Husband Aldhun , of Durham 1
AKA: Aldhun Bishop of Durham, Aldun, Ealdhun of Durham
Born: Abt 959
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1 F Ecgfrida 2 3
AKA: Eggfrida
Born: Abt 973 - <England>
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Spouse: Uchtred the Bold , Earl of Northumbria (Abt 0971-1016) 3 4 5
Research Notes: Husband - Aldhun , of Durham
From Wikipedia - Aldhun :
Aldhun of Durham (born circa 959, died 1018), also known as Ealdhun, was the last Bishop of Lindisfarne and the first Bishop of Durham .[1] He was of "noble descent."[2]
Since the late 9th century the See of Lindisfarne was based in Chester-le-Street because of constant attacks from invading Danes . However in 994 the King of England had paid a Danegeld (protection money) to the King of Denmark and the King of Norway in return for peace. The pay-off worked and there followed a period of freedom from Viking raids. This encouraged Aldhun to return the remains of Saint Cuthbert to their original resting place at Lindisfarne, and to reinstate the See there.[citation needed ]
En route to their destination however Aldhun claimed to have received a vision from Saint Cuthbert saying that the saint's remains should be laid to rest at Durham . The monks detoured then to Durham, and the title Bishop of Lindisfarne was transferred to Bishop of Durham.[3] The removal of the see from Chester-le-Street to Durham took place in 995.[4] Symeon of Durham is the main source for the moving of the see, and he states that Uchtred the Bold helped the monks clear the site of the new cathedral, which was consecrated in 998.[5]
Aldhun was a bishop for 24 years, which puts his death in 1018 or 1019.[4] He was said to have died of heartbreak because of the defeat of the Northumbrians by the Scots at the battle of Carham .[3]
Aldhun's daughter Ecgfrida married first Uchtred the Bold who was Earl of Northumbria from 1006 to 1016. After he repudiated her, she married a northern thegn Kilvert.[5] The marriage probably took place close to the time when Uchtred helped her father move the see to Durham. Their son Ealdred was the grandfather of Waltheof earl of Northumbria.[6]
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Husband Alexius I Comnenus , Byzantine Emperor 7
Born: 1048
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Father: Andronicus Ducas ( - ) 7
Mother: Maria ( - )
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1 F Theodora Comnena 8
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Husband Alfarin , King of Alfheim (Bohuslän) 9 10
AKA: Alfarin King of Alvheim
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1 F Alfhild Alfarinsdatter 9 11
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Spouse: Gudrød "the Hunter" Halfdansson, King of Vestfold [Semi-legendary] (Abt 0738- ) 9 12
Husband Alfgeir , King in Vingulmork 13
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1 M Gandolf Alfgeirsson, King in Norway 13
Born: Abt 710 - <Vingulmork, Hedmark, Norway>
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Husband Olaf II "the Saint" Haraldsson, King of Norway 14
Born: Abt 995 - <Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway>
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Died: 29 Jul 1030 - Stiklestad, Norway
Buried: 3 Aug 1030 - St. Clemens-Kirke, Trondheim, Sor-Trondelag, Norway
Father: Harald "Graenske" Gudrodsson (Abt 0960-Abt 0995) 14
Mother: Asta Gudbrandsdatter (Abt 0970- ) 14
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Wife Alfhild 14
Born: Abt 1002 - <Bergen, Bergen, Norway>
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1 M Magnus I "the Good" Olafsson, King of Norway 14
Born: Abt 1024 - <Norway>
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Husband Alfonso , de Molina 15
AKA: Alfonso of Léon
Born: 1203
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Father: Alfonso IX , King of Léon (1171-1230) 16 17 18
Mother: Berengaria , of Castile (1180-1246) 19 20 21
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1 F María , de Molina 22
Born: Abt 1265 - Léon, (Spain)
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Spouse: Sancho IV "El Bravo" , of Castile (1258-1295) 23
Research Notes: Husband - Alfonso , de Molina
From Wikipedia - Alfonso of Molina :
Alfonso of Leon, Lord of Molina (1203 - 1272) was the second son of King Alfonso IX of Leon and Berenguela of Castile , and a younger brother of King Ferdinand III of Castile .
In 1240 he gained control of Molina by marrying Mafalda Manrique de Lara, the heiress of Molina. They had a son, Fernando, who died young, and a daughter and heiress, Blanca of Molina.
After Mafalda's death in 1242, Alfonso married Teresa Gonzalez de Lara, who gave him another daughter, Juana. Teresa died in 1246, and Alfonso married for a third time to Mayor Alonso de Meneses. Alfonso and Major had two children: Alfonso, lord of Meneses, and Maria of Molina , who married King Sancho IV of Castile .
Aside from his legitimate children by his three wives, Alfonso also had a number of illegitimate children, including Juan, Bishop of Palencia , and Berenguela, a mistress of King James I of Aragon .
Husband Alfonso I , 1st King of Portugal 24
AKA: Henriquez I 1st King of Portugal
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• King of Portugal, 1128-1185
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Husband Alfonso II , of Provence
AKA: Alphonse II Count of Provence
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Father: Rainou , Count of Forcalquier ( - )
Mother: Gersend , of Forcalquier ( - )
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1 M Ramon Berenguer IV , Count of Provence and Forcalquier
AKA: Raymond de Berenger Count of Provence and Forcalquier, Ramon de Berenguer IV, Count of Provence
Born: 1195
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Died: 19 Aug 1245 - Aix-en-Provence, France
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Spouse: Beatrice , of Savoy ( - )
Marr: 5 Jun 1219
Research Notes: Husband - Alfonso II , of Provence
From Wikipedia - Alfonso II, Count of Provence :
Alfonso II (died 1209 ) was the second son of Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile . His father transferred the County of Provence from his uncle Sancho to him in 1185 .
In 1193 , Alfonso married Gersenda II of Sabran , daughter of Rainou, Count of Forcalquier and Gersend of Forcalquier . They had a child who became Ramon Berenguer IV as count of Provence .
According to explanations in the manuscripts of Gaucelm Faidit 's poems, Alfonso was a rival of the troubadour's for the love of Jourdaine d'Embrun.[1]
Alfonso II died in Palermo , Sicily , Italy .
Research Notes: Wife - Garsenda II , of Sabran
Source: Wikipedia - Alfonso II, Count of Provence
Husband Alfonso IX , King of Léon 16 17 18
AKA: Alfonso IX Fernandez King of Leon
Born: 15 Aug 1171 - Zamora, Léon, Spain
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Died: 24 Sep 1230 - Villanueva de Sarria, Lugo, Spain
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Father: Fernando II , King of Léon (1137-1188) 17 25 26
Mother: Urraca , of Portugal (Abt 1150-1188) 17 27 28
Marriage: 1197 - (Annulled in 1204)
Noted events in his life were:
• King of Léon, 1188-1230
• King of Galicia, 1188-1230
Wife Berengaria , of Castile 19 20 21
AKA: Berenguela of Castile, Berenguela Queen of Castile
Born: 1180 - <Burgos, Castile>, Spain
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• Queen of Castile, 1217
Immediately surrendered the throne to her son Ferdinand.
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1 F Berenguela , Princess of Leon and Castile 17
AKA: Berengaria of Leon
Born: Abt 1199 - <Leon, Leon>, Spain
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Spouse: Jean de Brienne, King of Jerusalem (Abt 1195-1237) 17 29
2 M Alfonso , de Molina 15
AKA: Alfonso of Léon
Born: 1203
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3 M Fernando III of Castile , King of Castile and Leon 30
AKA: Saint Ferdinand, San Fernando, Fernando III "el Santo" of Castile
Born: 5 Aug 1199 - Monastery of Valparaíso (Peleas de Arriba, Zamora), (Spain)
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Died: 30 May 1252 - Seville, Spain
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Spouse: Elisabeth , of Hohenstaufen (1203-1235) 31
Marr: Nov 1219 - Royal Monastery of San Zoilo, Carrión de los Condes (Palencia), Spain
Spouse: Jeanne , de Dammartin (Abt 1220-1279) 32 33
Marr: Oct 1237 - Burgos, Castile, Spain
Birth Notes: Husband - Alfonso IX , King of Léon
Ancestral Roots has b. 1171 and b. 1166.
Research Notes: Husband - Alfonso IX , King of Léon
Second husband of Berenguela of Castile. Ancestral Roots has d. 1246 and d. 1244.
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From Wikipedia - Alfonso IX of León :
Alfonso IX (15 August 1171 - 23 September or 24, 1230), was king of León and Galicia , from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until his own death. According to Ibn Khaldun , he is said to have been called the Baboso or Slobberer because he was subject to fits of rage during which he foamed at the mouth.
Alfonso was the only son of King Ferdinand II of León and Urraca of Portugal . He took a part in the work of the reconquest , conquering the whole of Extremadura (including the cities of Cáceres and Badajoz ). He was also the most modern king of his time, founding the University of Salamanca in 1212 and summoning in 1188 the first parliament with representation of the citizenry ever seen in Western Europe, the Cortes of León .
In spite of all the above - some of whose significance became evident only later - this king is often remembered mainly for the difficulties into which his successive marriages led him with the Pope . He was first married in 1191 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; however, Alfonso paid no attention until he was presumably tired of his wife. His next step was to marry his second cousin, Berenguela of Castile , in 1197. For this act of contumacy, the king and the 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. Berenguela left him after the birth of five children, and the king then returned to Teresa, to whose daughters he left his kingdom in his will.
Children
Alfonso's children by Teresa of Portugal were:
His eldest daughter, Sancha, was engaged to her cousin King Henry I of Castile , but Henry died in 1217 before the marriage could be solemnized. Once the would be inheritor from his first marriage, named Fernando (de Leon y Portugal)who died in 1214, he apparently wanted to disinherit the eldest son from his second marriage, but born around the year 1200, also named Fernando (de Leon y Castilla) , King Alfonso IX invited the quite mature former King Consort of Jerusalem John of Brienne to marry his daughter Sancha and thus inherit the Leonese throne through her.
However, his former second wife, ruling Queen Berenguela of Castile convinced John of Brienne to marry one of her daughters, some 10 years younger than Sancha, instead, named Berenguela of Leon , on account of her father the King of Leon and of her mother divorced Queen Bereguela of Castile .
Though unmarried and pious spinster Sancha was the nominal heiress of Leon-Galicia on her father's death in 1230, Sancha was easily set aside by negotiations, including a good single woman dowry between the former first wife and the former second wife, both divorced from the leonese. Sancha became a nun at Cozollos , where she died in 1270; she was later beatified. Her sister Dulce-Aldonza spent her life with her Consort Queen of Leon mother in Portugal.
Alfonso's children by Berenguela of Castile were:
Alfonso, father of 3 from his first void marriage and father of another 5 from his second void marriage, also fathered many illegitimate children, some 23 known (3 + 5 + perhaps 15 out of married life, all documented) :
Alfonso's children by Aldonza Martínez da Silva (daughter of Martim Gomes da Silva & Urraca Rodrigues and subsequently wife with issue of Diego Froilaz, Conde de Cifuentes, had issue):
Alfonso's child by Inés Iñíguez de Mendoza (ca. 1180-) (daughter of Lope Iñiguez de Mendoza, 1st Lord of Mendoza (ca. 1140-1189) and wife Teresa Ximénez de los Cameros (ca. 1150-)):
Alfonso's child by Estefánia Pérez de Limia , daughter of Pedro Arias de Limia and wife, subsequently wife of Rodrigo Suárez, Merino mayor of Galicia , had issue):
Alfonso's children by Maua, of unknown origin:
Alfonso's children by Dona Teresa Gil de Soverosa (ca. 1170-) (daughter of Dom Gil Vasques de Soverosa & first wife Maria Aires de Fornelos):
Alfonso's other illegitimate child, mother unknown:
Alfonso VIII of León was the first King in Western Europe who summoned the citizens to the Parliament (León's Cortes of 1188). He also founded the University of Salamanca in 1208.
Death Notes: Wife - Berengaria , of Castile
Research Notes: Wife - Berengaria , of Castile
From Wikipedia - Berengaria of Castile :
Berengaria (Castilian : Berengaria; 1180 - 8 November 1246), was briefly queen of Castile and León . The eldest daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England , she was briefly engaged to Conrad II, Duke of Swabia , but he was murdered in 1196 before they could be married.
Marriage
Berengaria married King Alfonso IX of León in 1198, but this was annulled in 1204 by Pope Innocent III because they were second cousins. Berengaria and Alfonso had five children, including one who died in infancy, and when she returned to her father's court in Castile, she brought her children with her to Otella.
Berengaria often found herself politically at odds with her former husband. Alfonso had two daughters, Sancha and Dulce, by his first wife, Theresa of Portugal, and wished to disinherit Berengaria's children in favor of these daughters. To this end, he invited John of Brienne to marry his eldest daughter, Sancha, and thus inherit his kingdom. Berengaria sabotaged this plan by convincing John of Brienne to marry her own daughter, Berengaria of Leon , instead. Later, on 24 September 1230 when Alfonso died, Berengaria and Ferdinand acted to set aside the rights of Sancha and Dulce by offering them a lifetime appanage, which they accepted. This was done so that, with Berengaria's aid, he could assume the Leonese throne.
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When her brother Henry died by accident in 1217, Berengaria became sovereign of Castile. She soon renounced her crown in favor of her son Ferdinand . Thereafter she served as the king's motherly advisor; according to the Cronica Latina , her "total intent and desire being to procure honor for her son in every way possible". Berengaria helped quell the rebellious nobles, and then arranged for Ferdinand to marry a high-born wife, Beatrice of Swabia.
Berengaria maintained strong connections with her sister Blanche , who was Queen of France. It was Blanche who suggested sending Jeanne of Ponthieu as a bride for Ferdinand after his first wife's death.
Children
Her children with Alfonso IX included:
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