Alfonso of Leon, Lord of Molina (1203-1272) was the second son of King Alfonso IX of Leon and Berenguela of Castile, and a younger brother of King Ferdinand III of Castile. Events April 16 - Philip II of France enters Rouen, leading to the eventual unification of Normandy and France. ... Events August 6 - Stephen Vs death makes his son, Ladislaus, King of Hungary. ... Alfonso IX of León (August 15, 1171 â€“ September 23 or 24, 1230; ruled from 1188–1230), first cousin of Alfonso VIII of Castile, and numbered next to him as being a junior member of the family, is said by Ibn Khaldun to have been called the Baboso or Slobberer... Berenguela (or Berengaria) (1180-November 8, 1246), was briefly queen of Castile and León. ... Ferdinand III, the Saint, (1198/1199 - May 30, 1252) was a king of Castile (1217 - 1252) and Leon (1230 - 1252). ...

In 1240 he gained control of Molina by marrying Mafalda Manrique de Lara, the heiress of Molina. They had a son, Fernando, who died young, and a daughter and heiress, Blanca of Molina. Events Batu Khan and the Golden Horde sack the Ruthenian city of Kyiv Births Pope Benedict XI Deaths April 11 - Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, also known as Llywelyn The Great Prince of Gwynedd Monarchs/Presidents Aragon - James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Castile... Father Juan Ignacio Molina (June 24, 1740 - September 12, 1829) was a Chilean priest and naturalist. ...

After Mafalda's death in 1242, Alfonso married Teresa Gonzalez de Lara, who gave him another daughter, Juana. Teresa died in 1246, and Alfonso married for a third time to Mayor Alonso de Meneses. Alfonso and Major had two children: Alfonso, lord of Meneses, and Maria of Molina, who married King Sancho IV of Castile. Events April 5 - During a battle on the ice of Russian forces rebuff an invasion attempt by the Teutonic Knights. ... Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Saga of Japan. ... Sancho IV the Brave (1257/58 - April 25, 1295) was a king of Castile and León (1284 - 1295). ...

Aside from his legitimate children by his three wives, Alfonso also had a number of illegitimate children, including Juan, Bishop of Palencia, and Berenguela, a mistress of King James I of Aragon. Palencia is a city in the northwest of the Tierra de Campos of central Spain, the capital of the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon. ... James I of Aragon (Catalan: Jaume I) (Montpellier February 2, 1208 - July 27, 1276), surnamed the Conqueror, was the king of Aragon, count of Barcelona and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276. ...

Sources

• Shadis, Miriam. Berenguela of Castile's Political Motherhood, 1996