CASTILLA Constanza

Abt 1140 - 1160  (20 years)

• Name	CASTILLA Constanza
  Birth	Abt 1140
  Gender	Female
  Death	04 Oct 1160	Paris, Île-de-France, France
  Notes	Constance of Castile was the daughter of Alfonso VII, King of León and Castile and Bereguela of Barcelona.[1][2][3] She was recruited from Spain to marry Louis VII after his divorce from Eleanor of Aquitaine.[2] They married at Orléans in 1154.[1] They had two daughters: Margaret[1][4][5] Alix[4] aka Alice[6][7] Constance had been queen for only six years when she died on 4 October 1160 while giving birth to her second daughter.[1][2][7] Louis quickly wed Adela of Champagne in the same year, as he was desperate to produce a male heir.[4] Constance was buried with a silver seal matrix, which was discovered in her tomb at Saint-Denis in 1793.[2] It is now in the Cabinet des Médailles in Paris.[2] Constance is the matrilineal ancestor of Eleanor of Castile, Queen of King Edward I.[6] Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 G. W. Watson, "The Seize Quartiers of Margaret (of France), Queen Consort to Henry (the younger)." The Genealogist New Series X (1894) Internet Archive Table IV p. 79 incorrecetly names her father as Alfonso VIII, Additions to table IV pp. 81-85 ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Kathleen Nolan, Queens in Stone and Silver: The Creation of a Visual Imagery of Queenship in Capetian France (2009) p. 88. ↑ Bernard F. Reilly, The Kingdom of León-Castilla Under King Alfonso VII, 1126-1157 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1998) Google Books Preview pp. 123-124 ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chronicle of Hainaut by Gilbert of Mons, translated to English by Laura Napran (Boydell, 2005). Google Books Preview p. xii French Royal House and p. 52 footnotes 233 and 234. Latin edition by Vanderkindere (1904). Internet Archive p. 84 footnote 5. ↑ Alberici Monachi Trium Fontium Chronicon (1698) Internet Archive p.344 ↑ 6.0 6.1 G. W. Watson, "The Seize Quartiers of Eleanor (of Castile) Queen Consort to Edward I." The Genealogist New Series XI (1895) Internet Archive Table XIII p. 31 ↑ 7.0 7.1 John Gillingham, "Richard I and Berengaria of Navarre." Historical Research 53.128 (1980) p. 158 and footnote 5. Royal Ancestry by Douglas Richardson Vol. III page 21
  Person ID	I59647	Freeman-Smith
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	CASTILLA Alfonso,   b. 01 Mar 1105, Toledo, Castilla d. 21 Aug 1157, La Fresneda, Aragon (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	BARCELONA Berengaria,   b. Abt 1106, Barcelona, Comtat de Barcelona d. 03 Feb 1149, Palencia, Reino de León (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1128	Castile, Spain
  Family ID	F26484	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	CAPET Louis,   b. Abt 1120, Marne, Champagne, France d. 18 Sep 1180, Saint Pont-Allier, France (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	1154	Castile, Spain
  Children	1. CAPET Alice,   b. 04 Oct 1160, France d. Abt 1220, France (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. CAPET Phillippe Auguste,   b. 21 Aug 1165, Gonesse, Ile-de-France, France d. 14 Jul 1223, Mantes, Ile-de-France, France (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: Stepchild]
  Family ID	F26483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jan 2026