Alfonso VII de Castilla y León

• Preferred Name: Alfonso VII de Castilla y León^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]}
  
• Alternate Name: Alfonso the Emperor
  
• Alternate Name: King Alfonso VII of Castilla y León
  
• Alternate Name: Alfonso the Good King
  
• Alternate Name: Ramon De Galicia
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: LDSM-QML
  
• Birth: 1 de marzo de 1105 in Burgos, Castilla y León, España at LATI: N2.3468 LONG: E3.6997
  
• Burial: después de 21 de agosto de 1157 in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, España at LATI: N9.8333 LONG: E4
  
• Title (Nobility): from 1126 with note: Description: King of Castilla y León
  
• Title (Nobility): with note: Description: Emperor of Spain
  
• Christening: después de 1 de marzo de 1105 in Caldas de Reyes, Pontevedra, Galicia, España at LATI: N2.6037 LONG: E8.6419
  
• Death: 21 de agosto de 1157 in Santa Elena, Jaén, Andalucía, España at LATI: N8.3415 LONG: E3.5392
  
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  === Life Sketch ===
  Alfonso VII (1 March 1105-21 August 1157), born Alfonso Raimúndez, called the Emperor (el Emperador), became the King of Galicia in 1111 and King of León and Castile in 1126. Alfonso first used the title Emperor of All Spain, alongside his mother Urraca, once his mother vested him with the direct rule of Toledo in 1116. Alfonso later held another investiture in 1135 in a grand ceremony reasserting his claims to the Imperial title. He was the son of Urraca of León and Raymond of Burgundy, the first of the House of Ivrea to rule in the Iberian peninsula.
  
  Alfonso was a dignified and somewhat enigmatic figure. His rule was characterised by the renewed supremacy of the western kingdoms of Christian Iberia over the eastern (Navarre and Aragón) after the reign of Alfonso the Battler. He also sought to make the imperial title meaningful in practice, though his attempts to rule over both Christian and Muslim populations was even less successful. His hegemonic intentions never saw fruition, however. During his tenure, Portugal became de facto independent, in 1128, and was recognized as de jure independent, in 1143. He was a patron of poets, including, probably, the troubadour Marcabru.
  
  «b»Succession to three kingdoms«/b»
  In 1111, Diego Gelmírez, Bishop of Compostela and the count of Traba, crowned and anointed Alfonso King of Galicia in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. He was a child, but his mother had (1109) succeeded to the united throne of León-Castile-Galicia and desired to assure her son's prospects and groom him for his eventual succession. By 1125 he had inherited the formerly Muslim Kingdom of Toledo. On 10 March 1126, after the death of his mother, he was crowned in León and immediately began the recovery of the Kingdom of Castile, which was then under the domination of Alfonso the Battler. By the Peace of Támara of 1127, the Battler recognised Alfonso VII of Castile. The territory in the far east of his dominion, however, had gained much independence during the rule of his mother and experienced many rebellions. After his recognition in Castile, Alfonso fought to curb the autonomy of the local barons.
  
  When Alfonso the Battler, King of Navarre and Aragón, died without descendants in 1134, he willed his kingdom to the military orders. The aristocracy of both kingdoms rejected this. García Ramírez, Count of Monzón was elected in Navarre while Alfonso pretended to the throne of Aragón. The nobles chose another candidate in the dead king's brother, Ramiro II. Alfonso responded by reclaiming La Rioja and "attempted to annex the district around Zaragoza and Tarazona".
  
  In several skirmishes, he defeated the joint Navarro-Aragonese army and put the kingdoms to vassalage. He had the strong support of the lords north of the Pyrenees, who held lands as far as the River Rhône. In the end, however, the combined forces of the Navarre and Aragón were too much for his control. At this time, he helped Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, in his wars with the other Catalan counties to unite the old Marca Hispanica.
  
  «b»Imperial rule«/b»
  A vague tradition had always assigned the title of emperor to the sovereign who held León. Sancho the Great considered the city the imperiale culmen and minted coins with the inscription Imperator totius Hispaniae after being crowned in it. Such a sovereign was considered the most direct representative of the Visigothic kings, who had been themselves the representatives of the Roman Empire. But though appearing in charters, and claimed by Alfonso VI of León and Alfonso the Battler, the title had been little more than a flourish of rhetoric.
  
  On 26 May 1135, Alfonso was crowned "Emperor of Spain" in the Cathedral of León. By this, he probably wished to assert his authority over the entire peninsula and his absolute leadership of the Reconquista. He appears to have striven for the formation of a national unity which Spain had never possessed since the fall of the Visigothic kingdom. The elements he had to deal with could not be welded together. The weakness of Aragon enabled him to make his superiority effective. After Afonso Henriques recognised him as liege in 1137, Alfonso VII lost the Battle of Valdevez in 1141 thereby affirming Portugal's independence in the Treaty of Zamora (1143). In 1143, he himself recognised this status quo and consented to the marriage of Petronila of Aragon with Ramon Berenguer IV, a union which combined Aragon and Catalonia into the Crown of Aragon.
  
  «b»War against Al-Andalus«/b»
  Alfonso was a pious prince. He introduced the Cistercians to Iberia by founding a monastery at Fitero. He adopted a militant attitude towards the Moors of Al-Andalus, especially the Almoravids. From 1138, when he besieged Coria, Alfonso led a series of crusades subjugating the Almoravids. After a seven-month siege, he took the fortress of Oreja near Toledo and, as the Chronica Adefonsi Imperatoris tells it:
  
  ". . . early in the morning the castle was surrendered and the towers were filled with Christian knights, and the royal standards were raised above a high tower. Those who held the standards shouted out loud and proclaimed "Long live Alfonso, emperor of León and Toledo!"«tab»"
  
  In 1142, Alfonso besieged Coria a second time and took it. In 1144, he advanced as far as Córdoba. Two years later, the Almohads invaded and he was forced to refortify his southern frontier and come to an agreement with the Almoravid Ibn Ganiya for their mutual defence. When Pope Eugene III preached the Second Crusade, Alfonso VII, with García Ramírez of Navarre and Ramon Berenguer IV, led a mixed army of Catalans and Franks, with a Genoese-Pisan navy, in a crusade against the rich port city of Almería, which was occupied in October 1147. A third of the city was granted to Genoa and subsequently leased out to Otto de Bonvillano, a Genoese citizen. It was Castile's first Mediterranean seaport. In 1151, Alfonso signed the Treaty of Tudilén with Ramon Berenguer. The treaty defined the zones of conquest in Andalusia in order to prevent the two rulers from coming into conflict. Six years later, Almería entered into Almohad possession. Alfonso was returning from an expedition against them when he died on 21 August 1157 in Las Fresnedas, north of the Sierra Morena.
  
  «b»Legacy«/b»
  Alfonso was at once a patron of the church and a protector, though not a supporter of, the Muslims, who were a minority of his subjects. His reign ended in an unsuccessful campaign against the rising power of the Almohads. Though he was not actually defeated, his death in the pass, while on his way back to Toledo, occurred in circumstances which showed that no man could be what he claimed to be "king of the men of the two religions." Furthermore, by dividing his realm between his sons, he ensured that Christendom would not present the new Almohad threat with a united front.
  
  «b»Family«/b»
  In November 1128, he married Berenguela, daughter of Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona. She died in 1149. Their children were:
  
  1.) Sancho III of Castile (1134-1158)
  
  2.) Ramon, living 1136, died in infancy
  
  3.) Ferdinand II of León (1137-1188)
  
  4.) Constance (c.1138-1160), married Louis VII of France
  
  5.) Sancha (c.?1139-1179), married Sancho VI of Navarre
  
  6.) García (c.?1142-1145/6)
  
  7.) Alfonso (1144/1148-1149)
  
  In 1152, Alfonso married Richeza of Poland, the daughter of Ladislaus II the Exile. They had:
  
  1.) Ferdinand, (1153-1157)
  
  2.) Sancha (1155-1208), the wife of Alfonso II of Aragón.
  
  Alfonso also had two mistresses, having children by both. By an Asturian noblewoman named Gontrodo Pérez, he had an illegitimate daughter, Urraca (1132-1164), who married García Ramírez of Navarre, the mother retiring to a convent in 1133. Later in his reign, he formed a liaison with Urraca Fernández, widow of count Rodrigo Martínez and daughter of Fernando García de Hita, having a daughter Stephanie the Unfortunate (1148-1180), who was killed by her jealous husband, Fernán Ruiz de Castro.
  
  Alfonso VIII of Castile - the Good
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  Alfonso VIII
  King of Castile and Toledo
  Reign 31 August 1158 – 5 October 1214
  Predecessor Sancho III
  Successor Henry I
  Consort Eleanor of England
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  Alphonse VII de León et Castille (1105-1157)
  Alphonse VII l'Empereur, né le 1er mars 1105 à Caldas de Reis et mort le 21 août 1157 à Santa Elena ou Viso del Marqués, est roi de Galice de 1112 à 1157 et de León et Castille de 1126 à 1157. Il est
  
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  Gano a los moros la ciudad de Valenzuel ===
  
  Gano a los moros la ciudad de Valenzuela en 1235
  
  VALENZUELA: Según Diego de Soto y Aguilar son originarios de León, y tomaron parte en las campañas de Andalucía, siendo heredados en la ciudad a la que dieron nombre, que hoy pertenece a la provincia de Córdoba. Otra de sus ramas radicó en Cuenca. Es opinión constante de los genealogistas que han tratado de la casa de Valenzuela, que esta trae su origen por varonía de la casa de Castro, una de las mas antiguas y poderosas de Castilla, por sus grandes estados y por las alianzas con la Casa Real, de la cual descienden los príncipes más poderosos de Europa, añadiendo, que los Valenzuela descienden todos por hembra del infante Don Sancho de León (hijo del Rey Don Fernando de León), cuyo hijo legítimo fue Don Lope Sánchez, primer señor de la villa y castillo de Valenzuela en Córdoba, Camarero Mayor del Sancho Rey Don Juan Fernando, su primo hermano, de quien tomaron estos caballeros sus armas. El Capitán Gonzalo de Valenzuela, asistió a la conquista de Valencia y quedó en Orihuela (Alicante). Probaron su nobleza para ingresar en la Orden de Santiago, en los años que se indican:Fernando de Valenzuela y Enciso, natural de Nápoles, en 1672; Pedro Valenzuela Fajardo de Góngora, natural de Baena (Córdoba), en 1615; Luis de Valenzuela Fajardo y Monte, Familiar del Santo Oficio de Córdoba, natural de Baena, en 1649; Gonzalo de Valenzuela y de Hermosilla y Velasco, natural de Baena, en 1677; Antonio de Valenzuela y Moreno, Maestre de Campo, natural de Baena, en 1677; Luis de Valenzuela y de Navarrete, natural de Armuña, en 1649; Jerónimo Valenzuela y Ortiz, natural de Baena, en 1600; Lope Valenzuela y Peralta, natural de Baeza (Jaén), en 1635; Juan Miguel de Valenzuela y de Pineda Valenzuela, natural de Baena, en 1631, y Álvaro de Valenzuela Serrano, natural de Andújar (Jaén), en 1672.
  
  Son sus armas:
  En campo de plata, un león rampante, de sable, coronado de lo mismo. Bordura componada de ocho piezas, cuatro de plata y cuatro de gules, siendo el primero que la usó Lope Sánchez de Valenzuela, por habérsela concedido D. Ruy López de Dávalos, condestable de Castilla, por los grandes servicios que le prestó en sus empresas y jornadas, y principalmente en las guerras de Setenil y Antequera, donde fue Capitán de hombres de Armas, por cuya razón solamente usan dicha bordura los descendientes del mencionado caballero.
  Los de Córdoba: En campo de plata, un león de sable, coronado de lo mismo; bordura jaquelada de plata y gules. Algunos añaden otra bordura con ocho aspas de oro.
  Los de Andalucía: En campo de plata, un león de sable, coronado; bordura componada de sable y oro.
  Los de Cuenca: En campo de plata, un león rampante de sable, coronado de oro.
  Los de Valencia y Murcia: Escudo cortado: 1ð, en campo de plata, un león rampante de sable, coronado de oro; y 2ð, ajedrezado de oro y gules.
  
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  === He reigned 1126 - 1157. Recovered place ===
  He reigned 1126 - 1157. Recovered places lost by his mother to her second husband. He had himself crowned emperor in Leon in 1135 and took Almeria from the Moors. (ref. Columbia Viking Desk Encyclopedia)
  
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  Per Brian Tompsett's Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, he acceded in
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  Alfonso VII b. 1104? d. August 1157, Fresneda, Castilebyname ALFONSO THE EMPEROR, Spanish ALFONSO EL EMPERADOR, king of Len and Castile from 1126 to 1157, son of Raymond of Burgundy and the grandson of Alfonso VI, whose imperial title he assumed. Though his reign sa w the apogee of the imperial idea in medieval Spain and though he won notable victories against the Moors, he remains a somewhat hazy figure. His childhood was complicated by the struggle between his mother Urraca and her second husband, Alfonso I of Aragon, for control of Castile and Leon. Only on Urraca's death (1126) did his stepfather finally relinquish his claims. Alfonso was the n formally accepted as emperor by the kings of Aragon and Pamplona (Navarre), by the count of Barcelona, and by various Hispano-Moorish rulers. His capture of Almera (1147) from the Moors won him renown, as did other victories, but in the end the se led to little expansion of territory. Almera was lost again in 1157 and Crdoba remained in his hands for only three years. In 1146 a new invasion of North African fanatics, the Almohads, began. Alfonso now allied himself with the Almoravids a nd devoted the rest of his life to a series of campaigns to check Almohad expansion in southern Spain. Despite the importance of the imperial idea at this time, peninsular fractionalist tendencies were by no means dormant. Alfonso was unable to prevent the establishment of Portugal as an independent kingdom (1140) and, in his will, he himself divid ed his realm, as was the Spanish custom, between his two sons, Sancho III of Castile and Ferdinand II of Leon. Thi s act finally destroyed the concept of empire in medieval Spain.[L Hays 8-27-02.FTW] [Louisa Hays 18.ged] Alfonso VII b. 1104? d. August 1157, Fresneda, Castilebyname ALFONSO THE EMPEROR, Spanish ALFONSO EL EMPERADOR, king of Len and Castile from 1126 to 1157, son of Raymond of Burgundy and the grandson of Alfonso VI, whose imperial title he assumed. Though his reign sa w the apogee of the imperial idea in medieval Spain and though he won notable victories against the Moors, he remains a somewhat hazy figure. His childhood was complicated by the struggle between his mother Urraca and her second husband, Alfonso I of Aragon, for control of Castile and Leon. Only on Urraca's death (1126) did his stepfather finally relinquish his claims. Alfonso was the n formally accepted as emperor by the kings of Aragon and Pamplona (Navarre), by the count of Barcelona, and by various Hispano-Moorish rulers. His capture of Almera (1147) from the Moors won him renown, as did other victories, but in the end the se led to little expansion of territory. Almera was lost again in 1157 and Crdoba remained in his hands for only three years. In 1146 a new invasion of North African fanatics, the Almohads, began. Alfonso now allied himself with the Almoravids a nd devoted the rest of his life to a series of campaigns to check Almohad expansion in southern Spain. Despite the importance of the imperial idea at this time, peninsular fractionalist tendencies were by no means dormant. Alfonso was unable to prevent the establishment of Portugal as an independent kingdom (1140) and, in his will, he himself divid ed his realm, as was the Spanish custom, between his two sons, Sancho III of Castile and Ferdinand II of Leon. This act finally destroyed the concept of empire in medieval Spain.[Bryan William Edward II 1.ged] Alfonso VII b. 1104? d. August 1157, Fresneda, Castilebyname ALFONSO THE EMPEROR, Spanish ALFONSO EL EMPERADOR, king of Len and Castile from 1126 to 1157, son of Raymond of Burgundy and the grandson of Alfonso VI, whose imperial title he assumed. Though his reign sa w the apogee of the imperial idea in medieval Spain and though he won notable victories against the Moors, he remains a somewhat hazy figure. His childhood was complicated by the struggle between his mother Urraca and her second husband, Alfonso I of Aragon, for control of Castile and Leon. Only on Urraca's death (1126) did his stepfather finally relinquish his claims. Alfonso was the n formally accepted as emperor by the kings of Aragon and Pamplona (Navarre), by the count of Barcelona, and by various Hispano-Moorish rulers. His capture of Almera (1147) from the Moors won him renown, as did other victories, but in the end the se led to little expansion of territory. Almera was lost again in 1157 and Crdoba remained in his hands for only three years. In 1146 a new invasion of North African fanatics, the Almohads, began. Alfonso now allied himself with the Almoravids a nd devoted the rest of his life to a series of campaigns to check Almohad expansion in southern Spain. Despite the importance of the imperial idea at this time, peninsular fractionalist tendencies were by no means dormant. Alfonso was unable to prevent the establishment of Portugal as an independent kingdom (1140) and, in his will, he himself divid ed his realm, as was the Spanish custom, between his two sons, Sancho III of Castile and Ferdinand II of Leon. This act finally destroyed the concept of empire in medieval Spain.[Humphrey.ged] Alfonso VII b. 1104? d. August 1157, Fresneda, Castilebyname ALFONSO THE EMPEROR, Spanish ALFONSO EL EMPERADOR, king of Len and Castile from 1126 to 1157, son of Raymond of Burgundy and the grandson of Alfonso VI, whose imperial title he assumed. Though his reign sa w the apogee of the imperial idea in medieval Spain and though he won notable victories against the Moors, he remains a somewhat hazy figure. His childhood was complicated by the struggle between his mother Urraca and her seco nd husband, Alfonso I of Aragon, for control of Castile and Leon. Only on Urraca's death (1126) did his stepfather finally relinquish his claims. Alfonso was the n formally accepted as emperor by the kings of Aragon and Pamplona (Navarre), by the count of Barcelona, and by various Hispano-Moorish rulers. His capture of Almera (1147) from the Moors won him renown, as did other victories, but in the end the se led to little expansion of territory. Almera was lost again in 1157 and Crdoba remained in his hands for only three years. In 1146 a new invasion of North African fanatics, the Almohads, began. Alfonso now allied himself with the Almoravids a nd devoted the rest of his life to a series of campaigns to check Almohad expansion in southern Spain. Despite the importance of the imperial idea at this time, peninsular fractionalist tendencies were by no means dormant. Alfonso was unable to prevent the establishment of Portugal as an independent kingdom (1140) and, in his will, he himself divid ed his realm, as was the Spanish custom, between his two sons, Sancho III of Castile and Ferdinand II of Leon. This act finally destroyed the concept of empire in medieval Spain.[Corrie Hale Families 11-18-02.FTW] [2 Bryan Thomas b.ged] Alfonso VII b. 1104? d. August 1157, Fresneda, Castilebyname ALFONSO THE EMPEROR, Spanish ALFONSO EL EMPERADOR, king of Len and Castile from 1126 to 1157, son of Raymond of Burgundy and the grandson of Alfonso VI, whose imperial title he assumed. Though his reign sa w the apogee of the imperial idea in medieval Spain and though he won notable victories against the Moors, he remains a somewhat hazy figure. His childhood was complicated by the struggle between his mother Urraca and her second husband, Alfonso I of Aragon, for control of Castile and Leon. Only on Urraca's death (1126) did his stepfather finally relinquish his claims. Alfonso was the n formally accepted as emperor by the kings of Aragon and Pamplona (Navarre), by the count of Barcelon a, and by various Hispano-Moorish rulers. His capture of Almera (1147) from the Moors won him renown, as did other victories, but in the end the se led to little expansion of territory. Almera was lost again in 1157 and Crdoba remained in his hands for only three years. In 1146 a new invasion of North African fanatics, the Almohads, began. Alfonso now allied himself with the Almoravids a nd devoted the rest of his life to a series of campaigns to check Almohad expansion in southern Spain. Despite the importance of the imperial idea at this time, peninsular fractionalist tendencies were by no means dormant. Alfonso was unable to prevent the establishment of Portugal as an independent kingdom (1140) and, in his will, he himself divid ed his realm, as was the Spanish custom, between his two sons, Sancho III of Castile and Ferdinand II of Leon. This act finally destroyed the concept of empire in medieval Spain.[L Hays 8-27-02.FTW] [Louisa Hays 18.ged] Alfonso VII b. 1104? d. August 1157, Fresneda, Castilebyname ALFONSO THE EMPEROR, Spanish ALFONSO EL EMPERADOR, king of Len and Castile from 1126 to 1157, son of Raymond of Burgundy and the grandson of Alfonso VI, whose imperial title he assumed. Though his reign sa w the apogee of the imperial idea in medieval Spain and though he won notable victories against the Moors, he remains a somewhat hazy figure. His childhood was complicated by the struggle between his mother Urraca and her second husband, Alfonso I of Aragon, for control of Castile and Leon. Only on Urraca's death (1126) did his stepfather finally relinquish his claims. Alfonso was the n formally accepted as emperor by the kings of Aragon and Pamplona (Navarre), by the count of Barcelona, and by various Hispano-Moorish rulers. His capture of Almera (1147) from the Moors won him renown, as did other victories, but in the end the se led to little expansion of territory. Almera was lost again in 1157 and Crdoba remained in his hands for only three years. In 114
  
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  === Alfonso VII Alfonso Raimúndez conocido ===
  Alfonso VII
  
  Alfonso Raimúndez conocido como Alfonso VII de León y Castilla, el Emperador, (Galicia, 1 de marzo 1105 - Fresneda, 21 de agosto de 1157) fue rey de de León, Castilla y de Galicia, el primero de la dinastía Borgoña en Galicia-León.
  
  Hijo de Urraca I de Castilla y de su primer marido Raimundo de Borgoña heredará el Reino de León a la muerte de su madre sucedida en 1126 y será el primer rey de la Dinastía Borgoña en Castilla y León.
  
  Rey de Galicia, de León y de Castilla
  En 1111 fue coronado rey de Galicia por el obispo Gelmírez y el conde de Traba, en la catedral de Santiago de Compostela.
  
  El 10 de marzo de 1126, tras la muerte de su madre, fue nombrado rey de León y de inmediato emprendió la recuperación del Reino de Castilla que estaba bajo el dominio de Alfonso I de Aragón. Con las Paces de Támara de 1127 se puso fin a la disputa entre los dos reyes y Alfonso VII fue reconocido como rey de Castilla.
  
  Pese a este reconocimiento Alfonso tuvo que enfrentarse a las diversas rebeliones suscitadas en los territorios más próximos a Aragón, debido a la larga autonomía que estas regiones habían conseguido desde la muerte de su abuelo, el rey Alfonso VI de Castilla.
  
  Aspiraciones territoriales
  Tras la muerte, sin descendencia, del rey navarro-aragonés Alfonso I (1134), Alfonso VII pretendió el trono de ambos reinos, pero fue un intento fallido ya que, finalmente, la sucesión recayó en el hermano de Alfonso I, Ramiro II. A pesar de ello, Alfonso ocupó La Rioja y conquistó Zaragoza. Desde entonces el escudo de Zaragoza figura en el escudo de armas del Reino de León. En escaramuzas varias, derrotó al ejército navarro-aragonés sometiendo el reino a su vasallaje. Apoyado por nobles del norte de los Pirineos, controló amplios territorios del sur de Francia, llegando hasta el rio Ródano.
  
  Ayudó en las luchas del conde de Barcelona, Ramón Berenguer IV, contra los condados catalanes, consiguiendo unificar la Marca Hispánica.
  
  En 1135 fue coronado emperador en la catedral de León, expresando así su pretensión de hegemonía peninsular y de exclusividad en la reconquista frente a los musulmanes. Pero no pudo conseguirlo ya que, en 1143, tuvo que reconocer la independencia de Portugal durante el gobierno de su primo Alfonso I de Portugal, y el matrimonio de Ramón Berenguer IV con Petronila de Aragón que unió, definitivamente, Aragón con Cataluña. Con éste último acordaría los límites de la reconquista para cada uno de los estados.
  
  Reconquista
  Desde 1139 llevó a cabo expediciones y ataques de saqueo incitando las sublevaciones de las poblaciones almorávides. La invasión de los almohades a partir de 1146, obligó a Alfonso VII a fortificar la frontera y pactar con el almorávide Ibn Ganiya para organizar la resistencia.
  
  En 1144 llegó hasta Córdoba y en 1147 tomó Almería junto con el rey de Aragón-Navarra y el conde de Barcelona.
  
  En 1157, los almohades recuperaron el control de la ciudad de Almería y Alfonso VII murió el 21 de agosto cuando regresaba a León. Sus dos hijos se repartieron el reino que, nuevamente, quedó divido en dos: el Reino de León y el Reino de Castilla.
  
  Matrimonio y descendencia
  En 1128 se casa, en Saldaña, con Berenguela de Barcelona, hija del conde de Barcelona Ramón Berenguer III y, por tanto, hermana de Ramón Berenguer IV. De esta unión nacieron:
  
  Sancho III de Castilla (1134-1158), rey de Castilla
  Ramón de Castilla (v 136-a 1151)
  Sancha de Castilla (1137-1179), casada el 1153 con el rey Sancho VI de Navarra.
  Fernando II de León (1137-1188), rey de León
  Constanza de Castilla (1141-1160), casada el 1154 con el rey Luis VI de Francia
  Garcia de Castilla (v 1142-1146)
  Alfonso de Castilla (1145-1149)
  
  En julio de 1152 se casa con Riquilda de Polonia, hija del rey Ladislao II de Polonia. Tuvieron dos hijos:
  Fernando de Castilla (v 1153-1155)
  Sancha de Castilla (v 1156-1208), casada en 1174 con Alfonso II de Aragón
  
  De su amistad con Gontrada Pérez y Sancha Fernández, nacieron:
  
  Urraca de Castilla (1126-1189), casada con Garcia V de Navarra.
  Estefanía de Castilla (v 1150-1180), casada con Fernán Ruiz de Castro
  
  Precedido por:
  Urraca I
  
  Rey de Galicia
  1111 - 1157
  
  Rey de Castilla
  1126 1157
  Rey de León
  1126 - 1157
  
  Sucedido por:
  Sancho III
  sucedido por:
  Fernando II
  
  DATOS OBTENIDOS DE:
  http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_VII_de_Castilla
  
  === Note: 1. WFT Volume 7, Tree #422, Volume ===
  Note: 1. WFT Volume 7, Tree #422, Volume 2, Tree #4056 2. May 25, 1135 - Emperor of Spain 3. "Ancestors of Homer Beers James" (Internet) Spanish Kingsto Edward IRef: "Historia de Asturias, Alta Edad Media" Vol I.(1979) Ref: Soldevila,F., "Historia de Espana" Vol. I. (1962)Ref: Merriman, Roger B., "The Riseof the Spanish Empire" Vol.I. (Middle Ages) (1918): Alfonso VII., theEmperor, born in1103, and after capturing Córdova and other Moorishterritory,he died in 1157. He reigned from 1126 to 1157. He marriedaboutthe year 1124 (1) Berengaria (Berenguela), who died in 1149,daughterof Raymond-Berengar III. of Barcelona, and his wife,Maria. They had twosons as follows: 1. Sancho III., the Desired, King of Castile (1157-1158). 2. Sancha died in 1179, married Sancho IV. of Navarre, who diedin 1194. 3. Constancia, died in 1160, married (2) Louis VII. of France,who died in1180. 4. Ferdinand II Afonso VII. married (2) Richilda of Poland, daughter ofVladislav II. ofPoland. They had a daughter as follows: 1. Sancha, wife of Alfonso II, King of Aragon, who died in 1196.This linedescends through Raymond Berenger IV., King ofProvence to Eleanor ofProvence, wife of King Henry III. ofEngland. Afonso VII. also had an illegitimate daughter, Urraca, who diedin 1179
  
  === !Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by ===
  !Royal Ancestors of Some LDS Families by Michel L.Call. !King of Castile as Alfonso II, also king of Leon as Alfonso VII.
  
  === Alfonso VII ruled Castile Spain. His mi ===
  Alfonso VII ruled Castile Spain. His military ascendency allowed him victories over the Moors, and the weakened Almoravids with wide raids into Andalusia between 1135 and 1172.
  
  === Encyclopædia Britannica, online ===
  Alfonso VII
  
  born 1104?
  died August 1157, Fresneda, Castile
  
  byname Alfonso The Emperor, Spanish Alfonso El Emperador king of Leon and Castile from 1126 to 1157, son of Raymond of Burgundy and the grandson of Alfonso VI, whose imperial title he assumed. Though his reign saw the apogee of the imperial idea in medieval Spain and though he won notable victories against the Moors, he remains a somewhat hazy figure.
  
  His childhood was complicated by the struggle between his mother Urraca and her second husband, Alfonso I of Aragon, for control of Castile and Leon. Only on Urraca's death (1126) did his stepfather finally relinquish his claims. Alfonso was then formally accepted as emperor by the kings of Aragon and Pamplona (Navarre), by the count of Barcelona, and by various Hispano-Moorish rulers. His capture of Almería (1147) from the Moors won him renown, as did other victories, but in the end these led to little expansion of territory. Almería was lost again in 1157 and Córdoba remained in his hands for only three years. In 1146 a new invasion of North African fanatics, the Almohads, began. Alfonso now allied himself with the Almoravids and devoted the rest of his life to a series of campaigns to check Almohad expansion in southern Spain.
  
  Despite the importance of the imperial idea at this time, peninsular fractionalist tendencies were by no means dormant. Alfonso was unable to prevent the establishment of Portugal as an independent kingdom (1140) and, in his will, he himself divided his realm, as was the Spanish custom, between his two sons, Sancho III of Castile and Ferdinand II of Leon. This act finally destroyed the concept of empire in medieval Spain. [Encyclopædia Britannica, online ]
  
  === My PAF Notes ===
  from thepeerage.com, 2/2009:
  Alfonso VII, Rey de Castilla1
  M, #106782, b. 1105, d. 21 August 1157
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  Alfonso VII, Rey de Castilla was born in 1105.1 He is the son of Raimond, Duc de Bourgogne and Urraca, Reina de Castilla .1 He married, firstly, Berengaria de Provence , daughter of Raimond Berengar III, Conde de Barcelona and Douce de Provence , in 1128.1 He married, secondly, Richenza of Poland , daughter of Wladislaw II, Duke of Poland and Agnes Babenberg , in 1152.1 He died on 21 August 1157.
  Alfonso VII, Rey de Castilla was a member of the House of Burgundy.2 He gained the title of Roi Alfonso VII de Galice in 1112.1 He succeeded to the title of Rey Alfonso VII de Castilla in 1126.1
  Children of Alfonso VII, Rey de Castilla and Berengaria de Provence
  Sanchia de Castilla + d. 5 Aug 11793
  Fernando II, Rey de León + b. bt 1128 - 1149, d. 21 Jan 11884
  Sancho III, Rey de Castilla + b. c 1134, d. 31 Aug 11584
  Constanza de Castilla + b. a 1140, d. 11605
  Child of Alfonso VII, Rey de Castilla and Richenza of Poland
  Sanchia de Castilla + b. 21 Sep 1154, d. Nov 12081
  Citations
  [S16 ] Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 45. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.
  [S38 ] John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 112. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.
  [S11 ] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 65. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Family.
  [S16 ] Louda and MacLagan, Lines of Succession, table 47.
  [S11 ] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family, page 59.
  
  === d. Afonso VII,"o Imperador",
  
  n. 1 MAR 1 ===
  d. Afonso VII,"o Imperador",
  
  n. 1 MAR 1106
  f. 21 AGO 1157
  
  16 Rei de Leão e 5 Rei de Castela em 1123. Aproveitou-se da fraqueza do reino de Aragão, ocupando Saragoça e impondo-se ao reino como protetor. Quase toda a Espanha cristã, exceto a Catalunha, ficou submetida à sua autoridade. Fez-se coroar solenemente em Burgos como imperador (1135).
  
  Casamento
  (Esposa 1 vez) d. Berenguela
  n. 1115, f. 1149
  c.c. 1128
  
  (Esposa 2 vez) d. Rica
  c.c. 1152
  
  (União) d. Sancha Fernandes de Castro
  
  (União) d. Gontro Perez
  f. 1186
  
  (União) senhora desconhecida
  
  === ALPHONSO VII, "The Emperor" (1126-1157), ===
  ALPHONSO VII, "The Emperor" (1126-1157), is a dignified and somewhat enigm atical figure. A vague tradition had always assigned the title of emper or to the soverign who held Leon as the most direct representative of t he Visigothic kings, who were themselves the representatives of the Rom an empire. But though given in charters, and claimed by Alphonso VI and t he Battler (Alphonso I, King of Aragon), the title had been little more th an a flourish of rhetoric. Alphonso VII was crowned emperor in 1135, aft er the death of the Battler. The weakness of Aragon enabled him to make h is superiority effective. He appears to have striven for the formati on of a national unity, which Spain had never possessed since the fa ll of the Visigoth kingdom. The elements he had to deal with could n ot be welded together. Alphonso was at once a patron of the Church and a p rotector if not a favourer of the Mohammedans, who formed a part of his su bjects. His reign ended in an unsuccessful campaign against the rising pow er of the Almohades. Though he was not actually defeated, his death in t he Pass of Muradel in the Sierra Morena, while on his way back to Toled o, occurred in circumstances which showed that no man could be what he cla imed to be---"king of the men of the two religions." His personal charact er does not stand out with the emphasis of those of Alphonso VI or the Bat tler. Yet he was a great king, the type and, to some extent, the vict im of the confusions of his age---Christian in creed and ambition, but mo re than half oriental in his household. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961 ed ., Vol. 1, pg. 687, ALPHONSO VII]
  
  === Raimúndez, Alfonso VII the Emperor, Coun ===
  Raimúndez, Alfonso VII the Emperor, Count of Castile Born: 1 MAR 1105 Acceded: 1126 Died: 21 AUG 1157, Fresneda Father: , Raymond of Burgundy, Conde de Galicia y Coimbr Mother: , Urraca of Castile, Countess of Castile, b. 1081 Married 1128, Saldana to Berengar, Berenguela of Barcelona Child 1: , Sancho III of Castile, King of Castile, b. 1134 Child 2: , Ferdinand II of León, King of León, b. 1137 Child 3: , Sancha (Beatrice) of Castile Child 4: , Constance of Castile, b. AFT 1140 Child 5: , Garcia of Castile, Infant of Castile, b. BEF MAR 1142 Child 6: , Alfonso of Castile, Infant of Castile, b. AFT 1144 Married JUL 1152 to , Richeza of Poland Child 7: , Fernando of Castile, Infant of Castile, b. CIR 1154 Child 8: , Sancha of Castile, Infanta of Castile, b. 21 SEP 1164 Associated with Perez, Gontrada Child 9: Alfonso, Urraca of Castile, b. AFT 1126
  
  === He was King of Castile. He was captured ===
  He was King of Castile. He was captured at Cordova.
  
  === King of Leon; Emperor of Spain ===
  King of Leon; Emperor of Spain
  
  === [benson.FTW] [JoabBlack.FTW] NAME Alfon ===
  [benson.FTW] [JoabBlack.FTW] NAME Alfonso VII, King Of /CASTILE GALICIA AND LEON/ Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England between 1623 and 1650, Sixth Edition by Frederick Lewis Weis Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore 1988 line 113-25,114-25; Plantagenet Ancestry of King Edward III and Queen Philippa by George Andrew Moriarty Mormon Pioneer Genealogical Society SLC 1985 pp 81; The Plantagent Ancestry by W.H.Turton DSO Genealogical Publishing Co. Baltimore 1984 pp 57; Royal Ancestors of Some American Families by Michel Call SLC 1989 chart 11303,11324,11312; Royalty For Commoners by Roderic W. Stuart, Heritage Books Inc., Bowie MD 1988 line 94-29; Some research sources from Paula Evans 1992;
  
  === !SOURCE: Ancestral Roots of Certain Ame ===
  !SOURCE: Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1700, by Frederick Lewis Weis, 7th Ed. (1992) p. 113-25.
  
  === Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (101:25), ===
  Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (101:25), (113:25), (114:25), (116:25), (147:27). Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (52:28), (83:29), (86:29) & (94:29) refers to him as King of Castile, Leon, Galicia, Toledo, Zaragoza, and the Asturias, 1126-1157; King (styled Emporer) of Spain 1126-1157.
  
  === !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #303. ===
  !SOURCE: "Royal Ancestors," PC #303.
  
  === Historical Figures: Rulers of Spain ===
  Historical Figures: Rulers of Spain
  
  From the 8th to 11th centuries, Spain was dominated by the Moors (Arabs and Berbers). The Christian reconquest established small kingdoms (Asturias, Aragon, Castile, Catalonia, Leon, Navarre, and Valencia). In 1474, Isabella, b. 1451, became Queen of Castile & Leon. Her husband, Ferdinand, b. 1452, inherited Aragon in 1479, with Catalonia, Valencia, and the Balearic Islands, became Ferdinand V of Castile. By Isabella's request, Pope Sixtus IV established the Inquisition, 1478. Last Moorish kingdom, Granada, fell 1492. Columbus opened New World of colonies, 1492. Isabella died 1504, succeeded by her daughter, Juana "the Mad", but Ferdinand ruled until his death 1516. Charles I, b. 1500, son of Juana and grandson of Ferdinand and Isabella, and of Maximilian I of Hapsburg; succeeded later as Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V, 1520; abdicated 1556. Philip II, son, 1556-1598, inherited only Spanish throne; conquered Portugal, fought Turks, persecuted non-Catholics, sent Armada against England. Was married to Mary I of England, 1554-1558. Succession: Philip III, 1598-1621; Philip IV, 1621-1665; Charles II, 1665-1700, left Spain to Philip of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV, who as Philip V, 1700-1746, founded Bourbon dynasty; Ferdinand VI, 1746-1759; Charles III, 1759-1788; Charles IV, 1788-1808, abdicated. Napoleon now dominated politics and made his brother Joseph King of Spain 1808, but the Spanish ousted him in 1813. Ferdinand VII, 1808, 1814-1833, lost American colonies; succeeded by daughter Isabella II, aged 3, with wife Maria Christina of Naples regent until 1843. Isabella deposed by revolution 1868. Elected king by the Cortes, Amadeo of Savoy, 1870; abdicated 1873. First republic, 1873-74. Alphonso XII, son of Isabella, 1875-85. His posthumous son was Alphonso XIII, with his mother, Queen Maria Christina regent; Spanish-American war, Spain lost Cuba, gave up Puerto Rico, Philippines, Sulu Is., Marianas. Alphonso took throne 1902, aged 16, married British Princess Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg. The dictatorship of Primo de Rivera, 1923-30, precipitated the revolution of 1931. Alphonso agreed to leave without formal abdication. The monarchy was abolished and the second republic established, with socialist backing. Niceto Alcala Zamora was president until 1936, when Manuel Azaña was chosen. In July 1936, the army in Morocco revolted against the government and General Francisco Franco led the troops into Spain. The revolution succeeded by Feb. 1939, when Azaña resigned. Franco became chief of state, with provisions that if he was incapacitated the Regency Council by two-thirds vote could propose a king to the Cortes, which needed to have a two-thirds majority to elect him. Alphonso XIII died in Rome Feb. 28, 1941, aged 54. His property and citizenship had been restored. A succession law restoring the monarchy was approved in a 1947 referendum. Prince Juan Carlos, b. 1938, grandson of Alphonso XIII, was designated by Franco and the Cortes in 1969 as the future king and chief of state. Franco died Nov. 20, 1975; Juan Carlos was proclaimed king, Nov. 22, 1975.
  
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  === https://www.geni.com/people/Alfonso-VII-the-Emperor-King-of-Castile-and-Leon/6000000001610389741 ===
  Alfonso VII "the Emperor" of Castile and Leon, King of Castile and Leon
  Spanish: Dn. Alfonso VII «el Emperador» de Castilla y León, rey de Castilla y León, Portuguese: Afonso VII "o Imperador" de Leão e Castela, rei de Castela e Leão
  Also Known As: "Alfonso VII Raimundez de Castilla y León ; Alfonso VII 'el emperador'", "Alfonso VII King of Castile", "The Emperor", "King Alfonso VII of Castile", "o Imperador", "Pierre-Raimund", "Alfonso VII /Galicia/", "(King of Castile and Leon) /Alfonso II/", "King /Alfonso/", "e..."
  Birthdate: March 01, 1105
  Birthplace: Grajal, Galicia, España (Spain)
  Death: August 21, 1157 (52)
  La Fresneda, Teruel, Aragón, Spain
  Place of Burial: Toledo, Castille La Mancha, Spain
  Immediate Family:
  Son of Raymond of Burgundy, Count of Galicia and Urraca I, reina de Castilla y León
  Husband of Sancha Fernandes de Castro; Berenguela de Barcelona, reina consorte de León y Castilla and Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile and León
  Partner of Gontroda Pérez, (Gontrodo Pietri) and Urraca Fernández de Castro
  Father of Teresa Afonso Afonso; Urraca la Asturiana Alfonso de Castilla; Estefanía 'la Desdichada' Alfonso, Señora del Infantado de León; Pedro Alonso de Benavides, gran maestre de Santiago; Sancho III el Deseado, rey de Castilla and 8 others
  Brother of Sancha Raimúndez de Borgoña
  Half brother of Elvira Pérez de Lara and Fernando Furtado Pérez de Lara, señor de Escarrona
  
  Occupation: Rey de Castilla y Leon (1126), King of Castile and Leon
  Managed by: James Fred Patin, Jr.
  Last Updated: April 26, 2022
  
  === Spanish king of Castile and Leon (1126-5 ===
  Spanish king of Castile and Leon (1126-57). He recovered the places in Castile which his stepfather, Alfonso I of Aragon had occupied, and soon gained supremacy over all the Christian states in Spain. He had himself crowned emperor in 1135. His many victories over the Moors had no permanent results.
  
  === Weis AR: King of Castile and Leon., then ===
  Weis AR: King of Castile and Leon., then Emperor of Spain. He had two daus. named Sancha.
  
  === Alfonso VII ruled Castile Spain. His mi ===
  Alfonso VII ruled Castile Spain. His military ascendency allowed himvictories over the Moors, and the weakened Almoravids with wide raidsinto Andalusia between 1135 and 1172.
  
  ===
  Alfonso VII (1 March 1105 - 21 August 1 ===
  
  Alfonso VII (1 March 1105 - 21 August 1157), born Alfonso Raimúndez,
  called the Emperor (el Emperador), became the King of Galicia in 1111
  and King of León and Castile in 1126. Alfonso first used the title
  Emperor of All the Spains, alongside his mother Urraca, once his
  mother vested him with the direct rule of Toledo in 1116. Alfonso
  later held another investiture in 1135 in a grand ceremony reasserting
  his claims to the Imperial title. He was the son of Urraca of León and
  Raymond of Burgundy, the first of the House of Burgundy to rule in
  Hispania.
  
  Alfonso was a dignified and somewhat enigmatic figure. His rule was
  characterised by the renewed supremacy of the western kingdoms of
  Christian Hispania over the eastern (Navarre and Aragón) after the
  reign of Alfonso the Battler. He also sought to make the imperial
  title meaningful in practice, though his attempts to rule over both
  Christian and Muslim populations was even less successful. His
  hegemonic intentions never saw fruition, however. During his tenure,
  Portugal became de facto independent, in 1128, and was recognized as
  de jure independent, in 1143. He was a patron of poets, including,
  probably, the troubadour Marcabru.
  
  [edit] Succession to three kingdoms
  In 1111, Diego Gelmírez, Bishop of Compostela and the count of Traba,
  crowned Alfonso King of Galicia in the cathedral of Santiago de
  Compostela.[1] He was but a child at the time, but his mother had
  already (1109) succeeded to the united throne of León-Castile-Galicia
  and desired to assure her son's prospects and groom him for his
  eventual succession. By 1125 he had inherited the formerly Muslim
  Kingdom of Toledo. On 10 March 1126, after the death of his mother, he
  was crowned in León and immediately began the recovery of the Kingdom
  of Castile, which was then under the domination of Alfonso the
  Battler. By the Peace of Támara of 1127, the Battler recognised
  Alfonso VII of Castile. The territory in the far east of his dominion,
  however, had gained much independence during the rule of his mother
  and experienced many rebellions. After his recognition in Castile,
  Alfonso fought to curb the autonomy of the local barons.
  
  When Alfonso the Battler, King of Navarre and Aragón, died without
  descendants in 1134, he willed his kingdom to the military orders. The
  aristocracy of both kingdoms did not accept this and García Ramírez,
  Count of Monzón was elected in Navarre while Alfonso pretended to the
  throne of Aragón. The nobles chose another candidate in the dead
  king's brother, Ramiro II. Alfonso responded by occupying La Rioja,
  conquering Zaragoza, and governing both realms in unison. From this
  point, the arms of Zaragoza began to appear in those of León.
  
  In several skirmishes, he defeated the joint Navarro-Aragonese army
  and put the kingdoms to vassalage. He had the strong support of the
  lords north of the Pyrenees, who held lands as far as the River Rhône.
  In the end, however, the combined forces of the Navarre and Aragón
  were too much for his control. At this time, he helped Ramon Berenguer
  III, Count of Barcelona, in his wars with the other Catalan counties
  to unite the old Marca Hispanica.
  
  [edit] Imperial rule
  
  Alfonso as Emperor, from a Privilegium Imperatoris issued by him.A
  vague tradition had always assigned the title of emperor to the
  sovereign who held León. Sancho the Great considered the city the
  imperiale culmen and minted coins with the inscription Imperator
  totius Hispaniae after being crowned in it. Such a sovereign was
  considered the most direct representative of the Visigothic kings, who
  had been themselves the representatives of the Roman Empire. But
  though appearing in charters, and claimed by Alfonso VI of León and
  Alfonso the Battler, the title had been little more than a flourish of
  rhetoric.
  
  In 1135, Alfonso was crowned "Emperor of All the Spains" in the
  Cathedral of León.[2] By this, he probably wished to assert his
  authority over the entire peninsula and his absolute leadership of the
  Reconquista. He appears to have striven for the formation of a
  national unity which Hispania had never possessed since the fall of
  the Visigothic kingdom. The elements he had to deal with could not be
  welded together. The weakness of Aragon enabled him to make his
  superiority effective. After Afonso I of Portugal recognised him as
  liege in 1137, Alfonso VII lost the tournament at Arcos de Valedevez
  in 1141 thereby affirming Portugal's independence.[3] In 1143, he
  himself recognised this status quo and consented to the marriage of
  Petronila of Aragon with Ramon Berenguer IV, a union which combined
  Aragon and Catalonia into the Crown of Aragon.
  
  [edit] Reconquista
  Alfonso was a pious prince. He introduced the Cistercians to Hispania
  by founding a monastery at Fitero. He adopted a militant attitude
  towards the Moors of Al-Andalus, especially the Almoravids. From 1139,
  Alfonso led a series of crusades subjugating the Almoravids. After a
  seven-month siege, he took the fortress of Oreja near Toledo and, as
  the Chronica Adefonsis Imperatoris tells it:
  
  “ . . . early in the morning the castle was surrendered and the towers
  were filled with Christian knights, and the royal standards were
  raised above a high tower. Those who held the standards shouted out
  loud and proclaimed "Long live Alfonso, emperor of León and Toledo!" ”
  
  [citation needed]
  
  In 1144, Alfonso advanced as far as Córdoba. Two years later, the
  Almohads invaded and he was forced to refortify his southern frontier
  and come to an agreement with the Almoravid Ibn Ganiya for their
  mutual defence. When Pope Eugene III preached the Second Crusade,
  Alfonso VII, with García Ramírez of Navarre and Ramon Berenguer IV,
  led a mixed army of Catalans and Franks, with a Genoese-Pisans navy,
  in a crusade against the rich port city of Almería, which was occupied
  in October 1147. It was Castile's first Mediterranean seaport.[4] In
  1151, Alfonso signed the Treaty of Tudilén with Ramon Berenguer. The
  treaty defined the zones of conquest in Andalusia in order to prevent
  the two rulers from coming into conflict. Six years later, Almería
  entered into Almohad possession. Alfonso was returning from an
  expedition against them when he died in pass of Muradel in the Sierra
  Morena, possibly at Viso del Marqués (Ciudad Real).[5]
  
  [edit] Legacy
  Alfonso was at once a patron of the church and a protector, though not
  a supporter of, the Muslims, who were a minority of his subjects. His
  reign ended in an unsuccessful campaign against the rising power of
  the Almohads. Though he was not actually defeated, his death in the
  pass, while on his way back to Toledo, occurred in circumstances which
  showed that no man could be what he claimed to be - "king of the men
  of the two religions." Furthermore, by dividing his realm between his
  sons, he ensured that Christendom would not present the new Almohad
  threat with a united front.
  
  [edit] Family
  In November 1128, he married Berenguela,[6] daughter of Ramon
  Berenguer III. She died in 1149. Their children were:
  
  1.Sancho III of Castile (1134-1158)
  2.Ramon, living 1136, died in infancy
  3.Ferdinand II of León (1137-1188)
  4.Constance (c.1138-1160), married Louis VII of France
  5.Sancha (c.1139-1179), married Sancho VI of Navarre
  6.García (c.1142-1145/6)
  7.Alfonso (c.1144-by 1149)
  In 1152, Alfonso married Richeza of Poland, the daughter of Ladislaus
  II the Exile.[7] They had:
  
  1.Ferdinand, (1153-1157)
  2.Sancha (1155-1208), the wife of Alfonso II of Aragón.
  Alfonso also had two mistresses, having children by both. By an
  Asturian noblewoman named Guntroda Pérez, he had an illegitimate
  daughter, Urraca (1132-1164), who married García Ramírez of Navarre,
  the mother retiring to a convent in 1133.[8] Later in his reign, he
  formed a liaison with Urraca Fernández, widow of count Rodrigo
  Martínez and daughter of Fernando Garcés de Hita, an apparent grandson
  of García Sánchez III of Navarre, having a daughter Stephanie the
  Unfortunate (1148-1180), who was killed by her jealous husband, Fernán
  Ruiz de Castro.
  
  === -Captured Cordova and other Moorish terr ===
  -Captured Cordova and other Moorish territory. -King of Galicia from 1112. -King of Castile from 1126. -Ruled to death in 1157 ----------------------------- References: 1) Blue 43(a), page 208 2) Blue 43(d), page 1159 3) Blue 46, table 47
  
  === [[Category:Bourgogne]] ===
  [[Category:Bourgogne]]
  [[Category:Castilla]]
  
  == Biography ==About Alfonso VII 'el Emperador' de Castilla y León, rey de Castilla y LeónAlfonso VII de León Rey de León y de Castilla De Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_VII
  Alfonso VII el Emperador (Caldas de Reyes, 1 de marzo de 1105 - Parajede La Fresneda, 21 de agosto de 1157). Rey de León y Castilla. Hijo de la reina Urraca I de León y del conde Raimundo de Borgoña. Fue elprimer rey leonés miembro de la Casa de Borgoña, que se extinguió en la línea legítima con la muerte de Pedro I el Cruel, quien fue sucedido por su hermano de padre Enrique II de Trastámara, primer rey de la Casa de Trastámara.
  Alfonso VII se hizo llamar a sí mismo Emperador. Galicia, León y Castilla se reunieron bajo una sola corona que en ocasiones se ha denominado como Imperio de León o Imperio Leonés.
  Hijo de Urraca I y de su primer marido, Raimundo de Borgoña, al fallecer su padre en 1108 heredó el título de conde de Galicia.
  Retomando la vieja idea imperial de Alfonso III y Alfonso VI, el 26 demayo de 1135 fue coronado Imperator totius Hispaniae en la Catedral de León, recibiendo homenaje, entre otros, de su cuñado Ramón Berenguer IV, conde de Barcelona.
  En 1128 contrajo matrimonio, en el Castillo de Saldaña, con Berenguela de Barcelona, hija del conde Ramón Berenguer III. Fruto del primer matrimonio del rey nacieron los siguientes hijos: 1) Sancho III el Deseado (1134-1158). Sucedió a su padre como rey de Castilla. 2) Ramón de Castilla (a.1136-¿?). Se desconoce su fecha de defunción. 3) Sancha de Castilla (1137-1179), contrajo matrimonio con el rey Sancho VI el Sabio, rey de Navarra. 4) Fernando II de León (1137-1188). Sucedióa su padre como rey de León. 5) Constanza de Castilla (1136-1160). Contrajo matrimonio en 1154 con el rey Luis VII de Francia. 6) García de Castilla y Barcelona (1142-1146). 7) Alfonso de Castilla y Barcelona (1144/1146-a.1149). Fue sepultado en el Monasterio de San Clemente de Toledo.
  Volvió a casar en 1151 con Riquilda de Polonia, hija del duque Ladislao II el Desterrado. Tuvieron dos hijos: 8) Fernando de Castilla y Polonia (1153-1155). 9) Sancha de Castilla y Polonia (1155-1208). Contrajo matrimonio en la ciudad de Zaragoza en 1174 con Alfonso II el Casto,rey de Aragón.
  Fruto de su relación extramatrimonial con Gontrodo Pérez nació: 10)Urraca Alfonso "la Asturiana" (1133-1189). Contrajo matrimonio en 1144 con el rey García Ramírez de Pamplona.
  De su relación extramatrimonial con Urraca Fernández de Castro2 3 , viuda del conde Rodrigo Martínez, fue padre de: 11) Estefanía Alfonso "la Desdichada", nacida entre 1139 y 11484 y fallecida en 1180. Contrajo matrimonio con Fernando Rodríguez de Castro "el Castellano", quien la asesinó en 1180, hecho que inspiró la tragicomedia titulada "La desdichada Estefanía", escrita por Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio en 1604. ----------
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphonso_VII_of_Castile
  Alfonso VII "el Emperador", Rey de Galicia, de León y de Castilla also went by the name of Alfonso VII "the Emperor". Also called Emperadorde Hispania Alfonso VII "el Emperador" Raimúndez de Borgoña.2,3 He was born on 1 March 1105 at Toledo, Castile, Spain.4,5,6 He was the son of Raymond, comte de Bourgogne and Urraca, reina de León y de Castilla.1 King of Galicia at Spain between 1111 and 1157.7 Alfonso VII "elEmperador", Rey de Galicia, de León y de Castilla was a witness where conde de Traba Pedro Fróilaz de Traba the private tutor and protector of the young Alfonso VII.8 A contract for the marriage of Alfonso VII "el Emperador", Rey de Galicia, de León y de Castilla and Berenguela Raimundo de Barcelona was signed before July 1124. His 1st. Her 2nd. Alfonso VII "el Emperador", Rey de Galicia, de León y de Castilla succeeded his mother with divine dispensation on 9 May 1126.9 King of Castile and León at Iberian peninsula between 9 May 1126 and 21 August1157.10 He defeated the de Lara rebels (Pedro and Rodrigo González) who held the Towers of León against him in May 1126.11 He was a witness where Rodrigo González "el Franco" and Pedro González rebelled against the newly proclaimed king, Alfonso VII, son of Uracca, by holding out against him in the Towers of León in May 1126 at León, Kingdomof León, Spain.11 Alfonso VII "el Emperador", Rey de Galicia, de Le�2 CONC ³n y de Castilla was a witness where Rodrigo González "el Franco" oneof the principal antagonists of the Emperor.8 Alfonso VII "el Emperador", Rey de Galicia, de León y de Castilla was a witness where Fernando Pérez de Traba fled to the court of Alfonso VII of Castile following his banishment from Portugal in 1128.8 Alfonso VII "el Emperador", Rey de Galicia, de León y de Castilla married Berenguela Raimundo de Barcelona, daughter of Ramón Berenguer III "el Grande", conde de Barcelona y de Provenza and Dolça de Gévaudun, in November 1128 at Saladaña, Palencia Province, Castile-León, Spain; His 1st. Her 2nd.4,1 Alfonso VII "el Emperador", Rey de Galicia, de León y de Castilla was physically attacked during a meeting with Rodrigo González de Lara on the banks of the Pisuerga River in 1131.8 He was a witness where Rodrigo González "el Franco" met with King Alfonso VII on the banks of thePisuerga River where a dispute ensued, and the Count committed the crime of "lese majesty," physically attacking the King, in 1131.8 Alfonso VII "el Emperador", Rey de Galicia, de León y de Castilla restored the prestige of the Leonese monarchy and was proclaimed emperor in 1135. He took Almería, a significant but momentary triumph in the Reconquest, ridding the Mediterranean of a strategic seaport base of infidelpirates and also severing the line of communication between Granada and North Africa in 1147.12 He married Richilde, Królewna Polska, daughter of Wladislaw II Wygnaniec, Królewicz Polska and Kristin von Schwaben, in July 1152; His 2nd. Her 1st.13,14 Alfonso VII "el Emperador",Rey de Galicia, de León y de Castilla left a will in August 1157; Heleft Castile to his son, Sancho, and Leon to his son, Ferdinand. Thissplit would see the kingdoms fighting intermittant cival wars for thenext half century until there final reunification under Ferdinand III.15 He died on 21 August 1157 at La Fresneda, Teruel, Asturias, Spain,at age 52 years, 5 months and 20 days.4 Alfonso VII "el Emperador", Rey de Galicia, de León y de Castilla was buried in the Cathedral of Santa Maria, Toledo, Spain. --------------------
  http://www.marevalo.net/caceres/personajes.html El Emperador. Rey de Castilla (1106-1157). Hijo de Raimundo de Borgoña y de doña Urraca -que lo era de Alfonso VI-, y primer soberano de la dinastia borgoña. Fue criado en Galicia, de donde era conde desde la muerte de su padre, por don Pedro Froilaz, conde de Traba, defensor de sus derechos al trono de Castilla, con el obisco Gelmírez, el arzobispo de Toledo, Bernardo, y su tio el Papa Calixto II, frente a las decisiones de su abueloy las pretensiones de Alfonso I de Aragón, casado con su madre (1109). Designo a Sancho Rey de Castilla y Toledo y a Fernando Rey de Leon y Galicia Tambien Alfonso Raimundez. Reino del 1104 al 1157. Coronado Emperador en 1135. Guerreó largo tiempo con los moros, venciéndoles en Jaén. Fundó la Orden de Alcántara en 1156.- --------------------Alfonso VII of León and Castile From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  Alfonso VII (1 March 1105 – 21 August 1157), called the Emperor, became the King of Galicia in 1111 and King of León and Castile in 1126.He was crowned "Emperor of All the Spains" in 1135. He was the son ofUrraca of León and Raymond of Burgundy, the first of the House of Burgundy to rule in Hispania.
  Alfonso was a dignified and somewhat enigmatic figure. His rule was characterised by the renewed supremacy of the western kingdoms of Christian Hispania over the eastern (Navarre and Aragón) after the reign ofAlfonso the Battler. He also sought to make the imperial title meaningful in practice, though his attempts to rule over both Christian and Muslim populations was even less successful. His hegemonic intentions never saw fruition, however. During his tenure, Portugal became de facto independent, in 1128, and was recognized as de jure independent, in1143. He was a patron of poets, including, probably, the troubadour Marcabru.
  In 1111, Diego Gelmírez, Bishop of Compostela, and the count of Trabacrowned Alfonso King of Galicia in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. He was but a child at the time, but his mother had already (1109) succeeded to the united throne of León-Castile-Galicia and desiredto assure her son's prospects and groom him for his eventual succession. By 1125 he had inherited the formerly Muslim Kingdom of Toledo. On10 March 1126, after the death of his mother, he was crowned in Leónand immediately began the recovery of the Kingdom of Castile, which was then under the domination of Alfonso the Battler. By the Peace of Támara of 1127, the Battler recognised Alfonso VII of Castile. The territory in the far east of his dominion, however, had gained much independence during the rule of his mother and experienced many rebellions.After his recognition in Castile, Alfonso fought to curb the autonomyof the local barons.
  When Alfonso the Battler, King of Navarre and Aragón, died without descendants in 1134, he willed his kingdom to the military orders. The aristocracy of both kingdoms did not accept this and García Ramírez, Count of Monzón was elected in Navarre while Alfonso pretended to thethrone of Aragón. The nobles chose another candidate in the dead king's brother, Ramiro II. Alfonso responded by occupying La Rioja, conquering Zaragoza, and governing both realms in unison. From this point, the arms of Zaragoza began to appear in those of León.
  In several skirmishes, he defeated the joint Navarro-Aragonese army and put the kingdoms to vassalage. He had the strong support of the lords north of the Pyrenees, who held lands as far as the River Rhône. Inth
  
  === !"Royal Ancestors of Some American Famil ===
  !"Royal Ancestors of Some American Families" Chart 303; Pedigree Chart from Family Org; Ancestral File 1996 says he was King of Castile and Leon and Galicia
  
  === Alphonso VII, known as "The Emperor" via ===
  Alphonso VII, known as "The Emperor" via honor given Leon as representative of Visigoth kings who represented Roman Emperor; crowned Emperor in 1135; died returning from unsuccessful campaign against the Almohades, in the Pass of Muradel in the Sierra Morena, en route to Toledo..."a great king...but more than half oriental in his household". Info. also from Encyc.Britannica 1968, vol.1, p. 593. from "Debrett's Kings & Queens of Europe" by Williamson: Born abt 1104, the only son of Queen Urraca and Raymond of Burgundy. Succeeded his mother on MArch 8, 1126. Married (1)in Saldana on November 1128, Berengeria (she died Feb 3,1149, buried at Church of St. James the Apostle, Galicia). Berengeria was the daughter of Raymond Berengeria III, Count of Barcelona and of Maria Rodriques de Bivar, the daughter of El Cid. They had 4 sons and 2 daughters. Alfonso then married (2) in July 1252 Rixa, or Richilde (Rixa married (2) by 1162 Raymond Berengar II Count of Provence and married (3) 1166 Raymond V, Count of Toulouse; Rixa died 1167/75). Rixa was the daughter of Wladyslaw II, King of Poland, and of Agnes of Austria. Rixa and Alfonso had 1 son, 1 daughter. Alfonso died in Fresneda Aug. 21,1157, buried in Toledo.
  
  === #Générale# Décès : ou 21 Août 1157 à Fre ===
  #Générale# Décès : ou 21 Août 1157 à Fresneda ESPAGNE Fin Mariage: Février 1149
  
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  He is a dignified and somewhat enigmatical figure. A vague tradition had always assigned the title of emperor to the sovereign who held Leon as the most direct representative of the Visigoth kings, who were themselves the representatives of the Roman empire. But though given in charters, and claimed by Alfonso VI of Castile and Alfonso of Aragon the Battler, the title had been little more than a flourish of rhetoric. Alfonso VII was crowned emperor in 1155 after the death of the Battler. The weakness of Aragon enabled him to make his superiority effective. He appears to have striven for the formation of a national unity, which Spain had never possessed since the fall of the Visigoth kingdom. The elements he had to deal with could not be welded together. Alfonso was at once a patron of the church, and a protector if not a favourer of the Muslims, who formed a large part of his subjects. His reign ended in an unsuccessful campaign against the rising power of the Almohades. Though he was not actually defeated, his death in the pass of Muradel in the Sierra Morena, while on his way back to Toledo, occurred in circumstances which showed that no man could be what he claimed to be---"king of the men of the two religions." His personal character does not stand out with the emphasis of those of Alfonso VI. or the Battler. Yet he was a great king, the type and to some extent the victim of the confusions of his age--Christian in creed and ambition, but more than half oriental in his household. (Wikipedia)
  
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  === He is a dignified and somewhat enigmati ===
  He is a dignified and somewhat enigmatical figure. A vague tradition had always assigned the title of emperor to the sovereign who held Leon as the most direct representative of the Visigoth kings, who were themselves the representatives of the Roman empire. But though given in charters, and claimed by Alfonso VI of Castile and Alfonso of Aragon the Battler, the title had been little more than a flourish of rhetoric. Alfonso VII was crowned emperor in 1155 after the death of the Battler. The weakness of Aragon enabled him to make his superiority effective. He appears to have striven for the formation of a national unity, which Spain had never possessed since the fall of the Visigoth kingdom. The elements he had to deal with could not be welded together. Alfonso was at once a patron of the church, and a protector if not a favourer of the Muslims, who formed a large part of his subjects. His reign ended in an unsuccessful campaign against the rising power of the Almohades. Though he was not actually defeated, his death in the pass of Muradel in the Sierra Morena, while on his way back to Toledo, occurred in circumstances which showed that no man could be what he claimed to be---"king of the men of the two religions." His personal character does not stand out with the emphasis of those of Alfonso VI. or the Battler. Yet he was a great king, the type and to some extent the victim of the confusions of his age--Christian in creed and ambition, but more than half oriental in his household. Retrieved from "http://www.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Alfonso_VII_of_Castile" This page was last modified 07:41, 29 Dec 2002.
  
  === !ALFONSO VII, b. 1103, d. 1157, King of ===
  !ALFONSO VII, b. 1103, d. 1157, King of Castile and Leon; m. (2) 1124, Berenguela of Barcelona, d. 1131, dau. of Raymond IV, Count of Barcelona, and Dulce of Aldonza, dau. Gilbert, Vicomte de Carlat, heiress of Provence; m. (3) RICHILDE OF POLAND (147-27). ["60 Colonists" line 113-25.] !Alfonse VII is described as King of Castile and Leon !Alfonso VII, King of Castile, became King of Galacia in 1112 and King of Castile and Leon on the death of his mother in 1126; m. (first) in Nov 1128, Berengeria of Barcelona, d. in Feb 1149, dau of Raymond Berenger III, Count of Barcelona. ["Bannockburn," Spring 1993, published by Family of Bruce Society in America.]
  
  === Tambien llamado " Pierre Raimund " Rey ===
  Tambien llamado " Pierre Raimund " Rey de Galicia ( 1112-1157 ), Rey de Castilla y Leon ( 1126-1157 ), Emperador de España ( 1135 ).
  
  === Ref: Weis Ancestral Roots 113-25. Re ===
  Ref: Weis Ancestral Roots 113-25. Ref: Weis Ancestral Roots 116-25. King of Castile and Leon.
  
  === 10 on 510 WFT Ref # 551 Vol 27 Alfonso ===
  10 on 510 WFT Ref # 551 Vol 27 Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Leon from 1126. He was the last of the Christian emperors of medieval Spain. Alsonso won some vistories over Spanish Muslims in the early part of his reign, but after 1146 allied himself with the Muslim Almoravids in an attempt to check the invading Almohads from North Africa. He was unable to prevent the establishment of Portugal as an independent kingdom in 1139, and his division of his realm between his two sons, Sancho III of Castile and Ferdinand II of Leon, put an end to the concept of empire in medieval Spain.
  
  === !SOURCES: Royal Ancestors of Magna Cart ===
  !SOURCES: Royal Ancestors of Magna Carta Barons; by Collins, pgs. 56, 60 & 166 NOTES: King of Leon and Castile; Emperor of Spain

• m. julio de 1152 in Soria, Castilla y León, España

1. Sancha Infanta of Castile, b. 21 SEP 1154 in Castilla y Leon, Spain     d. 9 NOV 1208 in Villanueva de Sigena, Huesca, Aragon, Spain

1. Estefanía Alfonso Raimúndez García, b. 1148 in Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain     d. 1 JUL 1180 in Basílica de San Isidoro, León, Provincia de León, Castilla y León, Spain

1. Urraca Alfonso la Asturiana, b. 1133 in Pelúgano, Aller, Asturias, Spain     d. 26 OCT 1179 in Palencia, Palencia, Castilla y León, Spain

• m. 17 de noviembre de 1128 in Saldaña, Palencia, Castilla y León, España

1. Sancho III Alfonsez of Castile "The Desired", b. 4 de diciembre de 1134 in Burgos, Castilla y León, España     d. 31 de agosto de 1158 in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, España
2. Fernando de Leon II, b. 1137 in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, España     d. 22 de enero de 1188 in Benavente, Zamora, Castilla y León, España
3. Constanza de Castilla, b. ABT 1138     d. 6 OCT 1160
4. Sancha of Castile Queen of Navarre, b. 1139     d. 5 AUG 1179

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   Page: Iberia - Castile & Leon, Counts & Kings, p. 66: Infante don ALFONSO de Castilla y León, son of URRACA Queen of Castile and León & her first husband Raymond de Bourgogne [Comté] ([Grajal], Galicia 1 Mar 1105-Fresneda 21 Aug 1157, bur Toledo, Cathedral Santa María). The Anales Toledanos record the birth 1 Mar 1106 of “El Rey D. Alfonso, fillo del Conde D. Raymondo è de Doña Urraca”[648]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "rex Aldefonsus Hispanie imperator" as son of "comitis Raymundi…ex Waracta filia imperatoris Fernandi"[649]. Crowned King of Galicia 17 Sep 1111 at Santiago de Compostela. He was proclaimed ALFONSO VII “el Emperador” King of Castile, León and Toledo in 1112[650]. "Hildefonsus Raymundi…rex" donated property to the abbey of Silos by charter dated 27 Nov 1116, confirmed by "Illa infanta regis germana, Guillelmus comes de Moretegni, Iohannes Reynnitz, Petrus Ansuriz comes…"[651]. He styled himself "imperator" for the first time 9 Dec 1117[652]. He ruled under the tutelage of Pedro Froilaz Conde de Traba and his mother until 1119, although he only assumed effective personal rule after his mother's death in 1126. "Aldefonsus Hyspanie imperator…cum uxore mea regina Berengaria et Santia mea germana" donated "abbatiam Sancti Facundi et Primitivi" to Cluny by charter dated 7 Sep 1132[653]. King of Zaragoza 1134. He was crowned Emperor 26 May 1135 at León. He negotiated peace with both Aragon and Navarre, with a view to concentrating his military efforts on the reconquest. "Adefonsus Hispanie imperator…cum uxore mea Berengaria" donated "monasterium Sancti Petri de Cardigna" to Cluny by charter dated 29 Jul 1142[654]. "Adefonsus Hispanie imperator…cum uxore mea Berengaria" confirmed the donation to Cluny of "monasterium Sancti Salvatoris de Bodinio" to Cluny as requested by "comitis Gomes" by charter dated Aug 1142[655]. "Adefonsus imperator Hispanie…cum uxore mea Berengaria" donated "ecclesiam sancti Vincentii de Salamantica" to Cluny by charter dated 29 Oct 1143, confirmed by "Sancius imperatoris major filius…Rodericus Gomez comes, Poncius de Cabreria comes, Guterrus Fernandez, Rodericus Fernandez, Didacus Munioz majordomus imperatoris, Garsias Royz majorinus imperatoris in Burgus"[656]. He captured Almería (1147), Tortosa (1148), and Jaén (1157) from the Muslims, though they recaptured Almería before he died. “Adefonsus Imperator Hispaniæ...cum uxore mea Imperatrice Domina Rica et cum filiis meis Sancio et Ferrando Regibus” donated property to the bishop of Segovia by charter dated 28 Jan 1155[657]. "Aldefonsus…tocius Hyspanie imperator…cum uxore mea imperatrice domna Rica et…filiis meis Sanctio et Ferrando regibus" donated property to the abbey of Silos by charter dated 28 Oct 1155, confirmed by "Comes Rudericus Petriz, Garcia Garçiaz de Aza, Veremundus Petriz, Garcia Gumez, Gonsalvuz Ruderiz, Alvaros Ruderiz, Comes Gonsalvus Fernandi, Dicados Ferrandiz de Bonelas maiorinus in Burgis, Comes Almandricus tenens Bæciam, Comes Poncius maiordomus imperatoris, Comes Lupus, Comes Ranimirus, Comes Petrus Aldeffonsus, Gutierre Ferrandiz, Nunnus Petriz tenens Montor, Gundisalvus de Maranon alferiz imperatoris…"[658]. The Chronicon Burgense records the death in 1157 of “Alfonsus Imperator”[659]. The Chronicon Lusitanum records the death in Sep 1195 (1157) of “D. Alfonsus Imperator, filius Comitis D. Raymundi et Reginæ D. Orracæ”[660]. On his death, his lands were divided between his two sons. m firstly (Saldaña Nov 1128) BERENGUELA de Barcelona, daughter of RAMÓN BERENGUER [III] “el Grande” Conde de Barcelona & his wife Dulce/Dolça [I] Ctss de Provence ([1116]-Palencia 15/31 Jan 1149, bur Santiago de Compostela, Cathedral Santiago el Mayor). The Chronica Adefonsi Imperatoris records the marriage of "Alfonso…king of León" and "the daughter of Ramón count of Barcelona…Berengaria" in 1128 at Saldaña[661]. The Gestis Comitum Barcinonensium record the marriage of "Raimundi-Berengarii comitis…filiam" and "Ildefonso Toletano Imperatori"[662]. The testament of "Raimundus Berengarii…Barchinonensis comes et marchio" dated [8 Jul] 1130 names "Raimundo Berengarii filio meo…et filie mee ipsa de Castella et illa de Fuxo"[663]. The De Rebus Hispaniæ of Rodericus Ximenes names "Berengariam atque Richam" as the wives of "Aldefonsi Hispaniarum Regis"[664]. The Anales Toledanos record the death in Feb 1149 of “la Emperadriz”[665].
   
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    Note: Fantastic biographic details. . . ."Tras estos acuerdos, la Navidad de 1156 la pasó Alfonso VII en León rodeado de todos sus hijos, incluidas la reina de Francia Constanza y la reina Sancha de Navarra. Alfonso recibía sus famosos títulos de emperador glorioso, pío, feliz y siempre invicto, rey de León, de Galicia, de Castilla, de Nájera, de Zaragoza, de Toledo, de Baeza y Almería; los reyes de Barcelona, Murcia y Navarra eran sus vasallos, junto a otros personajes no menos importantes que los documentos no tienen espacio para nombrar. Se trató en realidad de una despedida, Alfonso VII murió en Fresneda, en el puerto de Muradal (lugar antiguo en el paso de Despeñaperros de Sierra Morena, Jaén), el 21 de agosto de 1157, cuando se ocupaba precisamente de la evacuación cristiana de Almería, cuya alcazaba estaba sitiada por los almohades desde el mes de junio anterior. Con él desaparecía también la antigua idea imperial leonesa: los títulos honoríficos y hegemónicos quedaron, eso sí, unidos a su recuerdo." Enditem
    Page: Real Academia de la Historia is the great authority on Spanish Kings
    
16. Title: Royal Genealogies, Volume II
    Author: James Anderson, D.D., Royal Genealogies (Volume II), Table 458, Page 707 (center).
    
17. Title: Wikipedia - Alfonso VII of León and Castile (1105-1157)
    Author: Bibliography Barton, Simon (1997). The Aristocracy in Twelfth-century León and Castile. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521497275. Bryson, David (1999). Queen Jeanne and the Promised Land: Dynasty, Homeland, Religion and Violence in Sixteenth-Century France. Brill. Fletcher, R.A. (1984). Saint James's catapult : the life and times of Diego Gelmírez of Santiago de Compostela. Oxford [Oxfordshire]: Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0198225812. France, John (2005). The Crusades and the Expansion of Catholic Christendom, 1000–1714. Routledge. Graham-Leigh, Elaine (2005). The Southern French Nobility and the Albigensian Crusade. The Boydell Press. Hanley, Catherine (2019). Matilda: Empress, Queen, Warrior. Yale University Press. Lourie, Elena (1975). "The Will of Alfonso I, "El Batallador," King of Aragon and Navarre: A Reassessment". Speculum. 50 (4 Oct). doi:10.2307/2855471. JSTOR 2855471. S2CID 159659007. et.al.....
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso_VII_of_Le%C3%B3n_and_Castile;
    Note: 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. Alfonso, born Alfonso Raimúndez, first used the title Emperor of All Spain, alongside his mother Urraca, once she vested him with the direct rule of Toledo in 1116. Alfonso later held another investiture in 1135 in a grand ceremony reasserting his claims to the imperial title. He was the son of Urraca of León and Raymond of Burgundy, the first of the House of Ivrea to rule in the Iberian peninsula. Alfonso VII Alfonso as emperor, from a Privilegium Imperatoris issued by him. King of León, Castile and Galicia Reign 1126 – 1157 Coronation 1135 in the Cathedral of León Predecessor Urraca Successor Sancho III (Castile) Ferdinand II (León) Born 1 March 1105 Caldas de Reis Died 21 August 1157 (aged 52) Sierra Morena Burial Cathedral of Toledo Spouses Berenguela of Barcelona Richeza of Poland Issue among others... Sancho III, King of Castile Ferdinand II, King of Léon Constance, Queen of France Sancha, Queen of Navarre Sancha, Queen of Aragon (illeg.) Urraca, Queen of Navarre (illeg.) Stephanie Alfonso House House of Burgundy Father Raymond, Count of Galicia Mother Urraca, Queen of León and Castile Religion Roman Catholicism Alfonso was a dignified and somewhat enigmatic figure. His rule was characterised by the renewed supremacy of the western kingdoms of Christian Iberia over the eastern (Navarre and Aragón) after the reign of Alfonso the Battler. Though he sought to make the imperial title meaningful in practice to both Christian and Muslim populations, his hegemonic intentions never saw fruition. During his tenure, Portugal became de facto independent, in 1128, and was recognized as de jure independent, in 1143. He was a patron of poets, including, probably, the troubadour Marcabru. Succession to three kingdoms In 1111, Diego Gelmírez, Bishop of Compostela and the count of Traba, crowned and anointed Alfonso King of Galicia in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. He was a child, but his mother had (1109) succeeded to the united throne of León-Castile-Galicia and desired to assure her son's prospects and groom him for his eventual succession. By 1125 he had inherited the formerly Muslim Kingdom of Toledo. On 10 March 1126, after the death of his mother, he was crowned in León and immediately began the recovery of the Kingdom of Castile, which was then under the domination of Alfonso the Battler. By the Peace of Támara of 1127, the Battler recognised Alfonso VII of Castile. The territory in the far east of his dominion, however, had gained much independence during the rule of his mother and experienced many rebellions. After his recognition in Castile, Alfonso fought to curb the autonomy of the local barons. When Alfonso the Battler, King of Navarre and Aragón, died without descendants in 1134, he willed his kingdom to the Knights Templar and the Knights Hospitaller. The aristocracy of both kingdoms rejected this. García Ramírez, Count of Monzón was elected in Navarre while Alfonso pretended to the throne of Aragón. The nobles chose another candidate in the dead king's brother, Ramiro II. Alfonso responded by reclaiming La Rioja and "attempted to annex the district around Zaragoza and Tarazona". In several skirmishes, he defeated the joint Navarro-Aragonese army and put the kingdoms to vassalage. He had the strong support of the lords north of the Pyrenees, who held lands as far as the River Rhône. In the end, however, the combined forces of the Navarre and Aragón were too much for his control. At this time, he helped Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, in his wars with the other Catalan counties to unite the old Marca Hispanica. Imperial rule 13th-century miniature of Alfonso VII of León from the codex Tumbo A. Santiago de Compostela Cathedral A vague tradition had always assigned the title of emperor to the sovereign who held León. Sancho the Great considered the city the imperiale culmen and minted coins with the inscription Imperator totius Hispaniae after being crowned in it. Such a sovereign was considered the most direct representative of the Visigothic kings, who had been themselves the representatives of the Roman Empire. But though appearing in charters, and claimed by Alfonso VI of León and Alfonso the Battler, the title had been little more than a flourish of rhetoric. On 26 May 1135, Alfonso was crowned "Emperor of Spain" in the Cathedral of León. By this, he probably wished to assert his authority over the entire peninsula and his absolute leadership of the Reconquista. He appears to have striven for the formation of a national unity which Spain had never possessed since the fall of the Visigothic kingdom. The elements he had to deal with could not be welded together. The weakness of Aragon enabled him to make his superiority effective. After Afonso Henriques recognised him as liege in 1137, Alfonso VII lost the Battle of Valdevez in 1141 thereby affirming Portugal's independence in the Treaty of Zamora (1143). In 1143, he himself recognised this status quo and consented to the marriage of Petronila of Aragon with Ramon Berenguer IV, a union which combined Aragon and Catalonia into the Crown of Aragon. War against Al-Andalus Alfonso was a pious prince. He introduced the Cistercians to Iberia by founding a monastery at Fitero. He adopted a militant attitude towards the Moors of Al-Andalus, especially the Almoravids. From 1138, when he besieged Coria, Alfonso led a series of crusades subjugating the Almoravids. After a seven-month siege, he took the fortress of Oreja near Toledo and, as the Chronica Adefonsi Imperatoris tells it: … early in the morning the castle was surrendered and the towers were filled with Christian knights, and the royal standards were raised above a high tower. Those who held the standards shouted out loud and proclaimed "Long live Alfonso, emperor of León and Toledo!" In 1142, Alfonso besieged Coria a second time and took it. In 1144, he advanced as far as Córdoba. Two years later, the Almohads invaded and he was forced to refortify his southern frontier and come to an agreement with the Almoravid Ibn Ganiya for their mutual defence. When Pope Eugene III preached the Second Crusade, Alfonso VII, with García Ramírez of Navarre and Ramon Berenguer IV, led a mixed army of Catalans and Franks, with a Genoese–Pisan navy, in a crusade against the rich port city of Almería, which was occupied in October 1147. A third of the city was granted to Genoa and subsequently leased out to Otto de Bonvillano, a Genoese citizen. It was Castile's first Mediterranean seaport. In 1151, Alfonso signed the Treaty of Tudilén with Ramon Berenguer. The treaty defined the zones of conquest in Andalusia in order to prevent the two rulers from coming into conflict. Six years later, Almería entered into Almohad possession. Alfonso was returning from an expedition against them when he died on 21 August 1157 in Las Fresnedas, north of the Sierra Morena. Legacy Alfonso was at once a patron of the church and a protector, though not a supporter of, the Muslims, who were a minority of his subjects. His reign ended in an unsuccessful campaign against the rising power of the Almohads. Though he was not actually defeated, his death in the pass, while on his way back to Toledo, occurred in circumstances which showed that no man could be what he claimed to be – "king of the men of the two religions." Furthermore, by dividing his realm between his sons, he ensured that Christendom would not present the new Almohad threat with a united front. Family In November 1128, he married Berenguela, daughter of Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona. She died in 1149. Their children were: Ramón, living 1136, died in childhood Sancho III of Castile (1134–1158) Ferdinand II of León (1137–1188) Constance (c. 1138–1160), married Louis VII of France Sancha (c. 1139–1179), married Sancho VI of Navarre García (c. 1142–1145/6) Alfonso (1144/1148–c. 1149) In 1152, Alfonso married Richeza of Poland, the daughter of Ladislaus II the Exile. They had: Ferdinand (1153–1157) Sancha (1155–1208), the wife of Alfonso II of Aragón. Alfonso also had two mistresses, having children by both. By an Asturian noblewoman named Gontrodo Pérez, he had an illegitimate daughter, Urraca (1132–1164), who married García Ramírez of Navarre, the mother retiring to a convent in 1133. Later in his reign, he formed a liaison with Urraca Fernández, widow of count Rodrigo Martínez and daughter of Fernando García de Hita, having a daughter, Stephanie the Unfortunate (1148–1180), who was killed by her jealous husband, Fernán Ruiz de Castro.
    
18. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy - Alfonso de Castilla y León (1105-1157)
    Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CASTILE.htm#AlfonsoVIIdied1157A;
    Note: Infante don ALFONSO de Castilla y León, son of URRACA Queen of Castile and León & her first husband Raymond de Bourgogne [Comté] ([Grajal], Galicia 1 Mar 1105-Fresneda 21 Aug 1157, bur Toledo, Cathedral Santa María). The Anales Toledanos record the birth 1 Mar 1106 of “El Rey D. Alfonso, fillo del Conde D. Raymondo è de Doña Urraca”[648]. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "rex Aldefonsus Hispanie imperator" as son of "comitis Raymundi…ex Waracta filia imperatoris Fernandi"[649]. Crowned King of Galicia 17 Sep 1111 at Santiago de Compostela. He was proclaimed ALFONSO VII “el Emperador” King of Castile, León and Toledo in 1112[650]. "Hildefonsus Raymundi…rex" donated property to the abbey of Silos by charter dated 27 Nov 1116, confirmed by "Illa infanta regis germana, Guillelmus comes de Moretegni, Iohannes Reynnitz, Petrus Ansuriz comes…"[651]. He styled himself "imperator" for the first time 9 Dec 1117[652]. He ruled under the tutelage of Pedro Froilaz Conde de Traba and his mother until 1119, although he only assumed effective personal rule after his mother's death in 1126. "Aldefonsus Hyspanie imperator…cum uxore mea regina Berengaria et Santia mea germana" donated "abbatiam Sancti Facundi et Primitivi" to Cluny by charter dated 7 Sep 1132[653]. King of Zaragoza 1134. He was crowned Emperor 26 May 1135 at León. He negotiated peace with both Aragon and Navarre, with a view to concentrating his military efforts on the reconquest. "Adefonsus Hispanie imperator…cum uxore mea Berengaria" donated "monasterium Sancti Petri de Cardigna" to Cluny by charter dated 29 Jul 1142[654]. "Adefonsus Hispanie imperator…cum uxore mea Berengaria" confirmed the donation to Cluny of "monasterium Sancti Salvatoris de Bodinio" to Cluny as requested by "comitis Gomes" by charter dated Aug 1142[655]. "Adefonsus imperator Hispanie…cum uxore mea Berengaria" donated "ecclesiam sancti Vincentii de Salamantica" to Cluny by charter dated 29 Oct 1143, confirmed by "Sancius imperatoris major filius…Rodericus Gomez comes, Poncius de Cabreria comes, Guterrus Fernandez, Rodericus Fernandez, Didacus Munioz majordomus imperatoris, Garsias Royz majorinus imperatoris in Burgus"[656]. He captured Almería (1147), Tortosa (1148), and Jaén (1157) from the Muslims, though they recaptured Almería before he died. “Adefonsus Imperator Hispaniæ...cum uxore mea Imperatrice Domina Rica et cum filiis meis Sancio et Ferrando Regibus” donated property to the bishop of Segovia by charter dated 28 Jan 1155[657]. "Aldefonsus…tocius Hyspanie imperator…cum uxore mea imperatrice domna Rica et…filiis meis Sanctio et Ferrando regibus" donated property to the abbey of Silos by charter dated 28 Oct 1155, confirmed by "Comes Rudericus Petriz, Garcia Garçiaz de Aza, Veremundus Petriz, Garcia Gumez, Gonsalvuz Ruderiz, Alvaros Ruderiz, Comes Gonsalvus Fernandi, Dicados Ferrandiz de Bonelas maiorinus in Burgis, Comes Almandricus tenens Bæciam, Comes Poncius maiordomus imperatoris, Comes Lupus, Comes Ranimirus, Comes Petrus Aldeffonsus, Gutierre Ferrandiz, Nunnus Petriz tenens Montor, Gundisalvus de Maranon alferiz imperatoris…"[658]. The Chronicon Burgense records the death in 1157 of “Alfonsus Imperator”[659]. The Chronicon Lusitanum records the death in Sep 1195 (1157) of “D. Alfonsus Imperator, filius Comitis D. Raymundi et Reginæ D. Orracæ”[660]. On his death, his lands were divided between his two sons. m firstly (Saldaña Nov 1128) BERENGUELA de Barcelona, daughter of RAMÓN BERENGUER [III] “el Grande” Conde de Barcelona & his wife Dulce/Dolça [I] Ctss de Provence ([1116]-Palencia 15/31 Jan 1149, bur Santiago de Compostela, Cathedral Santiago el Mayor). The Chronica Adefonsi Imperatoris records the marriage of "Alfonso…king of León" and "the daughter of Ramón count of Barcelona…Berengaria" in 1128 at Saldaña[661]. The Gestis Comitum Barcinonensium record the marriage of "Raimundi-Berengarii comitis…filiam" and "Ildefonso Toletano Imperatori"[662]. The testament of "Raimundus Berengarii…Barchinonensis comes et marchio" dated [8 Jul] 1130 names "Raimundo Berengarii filio meo…et filie mee ipsa de Castella et illa de Fuxo"[663]. The De Rebus Hispaniæ of Rodericus Ximenes names "Berengariam atque Richam" as the wives of "Aldefonsi Hispaniarum Regis"[664]. The Anales Toledanos record the death in Feb 1149 of “la Emperadriz”[665]. m secondly ([Oct/Dec] 1152) as her first husband, RYKSA of Silesia, daughter of WŁADYSŁAW II “Wygnaniec/the Exile” Prince of Krakow and Silesia & his wife Agnes of Austria [Babenberg] ([1130/40]-16 Jun [1185]). The De Rebus Hispaniæ of Rodericus Ximenes names "Berengariam atque Richam" as the wives of "Aldefonsi Hispaniarum Regis"[666]. The primary source which confirms her parentage and her three marriages has not yet been identified. The Chronicle of Alberic de Trois-Fontaines names "Rikissam", daughter of "regi Russie nomine Musuch" & his wife "Rikissam [filiam ducis Vergescelai de Polonia]", as wife firstly of "imperatoris Castelle Alfunso" and subsequently of "comiti Aragonensi et post comiti Alberto de Everstein ultra Coliniam"[667], contradicting other sources in many aspects. She was known as RIQUILDA in Spain[668], or RICA. “Adefonsus Imperator Hispaniæ...cum uxore mea Imperatrice Domina Rica et cum filiis meis Sancio et Ferrando Regibus” donated property to the bishop of Segovia by charter dated 28 Jan 1155[669]. She married secondly (1161) Raymond Bérenger II Comte de Provence, and thirdly (after 1166) Albert [III] Graf von Everstein. Mistress (1): ([1130/32]) GONTRODO Pérez, wife of GUTIERRE Sebastiániz, daughter of conde PEDRO Díaz de Valle & his wife María Ordóñez (-León 29 Jun 1186, Santa María de Vega near Oviedo). The Chronica Adefonsi Imperatoris records that King Alfonso VII "took a concubine…Guntroda, the daughter of Pedro Díaz and María Ordóñez…who belonged to the greatest family of the Asturians and the Tinians", dated to [1130/32] from the context[670]. “Gontrodo Petri...cum domina mea, et filia Urraca” donated property to the monastery of Santa María de Vega near Oviedo by charter dated 13 Oct 1153[671]. She became a nun at the monastery of Santa María de Vega near Oviedo[672]. Florez reproduces the epitaph in the same monastery which records the death in 1186 of “Guntrodo”[673]. Mistress (2): ([1139/48]) URRACA Fernández de Castro, widow of conde RODRIGO Martínez, daughter of FERNANDO García [de Castro] Señor de Hita y Uceda & his second wife Estefanía Armengol de Urgel ([1120]-after 1165). Alfonso VII King of Castile granted the villa de Amusco to "comitissa domina Vrracha uxore comitis Roderici Martinez" in exchange for other properties by charter dated 21 Jan 1139[674]. Alfonso VII King of Castile granted property to "Domne Vrrache Ferrandez comitisse" by charter dated 9 Sep 1140[675]. Alfonso VII King of Castile granted property to "comitisse domna Vrracha Fernandez…et post filia uestra et mea" in exchange for other properties by charter dated 3 Feb 1148[676]. “Petrus Fernandiz et soror mea Urraca Fernandiz et uxor mea Maria Pedriz...cum filiis et filiabus nostris” donated “sancte Crucis de Valcarcer” to Santa María de Aguilar de Campoo by charter dated 4 Aug 1165[677]. King Alfonso VII & his first wife had [seven] children. King Alfonso VII & his second wife had two children. King Alfonso VII had one illegitimate child by Mistress (1). King Alfonso VII had one illegitimate child Mistress (2)
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19. Title: Legacy NFS Source: 2736742394
    Author: Royalty for Commoners, 2nd Ed; Roderick W Stuart {1988}, Page number: 52-28, 83-29, 86-24, 86-29
    Note: Source Media Type: Book
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