Alfonso of León, Lord of Molina (1203/1204 – 6 January 1272) 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.
Alfonso of Molina married, three times:
1240, Mafalda González de Lara
1244, Teresa González de Lara
About 1260, he married, as his third wife, Mayor Alfonso de Meneses. They were the parents of Queen María Alfonez de Molina, and maternal grandparents of King of Castile and Leon Ferdinand IV of Castile.
His will was made in 1254, at the time he entered the Order of Calatrava, obliged to wear their habit, and assured that on his death, his body would be buried in the order's main monastery.
Alfonso's body was provisionally buried in the monastery of San Francisco in Salamanca, which is no longer extant. Later, his remains were transferred to Calatrava la Nueva, as specified in his will, and placed in a sumptuous sepulchre which lay under an arch in the main chapel of the monastery's church. This sepulchre and his remains have not survived to the present day.
Alfonso of Molina married, three times:
1240, Mafalda González de Lara
1244, Teresa González de Lara
About 1260, he married, as his third wife, Mayor Alfonso de Meneses. They were the parents of Queen María Alfonez de Molina, and maternal grandparents of King of Castile and Leon Ferdinand IV of Castile.
His will was made in 1254, at the time he entered the Order of Calatrava, obliged to wear their habit, and assured that on his death, his body would be buried in the order's main monastery.
Alfonso's body was provisionally buried in the monastery of San Francisco in Salamanca, which is no longer extant. Later, his remains were transferred to Calatrava la Nueva, as specified in his will, and placed in a sumptuous sepulchre which lay under an arch in the main chapel of the monastery's church. This sepulchre and his remains have not survived to the present day.
Alfonso of León, Lord of Molina (1203/1204 – 6 January 1272) 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.
Alfonso of Molina married, three times:
1240, Mafalda González de Lara
1244, Teresa González de Lara
About 1260, he married, as his third wife, Mayor Alfonso de Meneses. They were the parents of Queen María Alfonez de Molina, and maternal grandparents of King of Castile and Leon Ferdinand IV of Castile.
His will was made in 1254, at the time he entered the Order of Calatrava, obliged to wear their habit, and assured that on his death, his body would be buried in the order's main monastery.
Alfonso's body was provisionally buried in the monastery of San Francisco in Salamanca, which is no longer extant. Later, his remains were transferred to Calatrava la Nueva, as specified in his will, and placed in a sumptuous sepulchre which lay under an arch in the main chapel of the monastery's church. This sepulchre and his remains have not survived to the present day.
Alfonso of Molina married, three times:
1240, Mafalda González de Lara
1244, Teresa González de Lara
About 1260, he married, as his third wife, Mayor Alfonso de Meneses. They were the parents of Queen María Alfonez de Molina, and maternal grandparents of King of Castile and Leon Ferdinand IV of Castile.
His will was made in 1254, at the time he entered the Order of Calatrava, obliged to wear their habit, and assured that on his death, his body would be buried in the order's main monastery.
Alfonso's body was provisionally buried in the monastery of San Francisco in Salamanca, which is no longer extant. Later, his remains were transferred to Calatrava la Nueva, as specified in his will, and placed in a sumptuous sepulchre which lay under an arch in the main chapel of the monastery's church. This sepulchre and his remains have not survived to the present day.
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