. Desperate for a son, her husband remarried a mere five weeks after her death.
Constance was buried in theBasilica of Saint-Denis,Paris.
Children
[edit]Constance had two children:
- Margaret,1157–1197, who married firstHenry the Young Kingof England,[4]and thenBéla III of Hungary[5]
- Alys,1160–1220, who marriedWilliam IV of Ponthieu[6]
References
[edit]- ^Deslot, Thierry (1996).Impératrices et Reines de France[Empresses and Queens of France] (in French). Paris: Les Editions La Bruyère.ISBN2-84014-279-1.
- ^Bouchard 2001,p. 126.
- ^Bradbury 2007,p. 165.
- ^Warren 1978,p. 90.
- ^Jaritz & Szende 2016,p. 84.
- ^Warren 1978,p. 26.
Sources
[edit]- Bouchard, Constance (2001).Those of My Blood: Creating Noble Families in Medieval Francia.University of Pennsylvania Press.
- Bradbury, Jim(2007).The Capetians.Hambledon Continuum.
- Jaritz, Gerhard; Szende, Katalin, eds. (2016).Medieval East Central Europe in a Comparative Perspective.Routledge.
- Warren, W. L.(1978).King John.University of California Press.
- Castilian House of Burgundy
- Queens consort of France
- Deaths in childbirth
- Leonese infantas
- Castilian infantas
- 12th-century births
- 1160 deaths
- Burials at the Basilica of Saint-Denis
- 12th-century nobility from León and Castile
- 12th-century French women
- 12th-century French people
- Daughters of emperors
- Daughters of kings