Manuel Of CASTILE

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Manuel of Castile (1234 - 25 December 1283, The first Lord of Villena and Peñafiel, Cuéllar, and Escalona, was an Infante, son of Ferdinand III of Castile and his wife Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen.

Life
Born in Carrión de los Condes, the name Manuel was given to him to commemorate his maternal grandmother's roots in Imperial Byzantium. He was granted the Seigneury of Villena in 1252, created for him to govern that lordship as "apanage" (a medieval micro-state that would return to the central crown if the minor lineage ends with no successor). This lordship would grow by receiving the cities around the Vinalopó River (Elda valley, Aspe, Crevillente, Elche). He also received the Adelantamiento of the Kingdom of Murcia.

Manuel travelled to Italy in 1259 as part of the embassy sent by his father to Pope Alexander IV.Later, when his brother became king Alfonso X the Wise, served him as Alférez and Majordomo of the king.

He died at Peñafiel in 1283 and was buried in the Monastery of Uclés. His son Juan Manuel, who succeeded him in Villena and Peñafiel among the others, and became prince of Villena, was a notable medieval writer.

Manuel of Castile, as son of Ferdinand III of Castile, belonged to the royal House of Burgundy of Castile and León, but he was also the first of a new family branch, the House of Manuel of Villena.

Family
He married twice. His first wife, whom he married in 1260 in Soria was Constance of Aragon, daughter of James I of Aragon. Two children were born of this marriage:

Alfonso Manuel (1260/1261?Montpellier, 1276), without issue.
Violante Manuel (1265?Lisbon, 1314), lady of Elche and Medellín. Married circa 1287 to Afonso of Portugal, son of Afonso III of Portugal.
His second marriage after Constança's death was in 1274/1275 to Beatrice of Savoy, daughter of Amadeus IV of Savoy. One child was born of this marriage:

Juan Manuel (1282?1348), Prince of Villena, Duke of Penafiel and Lord of Escalona.
Children from other women include:

Sancho Manuel (1283-after 1345), Lord of Infantado and Carrion. First married María Rodríguez de Castañeda, and then Inés Díaz de Toledo. With issues from both marriages.
Enrique Manuel (born circa 1272)
Blanca Manuel (born circa 1273)

Manuel married Constance Of ARAGON in 1260. Constance (daughter of James I and Yolande Of HUNGARY) was born in 1239 in Barcelona, Aragbon; died before 1269. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Violante Of CASTILE was born in 1265; died in 1296.

Manuel married Beatrice Of SAVOY in 1274/5. Beatrice (daughter of Amadeus IV Of SAVOY and Cecilia Of BAUX) was born in 1250; died on 23 Feb 1292. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: Between Jul and Aug 1201, Castile, Spain
• Lineage: King of Castile and Leon
• Birth: 1191
• Fact: Between 1217 and 1252, King of Castile, Toledo and Extremadura
• Fact: Between 1217 and 1252, King of Castile
• Fact: Between 1230 and 1252, King of Leon
• Fact: Between 1236 and 1252, King of Leon, Galicia and Cordoba
• Fact: 1671, Canonized by Pope Clement X

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Ferdinand was King of Castile 1217-1252, King of Leon 1230-1252, canonized 1671.[Hulett FTW from MC Scott.FTW]

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royal line through children of first marriage

Ferdinand married Elizabeth Of SWABIA on 27 Nov 1219 in Taragona in Spain. Elizabeth (daughter of Phillipp II King Of GERMANY and Princess of the East Irene ANGELICA) was born about 1202 in Augsburg, Schwaben, Bavaria; died on 30 Nov 1235 in Toro, Zamora, Spain; was buried in Sevilla, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: IX Alfonso
• Birth: 1166
• Birth: 15 Aug 1171, Zamora, Leon, Spain
• Fact: Between 1188 and 1230, King of Leon
• Death: 1229

Notes:

Family History Records show their marriage was annuled. King of Leon 1188-1230.

Alfonso IX (August 15, 1171 ? September 23 or 24, 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 because he was subject to fits of rage during which he foamed at the mouth, was the king of LeÛn from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until his own death.

Alfonso was the only son of King Ferdinand II of LeÛn and Urraca of Portugal. Though he took a part in the work of the reconquest, this king is chiefly remembered by the difficulties into which his successive marriages led him with the pope. He was first married in 1191 to his cousin Teresa of Portugal, who bore him two daughters, and a son who died young.

The marriage was declared null by the pope, to whom Alfonso paid no attention till he was presumably tired of his wife. It cannot have been his conscience which constrained him to leave Teresa, for his next step was to marry Berenguela of Castile in 1197, who was his second cousin. For this act of contumacy the king and kingdom were placed under interdict.

The pope was, however, compelled to modify his measures by the threat that if the people could not obtain the services of religion they would not support the clergy, and that heresy would spread. The king was left under interdict personally, but to that he showed himself indifferent, and he had the support of his clergy. Berenguela left him after the birth of five children, and the king then returned to Teresa, to whose daughters he left his kingdom by will.

Alfonso's children by Teresa of Portugal were:

Sancha (c. 1192-1270)
Dulce, also called Aldonza (c. 1195-c.1243)
Fernando (1204-August 1214)
His eldest daughter, Sancha, was engaged to her cousin King Henry I of Castile, but Henry died in 1217 before the marriage could be solemnized. Wanting to disinherit his eldest son, Fernando, King Alfonso invited John of Brienne to marry his daughter Sancha and thus inherit the Leonese throne. However, Queen Berenguela convinced John of Brienne to marry one of her daughters instead. Though she was the nominal heiress on her father's death in 1230, Sancha was easily set aside by Berenguela and Fernando. Sancha became a nun at Cozollos, where she died in 1270; she was later beatified. Her sister Dulce-Aldonza spent her life with their mother in Portugal.

Alfonso married Berengaria Of CASTILE before 1190, and was divorced in 1204. Berengaria (daughter of Alfonso VIII "the Good" and Alianor Of ENGLAND) was born between 1171 and 1181 in Burgos, Castile,Spain; died on 08 Nov 1245 in Burgos, Castile,Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 1244

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Philip Von Hohenstauffen
• Fact: 1196, Duke of Swabia, Margrave of Tuscany
• Fact: 1198, Emperor of Germany
• Fact: Between 1198 and 1208, Emperor of the West (not crowned)
• Fact: 06 Feb 1199, King of the Romans

Phillipp married Princess of the East Irene ANGELICA on 25 May 1197. Irene (daughter of Isaac ANGELUS, II and Eirene KOMNENA) was born about 1181; died in 1252; was buried in Lorsch. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Also Known As: Irene Angelica
• Death: 27 Aug 1208, Murdered at Hohenstaufen