Name Berengaria Castile, | Died 1300, Guadalajara, Spain | |
Parents Alfonso X of Castile, Violant of Aragon Siblings Peter of Castile, Lord of Ledesma, Constance of Castile Grandparents James I of Aragon, Ferdinand III of Castile, Violant of Hungary, Elisabeth of Swabia Cousins Edward II of England, Juan Manuel - Prince of, Joan of Acre, Elizabeth of Rhuddlan, Mary of Woodstock Similar People Alfonso X of Castile, Violant of Aragon, Sancho IV of Castile, Ferdinand III of Castile, James I of Aragon | ||
Berengaria of Castile (Seville, 1253 – Guadalajara, 1300), an infanta of Castile, ruled as Lady of Guadalajara in her own right. She was the eldest daughter of Alfonso X of Castile and Violant of Aragon.
She was the eldest daughter and heir of Alfonso X until the birth of her brother Ferdinand de la Cerda.
She was betrothed to Louis of France (1244–1260), the son and heir of King Saint Louis IX of France, but her fiancé died prematurely in 1260. She entered Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas before 1284.
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