Alfonso VII of Castile (March 1, 1104/5 - August 21, 1157), nicknamed the Emperor, was the king of Castile and Leon since 1126, son of Urraca of Castile and Count Raymond of Burgundy. March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... Events Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor deposed by his son, Henry V Tamna kingdom annexed by Korean Goryeo Dynasty. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events Births 8 September - Richard I of England Deaths August 21 - Alfonso VII, king of Castile (b. ... Events Rutherglen becomes one of the first Royal Burghs in Scotland. ... Urraca of Castile (1082 - March 8, 1129) was Queen of Castile and León from 1109 to her death. ...

Alfonso was a dignified and somewhat enigmatic figure. A vague tradition had always assigned the title of emperor to the sovereign who held Leon. This sovereign was considered the most direct representative of the Visigoth kings, who were themselves the representatives of the Roman empire. But though given in charters, and claimed by Alfonso VI of Castile and Alfonso I of Aragon, the title had been little more than a flourish of rhetoric. The adjective sovereign is used to refer to a state of sovereignty. ... The Visigoths, one of the two main branches of the Goths (of which the Ostrogothi were the other), were one of the loosely-termed Germanic tribes that disturbed the late Roman Empire. ... Alphonso VI of Portugal -- (1643-1667) second king of the House of Braganza Alfonso VI of Castile -- (1065-1109) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Alfonso I of Aragon the Battler (circa 1073-1134, king of Aragon and Navarre 1104-1134). ...

In 1128 he married Berenguela of Barcelona, daughter of Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona. She died in 1149; their children were: Ramon Berenguer III the Great was Count of Barcelona, Girona and Osona from 1082-1131 and Count of Provence, Holy Roman Empire, from 1112. ...

1. Sancho III of Castile (1134-1158)
2. Ferdinand II of Leon (1137-1188)
3. Sancha (1137-1179), married Sancho VI of Navarre
4. Constanza (1141-1160), married Louis VII of France

Alfonso remarried in 1152 to Richeza of Poland, the daughter of Wladislaus II the Exile of Poland. Their daughter was Sancha (1155-1208), the wife of Alfonso II of Aragon. His illegitimate daughter, Urraca, married Garcia IV of Navarre. Sancho III of Castile (1134-August 30, 1158), called el Deseado (The Desired), was King of Castile for one year, from 1157 to 1158. ... Ferdinand II., king of Leon (d. ... Sancho VI, the Wise, (? -June 27, 1194), King of Navarre (1150-1194). ... Louis VII the Younger (French: Louis VII le Jeune) (1120 - September 18, 1180) was King of France from 1137 to 1180. ... Richeza of Poland (c. ... Categories: Poland-related stubs | Polish monarchs | Dukes of Silesia ... Alfonso II of Aragon (Alfons I of Provence and Barcelona, 1152-1196), known as the Chaste or the Troubadour was king of Aragon and count of Barcelona from 1162 to 1196. ...

Alfonso VII was crowned emperor in 1135 after the death of Alfonso I. The weakness of Aragon enabled him to make his superiority effective. He appears to have striven for the formation of a national unity, which Spain had never possessed since the fall of the Visigoth kingdom. The elements he had to deal with could not be welded together. Events Stephen of Blois succeeds King Henry I. Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I and widow of Henry V opposed Stephen and claims the throne as her own Owain Gwynedd of Wales defeats the Normans at Crug Mawr. ...

Alfonso was at once a patron of the church, and a protector if not a supporter of the Muslims, who formed a large part of his subjects. His reign ended in an unsuccessful campaign against the rising power of the Almohades. Though he was not actually defeated, his death in the pass of Muradel in the Sierra Morena, while on his way back to Toledo, occurred in circumstances which showed that no man could be what he claimed to be -- "king of the men of the two religions." Islam (Arabic al-islām الإسلام,  listen) the submission to God is a monotheistic faith and the worlds second-largest religion. ... The Almohad Dynasty (From Arabic الموحدون al-Muwahhidun, i. ... The façade of Toledo cathedral The largest Toledo in the world is Toledo, Ohio. ...