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Constance of Castile
Constance Castile odLouise7.jpg
Queen consort of France
Tenure 1154 – 4 October 1160
Coronation 1154
Born 1136–1140
Died 4 October 1160 (aged 19–24)
Burial Basilica of St Denis
Spouse
(m. 1154)
Issue
House Castilian House of Ivrea
Father Alfonso VII of León and Castile
Mother Berenguela of Barcelona
Religion Roman Catholicism

Constance of Castile (1136 or 1140 – 4 October 1160) was Queen of France as the second wife of Louis VII, who married her following the annulment of his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine. She was a daughter of Alfonso VII of León and Berengaria of Barcelona, but her year of birth is not known.

Life

The official reason for her husband's annulment from Eleanor of Aquitaine had been that he was too close a relative of Eleanor for the marriage to be legal by Church standards; however, he was even more closely related to Constance. They were second cousins through William I, Count of Burgundy.

Constance died giving birth to her second child. Desperate for a son, her husband remarried a mere five weeks after her death.

Constance was buried in the Basilica of Saint-Denis, Paris.

Children

Constance had two children:

  1. Margaret, 1157–1197, who married first Henry the Young King of England, and then Béla III of Hungary
  2. Alys, 1160–1220, who married William IV of Ponthieu

Sources

Constance of Castile
Cadet branch of the House of Ivrea
Born: 1136–1140 Died: 4 October 1160
French royalty
Vacant
Title last held by
Eleanor of Aquitaine
Queen consort of France
1154–1160
Vacant
Title next held by
Adela of Champagne

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Constanza de Castilla (1136-1160) para niños

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