King Alfonso ("the Valiant", "the Brave") VI of Castile & Leon 
Alfonso, known as "the Valiant", "the Brave", was born on June 15th, 1040 in Burgos, Burgos, Spain. "the Valiant", "the Brave"'s father was King Ferdinand ("the Great") Sanchez de Leon I of Castile and his mother was Princess Sancha of Castile-Leon. His paternal grandparents were King Sancho ("the Great el Mayor") Garcez III of Navarre and Princess Majora Munia Elvira Sánchez de Castille; his maternal grandparents were King Alfonso V of Leon and Elvira Menendez of Galacia. He had two brothers named "the Valiant" and Diego. He died at the age of 69 on June 29th, 1109 in Toledo, Castile, Spain.General Notes
Alfonso VI "The Brave", King of Leon 1065-1072; King of Castile 1072-1109; and Navarre; Conquered Toledo 1085, Madrid 1085, Lisbon 1093.
Alfonso VI King of Leon, and as Alfonso I as King of Castile and Leon. His father Fernando I, King of Castile and Leon, left his Kingdom divided into three parts to his three sons. Alfonso VI received the Kingdom of Leon, but he succeeded to nearly the whole of his father's Dominions as a result of a war with his brothers. In addition he added Toledo and New Castile to his holdings. In 1108, a year before his death, the Moors defeated him in battle and killed his only son.
# ruled: 1072-1109
# Note: Note: He is the hero of many stories in Spanish legend. He was astrong and astute leader, protector of his Mohammedan subjectsand much respected by his Arab enemies.
-
Ancestor Pedigree Chart
-
*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0919 d.0970
- b.~ 0955 in Spain d.1000/1004
- b.~ 0910 d.Jun 0970
- d.> 1007
- b.> 0919 d.Dec 0959
- b.~ 0980 in Navarre, Spain d.Jan or Oct 18 1035
- b.~ 0900 d.> 0978
- b.0930 d.> 0978
- b.ABT 0880/0900 in Navarre, Spain
- b.ABT 0960/0965 in Navarre, Spain d.1035
- b.~ 0910 d.AFT 0950/0961
- b.~ 0930 d.~ 0975
- b.~ 0920 d.> 0940
- b.~ 1017 in Burgos, Burgos, Castile d.27 Dec 1065 in Lâeon, Lâeon, Spain
- b.~ 0910 d.Jun 0970
- b.~ 0940 d.0995
- b.> 0919 d.Dec 0959
- b.~ 0965 in Castile, Spain d.05 Feb 1017 in Spain
- b.~ 0910 d.~ 0970
- d.> 0995
- b.~ 0985 in Castile, Spain d.>13 Jul 1066 in Fromista, España
- b.0980 in Spain d.20 May 1025
- b.15 Jun 1040 in Burgos, Burgos, Spain d.29 Jun 1109 in Toledo, Castile, Spain
- b.~ 0900 d.01 Jan 0951
- b.~ 0926
- b.~ 0953 d.Sep 0999
- b.~ 0905 d.~ 0949
- b.~ 0935
- b.~ 0905 d.~ 0934
- b.0989/0996 d.07 Aug 1028
- b.~ 0910 d.Jun 0970
- b.~ 0940 d.0995
- b.> 0919 d.Dec 0959
- b.~ 0970 d.1 Mar 1027/1028
- b.~ 0910 d.~ 0970
- d.> 0995
- b.1013 in Lâeon, Lâeon, Spain d.07 Nov 1067
- b.0880/0900 d.0944
- b.ABT 0934/0937 d.~ 0985
- b.0895 in Limia, Spain d.~ 0980
- b.~ 0965
- b.~ 0905 d.~ 0949
- d.< 0985
- b.~ 0905 d.~ 0934
- b.0991 d.02 Dec 1022
- b.ABT 0875/0904 d.ABT 0924/0950
- b.~ 0875 d.~ 0958
- b.~ 0967 d.1022/1025
- b.~ 0926 d.1025
- b.< 0936
-
"the Valiant", "the Brave"'s first family with Princess Chimene de Nunez y Guzman of Seville & Denia
"the Valiant", "the Brave" and Chimene were married in a religious ceremony. They had a daughter named Teresa.
-
Children
Princess Teresa de Castile
Teresa was born about 1070 in Toledo, Castile, Spain. She died on November 1st, 1130.
Page last modified