Constance of Castile (France)
Constance of Castile (* 1140 , † 1160 in Paris ) was Queen of France.
Life
Konstanze was born as the daughter of King Alfonso VII of Castile and León and his wife Berenguela of Barcelona .
In 1154 she was married in Orléans to the French King Louis VII , after his first marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine was annulled on March 21, 1152 at the Council of Beaugency due to the lack of a male heir to the throne, officially because of too close consanguinity.
After a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Konstanze died giving birth to her second daughter, Adelheid.
Constanze was buried in the Saint-Denis basilica . When the royal tombs of Saint-Denis were sacked during the French Revolution, their tomb was opened and looted in August 1793, and their remains were buried in a mass grave outside the church.
progeny
- Margarethe (1158–1197), ⚭ I Henry the Younger , co-king of England; ⚭ II King Béla III. of Hungary .
- Adelheid (Alix) (1160–1220), ⚭ Wilhelm IV, Count of Ponthieu; she was first with the future King of England I. Richard betrothed
literature
- Gerd Hit: The French queens. From Bertrada to Marie Antoinette. Pustet, Regensburg 1996, ISBN 3-7917-1530-5
Web links
Remarks
- ↑ According to other sources, not she, but her half-sister of the same name and ten years younger, is the fiancée of Richard the Lionheart and later Countess von Ponthieu.
predecessor | Office | Successor |
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Eleanor of Aquitaine |
Queen of France 1154–1160 |
Adela of Champagne |
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Constance of Castile |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Queen of France |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1140 |
DATE OF DEATH | 1160 |
Place of death | Paris |