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Female Princess Blanche Alphonsa of Castile (Blanca) Click to view Princess Blanche Alphonsa of Castile in the family tree

Blanche was born on March 4th, 1187 in Burgos, Castile, Spain.1  Blanche's father was King Alphonso (The Noble) of Castile VIII and her mother was Eleanor Plantagenet.  Her paternal grandparents were King of Castile and Leon Sancho (The Desired) of Castile III and Blanche of Narvarre Jiminez; her maternal grandparents were King of England Henry (Curtmantel) Plantagenet II and Princess Eleanore of Acquitane. She had two sisters named Berengaria and Urraca.  She was the youngest of the three children.  She died at the age of 65 on November 27th, 1252 in Paris, France.2 

Family Details of Blanche's family with King Louis (The Lion) Capet of France VIII

1 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=michaelrneuman&id=I082789&style=TABLE
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I6725&style=TABLE
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I6564

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