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Queen consort of León and Castile
Berengaria of Barcelona
Effigy of Queen Berengaria at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
Queen consort of León and Castile
Tenure
1128–1149
Born
c. 1116 Barcelona
Died
15 January 1149 Palencia
Burial
(1149-01-15)15 January 1149
Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela
Spouse
Alfonso VII of León and Castile
House
Barcelona
Father
Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona
Mother
Douce I, Countess of Provence
Berengaria of Barcelona (1116 – 15 January 1149), called in Spanish Berenguela de Barcelona and also known as Berengaria of Provence, was Queen consort of Castile, León and Galicia. She was the daughter of Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence.[1]
On 10/17 November 1128 in Saldaña, Berengaria married Alfonso VII, King of Castile, León and Galicia.[1]
Their children were:
Sancho III of Castile (1134–1158)
Ramon, living 1136, died in infancy
Ferdinand II of León (1137–1188)
Constance (c. 1138–1160), married Louis VII of France
Sancha (c. 1139–1179), married Sancho VI of Navarre
García (c. 1142–1145/6)
Alfonso (c. 1144–c. 1149)
According to a description, "She was a very beautiful and extremely graceful young girl who loved chastity and truth and all God-fearing people."[2]
She died in Palencia, and was buried at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
^ abReilly 1995, p. 168.
^Chronica Adefonsi Imperatoris, Book 1 Chapter 12, trans. Simon Barton and Richard Fletcher in The World of El Cid: Chronicles of the Reconquest, (Manchester University Press, 2000) page 168.
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