Alfonso IX King of Leon 
Alfonso IX King of was born on August 15th, 1166 in Zamora, Leon, Spain. Alfonso IX King of's father was Ferdinand II Alfonsez King of Leon and his mother was Urraca Affonse Princess of Portugal. His paternal grandparents were Alfonso VII "The Emperor" King of Leon & Castile and Berenguela of Barcelona; his maternal grandparents were Afonso I "Conqueror" Henriquez King of Portugal and Matilda of Savoy. He was an only child. He died at the age of 64 on September 24th, 1230 in Villaneuva de Sarria, Lugo, Spain.General Notes
Alfonso IX, (b. 1171, Zamora, Leon--d. Sept. 24, 1230, Villanueva de Sarria, Galicia), king of Leon from 1188 to 1230, son of Ferdinand II of Leon and first cousin of Alphonso VIII of Castile, and numbered next to him as being a junior member of the family, is said by Ibn Khaldun to have been called the "Baboso" or Slobberer, because he was subject to fits of rage, during which he foamed at the mouth. Though he took a part in the work of the reconquest, this king is chiefly remembered by the difficulties into which his successive marriages led him with the pope. He was first married to his cousin, Teresa of Portugal, who bore him two daughters and a son who died young. The marriage was declared null by the pope, to whom Alphonso paid no attention till he was presumably tired of his wife. It cannot have been his conscience which constrained him to leave Teresa, for his next step was to marry Berengaria of Castile, who was his second cousin. For this act of contumacy the king and kingdom were placed under interdict. The pope was, however, compelled to modify his measures by the threat that if the people could not obtain the services of religion they would not support the clergy, and that heresy would spread. The king was left under interdict personally, but to that he showed himself indifferent, and he had the support of his clergy. Berengaria left him after the birth of five children, and the king then returned to Teresa, to whose daughters he left his kingdom by will. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961 ed., Vol. 1, p. 688, ALPHONSO IX of Leon]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1024 in Macon, Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France d.11 Nov 1087
- b.~ 1060 in Dijon, Cote d'Or, Bourgogne, France d.26 Mar 1107 in Grajal Do Campos, Leon, Spain
- b.~ 1035 in Longwy, Duchy of Bar, Lorraine, France d.> 1088
- b.1 MAR 1104/05 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.21 Aug 1157 in La Fresneda, Teruel, Castile, Spain
- b.<Jun 1040 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.29 Jun 1109 in Toledo, Castile, Spain
- b.BET 1077 AND 1081 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.8 MAR 1125/26 in Saldana, Palencia, Spain
- b.~ 1046 in Dijon, Cote d'Or, Bourgogne, France d.ABT JAN 1092/93
- b.1137 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.22 Aug 1188 in Benavente, Zamora, Castile, Spain
- b.~ 1053 in Barcelona, Spain d.05 Dec 1082 in Killed on way to Gerona, probably by twin brother and co-ruler
- b.11 Nov 1082 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain d.19 Jun 1131 in Barcelona, Spain
- b.~ 1059 in Apulia, Cala, Italy d.1083
- b.1110 in Barcelona, Aragon, Spain d.2 FEB 1148/49 in Palencia, Leon, Spain
- b.~ 1055 in Carlat, Cantal, Auvergne, France d.1110 in Milhaud, Gard, Languedoc, France
- b.1095 in Milhaud, Gard, Languedoc, France d.1128
- b.~ 1057 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence, France
- b.15 Aug 1166 in Zamora, Leon, Spain d.24 Sep 1230 in Villaneuva de Sarria, Lugo, Spain
- b.1043 in Bourgogne, France d.27 JAN 1071/72
- b.1069 in Bourgogne, France d.01 Nov 1112
- b.1036 in Barcelona, Spain
- b.25 Jul 1109 in Villa de Guimar, Brag, Spain d.06 Dec 1185 in Coimbra, Portugal
- b.<Jun 1040 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.29 Jun 1109 in Toledo, Castile, Spain
- b.1070 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.01 Nov 1130
- b.1048 in Leon, Spain d.1128
- b.~ 1149 in Coimbra, Portugal d.16 Oct 1178 in Villadoiid, Spain
- b.~ 1062 in Maurienne, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France d.17 Oct 1133 in Savoy/Rhone-Alpes, France
- b.~ 1092 in Savoie, France d.01 Apr 1149
- b.1024 in Macon, Saone-et-Loire, Bourgogne, France d.11 Nov 1087
- b.~ 1060 in Bourgogne, France d.1133
- b.~ 1035 in Longwy, Duchy of Bar, Lorraine, France d.> 1088
- b.1125 in Chambery, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France d.04 Nov 1157
- b.1068 in St Rambert d'Albon, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France d.21 Dec 1125
- b.~ 1105 in St Rambert d'Albon, Isere, Rhone-Alpes, France d.AFT JAN 1144/45
- b.~ 1075 in Sicily, Italy
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Alfonso IX King of and Berengaria of were married in a religious ceremony in December 1197 in Villaneuva de Sarria, Lugo, Spain. They had two sons and a daughter, named Ferdinand III "The Saint" King of Leon &, Alphonso de and Berenquela Princess of Leon And.
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Children
Berenquela Princess of Leon And Castile
Berenquela Princess of Leon And was born in 1198 in Leon, Spain. She died at the age of 39 on April 12th, 1237 in Constantinople, Turkey.
Ferdinand III "The Saint" King of Leon & Castile
Ferdinand III "The Saint" King of Leon & was born on August 19th, 1201 in Leon, Spain. He died at the age of 50 on May 30th, 1252 in Seville, Spain.
Alphonso de Molina
Alphonso de was born about 1204 in Molina, Guadalajara, Spain. He died in Salamanca, Spain.
They had a daughter named Urraca.
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