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Alfonso VII the Emperor
d. 1157
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Died
1157
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About
Alfonso the Seventh was crowned Emperor of All Spain in Leon in 1135, the high point of the medieval Leonese imperial idea, and ruled both Leon and Castile for thirty years.
Research notes
(Standard, undisputed royal genealogy of the houses of Castile, Leon and Navarre, entered 29 Jul 2026 under the project's relaxed rule for standard royal accounts.) ALFONSO VII 'the Emperor', King of LEON and CASTILE (1105-1157), crowned Imperator totius Hispaniae at Leon 1135; son of Raymond of Burgundy by Queen Urraca; m. Berengaria of Barcelona; father of Sancho III of Castile (our line). Direct ancestor - the imperial crown of Leon-Castile.