Alfonso VIII King of Castile 
Alfonso VIII was born on August 15th, 1171 in Soria, Spain. Alfonso VIII's father was Sancho III Alfonsez King Of Castile and his mother was Blanca Princess Of Navarre. His paternal grandparents were Alfonso VII King of Castile and Berenguela Raimundo De Barcelona; his maternal grandparents were Garcias V Ramirez and Marguerite De La Aigle Rotrou. He had a brother named Garcia. He was the younger of the two children. He died at the age of 59 in 1230 in Avevalo, Spain. He was buried in Cistercian Monastery, Santa Maria le Real, Huelgas, Burgos.General Notes
Alfonso VIII (1155-1214), king of Castile (1158-1214); he succeeded to the throne on the death of his father, Sancho III. Troubled by interference from Navarre in his youth, he later allied Castile with Aragón, forming a connection that was eventually to become the basis for the unification of Spain. He also established Castilian dominance over León. In 1170 he married Eleanor, daughter of King Henry II of England. From the 1170s, he resisted encroachments by the Almohads, Muslim invaders from northern Africa. Defeated by the Muslim caliph Yakub al-Mansur at Alarcos in 1195, Alfonso and his allies won a major victory over the Muslim commander al-Nasir at Navas de Tolosa in 1212.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0986 in Borgogne, France d.04 Sep 1057 in France
- b.1040 in Bourgogne, France d.11 Nov 1087 in France
- b.1007 in Normandy, France d.BET. 7 - 27 JUL 1037 in France
- b.1065 d.May 1107
- b.11 Nov 1080 in Barcelona, Spain d.19 Jun 1131
- b.1044 in Barcelona d.> 1092
- b.1 MAR 1104/05 in Toledo, Castile d.21 Aug 1157 in La Fresneda, Aragon
- b.BET. 1016 - 1020 in Spain d.27 Dec 1065 in Leon, Spain
- b.Jun 1040 in Castile, Spain d.30 Jun 1109 in Toledo,Castilla-La Mancha,Spain
- b.BET. 1013 - 1015 d.13 Dec 1067
- b.1082 in Burgos, Spain d.8 MAR 1125/26 in Saldana, Spain
- b.~ 1011 d.21 MAR 1075/76
- b.~ 1039 in Dijon,Cote-d'Or,France d.1093
- b.~ 1011 d.22 Apr 1109
- b.1134 in Toledo, Castile d.31 Aug 1158 in Toledo, Castile
- b.1023 in Barcelona, Spain d.26 May 1076 in Barcelona, Spain
- b.1055 in Barcelona, Spain d.05 Dec 1082
- b.BET. 1010 - 1020 in Toulouse, France d.16 Nov 1071
- b.11 Nov 1080 in Barcelona, Spain d.19 Jun 1131
- b.~ 1000 in Normandy, France d.22 Jun 1101
- b.1059 in Apulia (puglia), Calabria, Italy d.1083
- b.BET. 1015 - 1030 in Salerno, , Italy
- b.~ 1115 in Barcelona, Spain d.3 FEB 1148/49
- b.1055 in Milhaud, Gard, France d.> 1107
- b.~ 1095 in Gevaudan, Essonne, France
- b.~ 1031 in Provence, France d.1063
- b.1057 in France
- b.~ 1033 in France d.>Sep 1095
- b.15 Aug 1171 in Soria, Spain d.1230 in Avevalo, Spain
- b.1047 in Moncon, Spain
- b.1073 in Moncon, Spain
- b.1049 in Moncon, Spain
- b.~ 1099 in Navarre, Spain d.21 Nov 1150
- b.1049 in Spain
- b.1075 in Spain
- b.1051 in Spain
- b.> 1133 in Pamplona, Navarra d.12 Aug 1156
- b.~ 1010 in L'aigle, France d.1066
- b.~ 1050 in L'aigle, France d.1085
- b.~ 1010 in L'aigle, France
- b.~ 1073 in L'aigle, France
- b.~ 1025 in Avranches, Normandy, France d.1066
- b.~ 1054 in Avranches, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1043 in Conteville, France
- b.~ 1100 in Aigle, Orne, France d.25 May 1141
- b.~ 1014 in France
- b.~ 1042 in Normandy, France d.Oct 1100
- b.~ 1025 in Domfront, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1070 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 1021 in Montdidier, France d.1063
- b.~ 1051 in Montdidier, Picardy, France
- b.1014 in Roucy, Aisne, France d.1063
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Alfonso VIII and Eleanor were married in a religious ceremony on September 21st, 1177 in Burgos Cathedral, Castile, Spain. They had two daughters named Berenguela and Blanche of.
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Children
Berenguela Queen Of Castile
Berenguela was born in 1180 in Burgos, Castile. She died at the age of 66 on November 8th, 1246 in Burgos, Castile.
Blanche of Princess of Castile and Leon
Blanche of was born in Palencia, Spain. She died on May 27th, 1252 in Paris, France.
Alfonso VIII and Berenguela were married in a religious ceremony in December 1197 in Valladolid, Spain. They had two sons and four daughters, named Alfonso, Ferdinand III, Berengaria, Constanza, Leonor and Blanche of.
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Children
Berengaria Princess Of Leon And Castile
Berengaria was born in 1198 in Leon, Spain. She died at the age of 39 on April 12th, 1237.
Blanche of Princess of Castile and Leon
Blanche of was born in Palencia, Spain. She died on May 27th, 1252 in Paris, France.
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