Una cum uxore mea: Alfonso VIII, Leonor Plantagenet, and marriage alliances at the court of Castile

Published 2015-10-16
Section Papers

Authors

  • Kyle Lincoln University of Saint Louis

Keywords:

Alfonso VIII of Castile, Leonor Plantagenet, marriage alliances, Kingdom of Castile

Abstract

This investigation is a study of the marriages of the Castilian royal family during the reign of King Alfonso VIII and Queen Leonor. When they were married in 1169, the young king Alfonso obtained a victory over the Castilian nobility with his marriage, and he was able to protect his position as king with that marriage. For this reason, when they went to organize the marriages and betrothals of their sons and daughters, Alfonso and Leonor took care to find spouses of a similar matrimonial potential as the king had found with his marriage to Leonor. The marriage alliances, which were the potential of their children’s spouses, were influenced by the positive result of the marriage of Alfonso and Leonor, and for this reason the marriages of their children is reflective of the importance of his marriage to Alfonso as a king. A study, therefore, of the marriage alliances of their children allows historians to better understand the political magnitude of the marriage of Alfonso and Leonor to the royal couple themselves.

Author Biography

Kyle Lincoln, University of Saint Louis

Candidato al Doctorado en el Departamento de Historia de la Universidad de Saint Louis (Estados Unidos) y Master of Arts desde el año 2011. Su investigación está centrada en la historia de la Iglesia en el Reino de Castilla durante el reinado de Alfonso VIII.

How to Cite

Lincoln, K. (2015). Una cum uxore mea: Alfonso VIII, Leonor Plantagenet, and marriage alliances at the court of Castile. Revista Chilena De Estudios Medievales, (4), 9–30. Retrieved from http://revistas.ugm.cl/index.php/rcem/article/view/17

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