Constance of Castile, (1141-4 October 1160), was a daughter of Alfonso VII of León and Berenguela of Barcelona. Her maternal grandparents were Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona and his third wife Douce I of Provence. Events February 2 - Battle of Lincoln. ... October 4 is the 277th day of the year (278th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events Eric IX of Sweden is succeeded by Karl Sverkersson. ... Alfonso VII. Alfonso VII (1 March 1105 – 21 August 1157), called the Emperor, became the King of Galicia in 1111 and King of León and Castile in 1126. ... Ramon Berenguer III the Great was Count of Barcelona, Girona and Osona from 1082-1131 and Count of Provence, Holy Roman Empire, from 1112. ... Douce I (also Dulcia or Dolça, called of Rouergue or of Gévaudan) (c. ...

She was the second wife of Louis VII of France, following his divorce from Eleanor of Aquitaine. The official reason for her husband's divorce had been that he was too close a relative of Eleanor for the marriage to be legal by Church standards; ironically, he was even more closely related to Constance. Louis VII the Younger (French: Louis VII le Jeune) (1120 – September 18, 1180) was King of France from 1137 to 1180. ... Eleanor of Aquitaine For other Eleanors of England, see Eleanor of England (disambiguation) Eleanor of Aquitaine (1122[1] –April 1, 1204) was one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Europe during the High Middle Ages. ...

Constance bore her husband two children:

1. Marguerite de France, 1158-1197, who married first Henry the Young King of England, and then Béla III of Hungary, leaving no living children.
2. Alys de France, 1160-1220, who was betrothed (but never married) to Richard I of England, and later married to William IV of Ponthieu.

Constance died giving birth to her second child. Her husband remarried a mere five weeks after her death, desperate for a son. Marguerite of France (1158 - 1197) was the eldest daughter of Louis VII of France by his second wife Constance of Castile. ... Henry, the Young King Henry the Young King (February 28, 1155–June 11, 1183) was the second of five sons of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine. ... Béla III of Hungary (Hungarian , Slovak: Belo III), born in 1148, was King of Kingdom of Hungary circa 1172-1196. ... Alice, Countess of the Vexin (October 4, 1160 – c. ... Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 1189 to 1199. ... William III Talvas (1179 – October 4, 1221) was William II (or III), Count of Ponthieu and William IV Talvas (of the house of Belleme/Montgomery). ...

References

Meade, Marion, Eleanor of Aquitaine