Rey Alfonso VI de Castilla y de León, "le Valiant"

1040 - 1109  (69 years)    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Alfonso VI de Castilla y de León
  Prefix	Rey
  Suffix	"le Valiant"
  Birth	Jun 1040	Burgos, Castile, España
  Gender	Male
  Death	30 Jun 1109	Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha, España
  Siblings	2 Siblings
  1. King Sancho II de Castilla, "the Strong",   b. Abt 1030   d. 1072  (Age 42 years) + 2. Rey Alfonso VI de Castilla y de León, "le Valiant",   b. Jun 1040, Burgos, Castile, España d. 30 Jun 1109, Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha, España  (Age 69 years) ▻ Agnes de Poitou,  m. 1069 ;   Ximena Nunez de Guzmán,  m. Abt 1069 ;   Constance Capet,  m. 8 May 1081 ;   Bertha de Bourgogne,  m. 25 Nov 1093 ;   Zaida al Mutamid,  m. 1096 ;   Beatrix d' Aquitaine,  m. 1108   3. Garcia de Galicia   d. 1072
  Person ID	I14585	Geneagraphie | Ahnen BvS, Voorouders HW
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Rey Ferdinand I de Castilla y de León, "the Great",   b. 1016-1018, Castile, España d. 27 Dec 1065, León, España (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Princess Sancha de León,   b. 1013   d. 13 Dec 1067, Fromista (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1032
  Family ID	F8668	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	+ 1. NN Alfonso de Castilla,   b. ca 1058
  Family ID	F239438	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Agnes de Poitou,   b. 1052   d. 1078 (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	1069
  Family ID	F5133	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2000

  
  

  Family 3	Ximena Nunez de Guzmán,   b. Abt 1060, Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha, España d. 1128 (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1069	Dijon, Cote-d 'Or, France
  Children	+ 1. Teresa Alfonso de Castilla   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Elvira de Castilla y de León   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F17185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Family 4	Constance Capet,   b. 1046, Dijon, Cote-d 'Or, France d. Jan 1093 (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	8 May 1081	Dijon, Cote-d 'Or, France
  Children	+ 1. Reina Urracca Alphonsez de Castilla y de León,   b. 1082, Burgos, Castile, España d. 8 Mar 1126, Saldana, Palencia, España (Age 44 years)   2. Elvira de Castilla,   b. 1083   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5132	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Family 5	Bertha de Bourgogne   d. 19 May 1098
  Marriage	25 Nov 1093	Dijon, Cote-d 'Or, France
  Family ID	F5131	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2009

  
  

  Family 6	Zaida al Mutamid,   b. 1071, Denia, Alicante, España d. 12 Sep 1107 (Age 36 years)
  Marriage	1096	Denia, Alicante, España
  Children	1. Sancho Alfonsez de Castilla,   b. 1098   d. 30 May 1108 (Age 10 years) + 2. Sancha Alfonsez de Castilla,   b. 1100   d. 10 May 1125 (Age 25 years) + 3. Elvira Alfonsez de Castilla,   b. Abt 1097   d. 8 Feb 1136 (Age 39 years)
  Family ID	F5130	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2010

  
  

  Family 7	Beatrix d' Aquitaine,   b. 1080, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi Pyrénées, France d. 1110 (Age 30 years)
  Marriage	1108	Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi Pyrénées, France
  Family ID	F5129	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2009

  
  

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  		Marriage - Abt 1069 - Dijon, Cote-d 'Or, France Marriage - 8 May 1081 - Dijon, Cote-d 'Or, France Marriage - 25 Nov 1093 - Dijon, Cote-d 'Or, France Marriage - 1108 - Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi Pyrénées, France Death - 30 Jun 1109 - Toledo, Castilla–La Mancha, España  = Link to Google Earth
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  Koning van Leon en Castilie (1039-1109) NAME Alfonso VI, "the Valiant" King of /Castile & LEON He was the conqueror of Toledo; not married to the mother of Teresa (Zaida) his father died in 1065, the lands were divided between Alfonso and his brothers and sisters. Sancho received Castile, Alfonso received León and the Asturias, Garcia received Galicia and Portugal as far as the Douro, Urraca received Zamora, and Elvira received Toro. Within three years war broke out between the siblings and the legendary exploits of Spain's national hero _El Cid_ (Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar) belong to this period. Eventually a traitor in Sancho's own camp murdered him while he was besieging his sister Urraca in her fortress of Zamora, and Alfonso became king of Castile as Alfonso VI. Alfonso's valiant exploits against the Moors were to make him a national hero, but he was completely overshadowed by the personality of _El Cid_, with whom his relationship was often strained. When Alfonso arrived at Burgos, the capital of Castile to assume the crown, he found that the Castilians suspected him (probably correctly) of having planned the murder of their king Sancho. Rodrigo Diaz acted as their representative and, in a famous scene, demanded that Alfonso stand of the steps of the church of Santa Gadea and, in front of the nobles of Castile, swear three times on the Bible that he was innocent of having conspired in the death of King Sancho. Alfonso swore, but was angry with Rodrigo for having demanded this of him and waited for an opportunity to take revenge on him. It was some years before he felt that he could afford to dispense with the services of his most able warrior and the man most respected by the Castilian nobles. In 1080, he sent Rodrigo to collect the tribute owed by the Muslim city-state of Seville. When he arrived, he found that Count Garcia Ordoñez of Najera, one of Alfonso's favourites, had been sent on a similar mission to the city of Granada and was preparing to attack Seville with a large army. Rodrigo had only a few men, but attacked Count Garcia and defeated him in a spectacular victory. According to legend, Rodrigo went up to Garcia during the battle, grabbed his beard and twisted his nose. These were absolutely deadly insults at the time, And Garcia never forgave him. When Rodrigo returned to Burgos, he found that Garcia Ordoñez was already there and had told Alfonso that Rodrigo had stayed down at Seville for longer than was necessary so that he could attack the Granadans and take booty from them. Alfonso had not waited to have a trial. As punishment for his 'crimes', Alfonso declared that he must leave the realm within three days, taking nothing with him and receiving aid or assistance from no one. The great event of Alfonso's reign was the recovery of Toledo from the Moors in 1085. Alfonso continued the use of Arabic there as an official language and had coins modelled on those of Andalus. Although his second wife, Constance of Burgundy, had patronised the Cluniacs, Alfonso VI showed his true temper in not only calling himself Emperor of the Two Religions (by which he meant Christianity and Islam) but, in his last years, in cohabiting with a Muslim princess. Alfonso is also noted for his complicated matrimonial entanglements. The number of his wives, five or six, their names, order and provenance are still the subject of controversy. Alfonso pursued a careful policy in marrying off his daughters, legitimate and illegitimate. His eldest daughter and destined heiress, Urraca, was married to Raymond of Burgundy; Sancha to the count of Lara; Elvira to King Roger II of Sicily; another (illegitimate) Elvira to Raymond IV, count of Toulouse; and the illegitimate Teresa was married to Henry of Burgundy, count of Portugal. King of Leon, House of Navarre 1065-1109; King of Castile 1072-1109 Fletcher p. 99-100: "Abd Allah of Granada is at hand to tell us about them in his memoirs. His dealings were for them most part with Alfonso VI, the son of Fernando I who came out on top in the struggle with his brothers and ruled as sole king of Leon-Castile from 1072-1109. He resumed his father's assertive policies towards the taifa king and added Granada to his list of tributaries. Fletcher p. 101: he exiled Rodrigo Diaz (el Cid) in 1081, "seemingly on account of somewhat over-zealous dealings with the taifa state of Toledo at a time when the king's interests counselled a milder approach." p. 101-102: "In 1086 Rodrigo was reconciled to Alfonso VI and returned to Castile. However, relations between the two men deteriorated again and in 1089 Rodrigo took himself off into exile once more." Fletcher p. 110: "Alfonso's most famous military achievement was the conquest of Toledo in 1085. ... Alfonso VI, as the military 'protector' of the Toledan ruler [al-Qadir] found himself compelled to intervene to shore up al-Qadir's crumbling authority. The resultant set of ad hoc arrangements was messy and fragile, obviously unsatisfactory as a long-term solution to the problem of what to do about Toledo - no ordinary city, we should bear in mind, but the ancient capital of the Visigothic kings with all the numinous resonance that that carried with it. So king Alfonso took steps to substitute his own directly-exercised authority for the uncertain power which he had indirectly exerted through the shaky medium of al-Qadir. ... The fall of Toledo to Alfonso VI caused panic in al-Andalus and forced the remining taifa rulers into the arms of the Almoravids. Led by al-Mu'tamid of Seville, they invited Yusuf to bring an army across the Straits to assist them against the king of Leon-Castile. In 1086 Yusuf came. The armies met at Sagrajas, near Badajoz, on 23 October 1086. The Lamoravids inflicted a decisive defeat upon the army of Alfonso VI." Fletcher p. 113-114: "Alfonso VI of Leon-Castile probably compassed the death of one of his brothers and certainly kept the other in lifelong captivity." Fletcher p. 117: "Alfonso's imperial coronation in 1135." Stuart p. 183: King of Leon, 1065-1072;King of Castile, 1072-1109; and Navarre; conquered Toledo, 1085; Madrid, 1085; Lisbon, 1093. BD, BUR PL Nació en 1065 y murió en 1109. Heredó de su padre, Fernando I, el reino de León y los territorios ganados a Castilla. Se enfrentó con su hermano Sancho II, rey de Castilla; a la muerte de éste, asesinado por Vellido Dolfos en Zamora, tomó posesión del reino de Castilla, siendo también reconocido como rey de Galicia, después de que El Cid le tomará el juramento de Santa Gadea. Reconquistó Toledo, Guadalajara y Madrid. A la muerte de Sancho IV de Navarra se apoderó de La Rioja. En una Curia Regia convocada en Toledo instituyó como su heredera a la infanta Urraca.