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Birth:          ABT 1140 
Death:          4 Oct 1160 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constance_of_Castile
Constance of Castile (c 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.[1] She was a daughter of Alfonso VII of León and Berengaria of 
Barcelona,[2] but her year of birth is not certainly known.

The official reason for her husband's divorce 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.

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, France.

Children[edit]

Constance bore her husband 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

Parents
____ Alfonso VII "Pierre-Raimund" (1 Mar 1105 - 21 Aug 1157)
DE BARCELONA Berengaria (Berenguela) Raimundo (ABT 1116 - 2 Feb 1149)

Siblings
ALFONSEZ Sancho III "the Desired" (1134 - 31 Aug 1158)
ALFONSEZ Fernando II (1137 - 22 Jan 1188)
____ Sancha (ABT 1138 - 5 Aug 1177)
OF CASTILE Constance (ABT 1140 - 4 Oct 1160)

Marriage To ____ Louis VII "the Young" (1119 - 18 Sep 1180)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Louis VI "le Gros" ("the Fat") (1 Dec 1081 - 1 Aug 1137)
OF MAURIENNE (OF SAVOY) Adelaide (Alix) (ABT 1092 - 18 Nov 1154)

Children by ____ Louis VII "the Young" 1119 - 18 Sep 1180
OF FRANCE Alice (Alix) (4 Oct 1160 - 1221)

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