Biography of Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon 1221-1284

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On 30th November 1219 [his father] Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon (age 20) and [his mother] Elisabeth Hohenstaufen Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon (age 14) were married in Burgos [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Castile, Queen Consort Leon. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Philip King Germany. He the son of [his grandfather] Alfonso IX King Leon (age 48) and [his grandmother] Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile (age 40). They were fourth cousins. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 23rd November 1221 Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon was born to Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon (age 22) and Elisabeth Hohenstaufen Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon (age 16). He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 5th November 1235 (possibly March) [his mother] Elisabeth Hohenstaufen Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon (age 30) died in Toro, Zamora.

In October 1237 [his father] Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon (age 38) and [his step-mother] Joan Dammartin Queen Consort Castile and Leon (age 17) were married in Burgos [Map]. She by marriage Queen Consort Castile, Queen Consort Leon. The difference in their ages was 21 years. She the daughter of Simon Dammartin (age 57) and Marie Montgomery Countess Ponthieu (age 38). He the son of [his grandfather] Alfonso IX King Leon and [his grandmother] Berengaria Ivrea I Queen Castile (age 58). They were second cousin once removed. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1242 or 1244 [his illegitimate daughter] Beatrice Queen Consort Portugal was born illegitimately to Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 20) and Mayor Guillén de Guzmán (age 37). She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1249 Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 27) and Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon were married. She the daughter of James I King Aragon (age 40) and Violant Árpád Queen Consort Aragon (age 34). He the son of Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon (age 50) and Elisabeth Hohenstaufen Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. They were half third cousins. He a great x 2 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 30th May 1252 [his father] Ferdinand III King Castile III King Leon (age 53) died. His son Alfonso (age 30) succeeded X King Castile, X King Leon. [his wife] Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon by marriage Queen Consort Castile, Queen Consort Leon.

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The Deeds of King Henry V, or in Latin Henrici Quinti, Angliæ Regis, Gesta, is a first-hand account of the Agincourt Campaign, and subsequent events to his death in 1422. The author of the first part was a Chaplain in King Henry's retinue who was present from King Henry's departure at Southampton in 1415, at the siege of Harfleur, the battle of Agincourt, and the celebrations on King Henry's return to London. The second part, by another writer, relates the events that took place including the negotiations at Troye, Henry's marriage and his death in 1422.

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In 1253 [his daughter] Berengaria Ivrea was born to Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 31) and [his wife] Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1253 [his son-in-law] Alfonso III King Portugal (age 42) and [his illegitimate daughter] Beatrice Queen Consort Portugal (age 11) were married. She by marriage Queen Consort Portugal. The difference in their ages was 31 years. She the illegitmate daughter of Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 31) and Mayor Guillén de Guzmán (age 48). He the son of Alfonso "Fat" II King Portugal and Urraca Ivrea Queen Consort Portugal. They were first cousin twice removed. He a great grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1254 [his daughter] Beatrice Ivrea Marchinoness of Montferrat was born to Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 32) and [his wife] Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

                    Letters. 13th February 1254. Letter XII. Eleanor of Provence Queen Consort England (age 31) and Richard of Cornwall 1st Earl Cornwall (age 45) to King Henry III of England (age 46).
                
                    To their most excellent lord, the lord Henry, by God's grace the illustrious king of England, lord of Ireland, duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and earl of Anjou, his most devoted consort Eleanora, by the same grace queen of England, and his devoted and faithful Richard earl of Cornwall, send health with all reverence and honour.
                
                    Be it known to your revered lordship that the lords the earl marshall (age 45) and John de Bailiol (age 46), being hindered at sea by a contrary wind during twelve days, came to us in England on the Wednesday after the Purification of Blessed Mary last past.
                
                    We had been treating with your prelates and the magnates of your kingdom of England before the advent of the said Earl and John, on the quinzaines of St. Hilary last past about your subsidy, and after the arrival of the said Earl and John, with certain of the aforesaid prelates and magnates, the archbishops and bishops answered us that if the King of Castile (age 32) should come against you in Gascony each of them would assist you from his own property, so that you would be under perpetual obli gations to them; but with regard to granting you an aid from their clergy, they could do nothing without the assent of the said clergy; nor do they believe that their clergy can be induced to give you any help, unless the tenth of clerical goods granted to you for the first year of the crusade, which should begin in the present year, might be relaxed at once by your letters patent, and the collection of the said tenth for the said crusade, for the two following years, might be put in respite up to the term of two years before your passage to the Holy Land; and they will give diligence and treat with the clergy submitted to them, to induce them to assist you according to that form with a tenth of their benefices, in case the King of Castile should attack you in Gascony; but at the departure of the bearer of these presents no subsidy had as yet been granted by the aforesaid clergy. Moreover, as we have elsewhere signified to you, if the King of Castile should come against you in Gascony, all the earls and barons of your kingdom, who are able to cross the sea, will come to you in Gascony, with all their power; but from the other laymen who do not sail over to you we do not think that we can obtain any help for your use, unless you write to your lieutenants in England firmly to maintain your great charters of liberties, and to let this be distinctly perceived by your letters to each Sheriff of your kingdom, and publicly proclaimed through each county of the said kingdom; since, by this means, they would be more strongly animated cheerfully to grant you aid; for many persons complain that the aforesaid charters are not kept by your sheriffs and other bailiffs as they ought to be kept. Be it known, therefore, to your lordship, that we shall hold a conference with the aforesaid clergy and laity at Westminster, in the quinzaines of Passover next, about the aforesaid aid, and we supplicate your lordship that you will write us your good pleasure concerning these affairs with the utmost possible haste. For you will find us prepared and devoted, according to our power, to solicit the aforesaid aid for your use, and to do and procure all other things ....* which can contribute to your convenience and the increase of your honour. Given at Windsor [Map], the 13th of February, in the thirty-eighth year of your reign.

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On 20th August 1255 Louis Capet (age 11) was betrothed to [his daughter] Berengaria Ivrea (age 2) daughter of Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 33) and, for a brief time, was heir to the throne of Castile. The marriage didn't take place since he died in 1260.

On 20th October 1255 [his son] Ferdinand de la Cerda Ivrea was born to Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 33) and [his wife] Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1257 [his daughter] Eleanor Ivrea was born to Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 35) and [his wife] Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1258 [his daughter] Constance Ivrea was born to Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 36) and [his wife] Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

On 13th May 1258 [his son] Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon was born to Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 36) and [his wife] Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In June 1260 [his son] Peter Lord Ivrea was born to Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 38) and [his wife] Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In April 1262 [his son] John Lord Ivrea was born to Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 40) and [his wife] Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In 1265 [his daughter] Violant Ivrea was born to Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 43) and [his wife] Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In August 1266 [his son] James Lord Ivrea was born to Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 44) and [his wife] Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

In November 1269 [his son] Ferdinand de la Cerda Ivrea (age 14) and [his daughter-in-law] Blanche Capet (age 16) were married. She the daughter of King Louis IX of France (age 55) and Margaret Provence Queen Consort France (age 48). He the son of Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 47) and [his wife] Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. They were second cousin once removed. He a great x 3 grandson of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England. She a great x 2 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.

Around 1271 [his son-in-law] William 7th Marquis of Montferrat (age 31) and [his daughter] Beatrice Ivrea Marchinoness of Montferrat (age 17) were married. She the daughter of Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 49) and [his wife] Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon.

On 24th November 1273 Alfonso Plantagenet was born to King Edward I of England (age 34) and [his half-sister] Eleanor of Castile Queen Consort England (age 32) in Bayonne [Map]. Their ninth child. He was named after Eleanor's half-brother Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 52) who was also the child's godfather and attended his christening.

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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.

In 1275 [his daughter] Eleanor Ivrea (age 18) died.

On 25th July 1275 [his son] Ferdinand de la Cerda Ivrea (age 19) died.

In 1280 [his daughter] Beatrice Ivrea Marchinoness of Montferrat (age 26) died.

On 22nd August 1280 [his daughter] Constance Ivrea (age 22) died.

In 1282 [his son] Sancho IV King Castile IV King Leon (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Maria Molina Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon were married. He the son of Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 60) and [his wife] Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon.

On 10th October 1283 [his son] Peter Lord Ivrea (age 23) died.

After 1284 [his daughter] Berengaria Ivrea (deceased) died.

On 2nd April 1284 Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon (age 62) died. His son [his son] Sancho (age 25) succeeded IV King Castile, IV King Leon. [his daughter-in-law] Maria Molina Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon by marriage Queen Consort Castile, Queen Consort Leon.

[his daughter] Isabella Ivrea was born to Alfonso X King Castile X King Leon and Violante Barcelona Queen Consort Castile Queen Consort Leon. She a great x 3 granddaughter of King Henry "Curtmantle" II of England.