Person:Alfonso VIII of Castile (1)

King Alfonso VIII of Castile _____
b.11 Nov 1155 Soria, Castile, Spain
m. 4 Feb 1150/51
  1. King Alfonso VIII of Castile _____1155 - 1214
m. Bef 17 Sep 1177
  1. Berengaria of Castile1181 - 1246
  2. Sancho _____, Prince of Castile1181 - 1181
  3. Infante don Enrique de Castilla1182 - Bef 1194
  4. Sancha _____, Princess of Castille1182 - Bet 1184 & 1185
  5. Henry _____, Prince of CastileAbt 1184 - Abt 1184
  6. Uracca of Castile _____, Queen of PortugalBef 1187 - 1220
  7. Blanche of Castile1188 - 1252
  8. Ferdinand _____, Prince of Castile1189 - 1211
  9. Mafalda _____, Princess of Castile1191 - Bet 1204 & 1211
  10. Constance _____, Princess of CastileBet 1195 & 1202 - 1243
  11. Infanta doña Leonor de CastillaAbt 1202 - 1244
  12. Enrique of Castile1204 - 1217
Facts and Events
Name[4] King Alfonso VIII of Castile _____
Unknown Alfonso _____, of Ivrea-Burgundy
Alt Name Alfonso "the Good" _____, VIII
Alt Name Rei Afonso VIII Castilla
Alt Name[3] Alfonso VIII "el Noble" _____, King of Castile
Gender Male
Alt Birth? 22 Sep 1155 Soria, Castela
Birth[1] 11 Nov 1155 Soria, Castile, Spain
Marriage Bef 17 Sep 1177 Burgos, Castilla y León, Spainto Leonora of England
Alt Death? 5 Oct 1214
Death[1] 6 Oct 1214 Gutiérre Múñoz near Arevalo
Alt Death? 6 Oct 1214 Gutierre Munoz, Spain
Burial[1] Burgos, Castile, SpainSanta María la Real de las Huelgas
Alt Burial? Huelgas, Burgos, Spain
Reference Number? Q295268?


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Alfonso VIII (11 November 11555 October 1214), called the Noble (El Noble) or the one of Las Navas (el de las Navas), was King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo. After having suffered a great defeat with his own army at Alarcos against the Almohads in 1195, he led the coalition of Christian princes and foreign crusaders who broke the power of the Almohads in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212, an event which marked the arrival of a tide of Christian supremacy on the Iberian peninsula.

His reign saw the domination of Castile over León and, by his alliance with Aragon, he drew those two spheres of Christian Iberia into close connection.

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References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Alfonso_VIII_of_Castile, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   King Alfonso VIII of Castile @ the Peerage.
  3. ALFONSO VIII “el Noble/él de las Navas” King of Castile, in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
  4. He was born Alfonso of Burgundy and was known as Alfonso the Noble and Él de las Navas.