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Alfonso of Molina | |
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Lord of Molina and Mesa | |
Reign | 1239–1272 |
Predecessor | Mafalda González de Lara |
Successor | Blanca Alfonso de Molina |
Co-ruler | Mafalda González de Lara |
Born | 1202 León, Spain |
Died | Salamanca, Spain | 6 January 1272 (aged 70)
Burial | Monastery of St. Francis in Salamanca |
Spouse | Mafalda González de Lara Teresa González de Lara Mayor Alfonso of Meneses |
Issue among others... | Maria, Queen of Castile |
House | Castilian House of Ivrea |
Father | Alfonso IX of León |
Mother | Berengaria of Castile |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Alfonso of León, Lord of Molina (1202 – 6 January 1272[1]) was an infante (prince) of León and Castile, the son of King Alfonso IX of León and his second wife Queen Berengaria of Castile. He was the brother of King Ferdinand III of Castile and León, and father of Queen Maria of Molina, wife of King Sancho IV. He became Lord of Molina and Mesa after his first marriage to Mafalda González de Lara, the heiress of those lands.