Constance of Castile

Constance of Castile
Queen consort of the Franks
Tenure1154 – 4 October 1160
Coronation1154
Born1136–1140
Died4 October 1160 (aged 19–24)
Burial
Spouse
(m. 1154)
Issue
HouseCastilian House of Ivrea
FatherAlfonso VII of León and Castile
MotherBerenguela of Barcelona

Constance of Castile (1136 or 1140 – 4 October 1160)[1] was Queen of France as the second wife of Louis VII, who married her following the annulment of his marriage to Eleanor of Aquitaine.[2] She was a daughter of Alfonso VII of León and Berengaria of Barcelona,[3] but her year of birth is not known.

  1. ^ Deslot, Thierry (1996). Impératrices et Reines de France [Empresses and Queens of France] (in French). Paris: Les Editions La Bruyère. ISBN 2-84014-279-1.
  2. ^ Bouchard 2001, p. 126.
  3. ^ Bradbury 2007, p. 165.