Mafalda
Infanta of Castile
Mafalda's coat of arms
Born1191
Plasencia
Died1204 (aged 12–13)
Salamanca
BuriedAbbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas
FatherAlfonso VIII of Castile
MotherEleanor of England, Queen of Castile

Mafalda de Castilla (1191—1204) was an Infanta of Castile and daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England and sister of Henry I of Castile and Berenguela of Castile.[1]

She would have been married to Ferdinand of León, but she died in 1204 in Salamanca.[2] She was buried at Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas in Burgos.[3] Her epitaph is "AQUÍ YACE DOÑA MAFALDA, HIJA DE ALFONSO VIII Y DE LA REINA DOÑA LEONOR Y HERMANA DE DOÑA BERENGUELA, QUE FINÓ EN SALAMANCA POR CASAR, EN 1204".[4] The infante Pedro de Castilla y de Molina was buried in the same nave.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Martínez Díez 2007, pp. 46–53.
  2. ↑ Martínez Díez 2007, p. 51.
  3. ↑ Arco y Garay 1954, pp. 245–246.
  4. ↑ Arco y Garay 1954, p. 246.
  5. ↑ Herrero Sanz, María Jesús (2004). Guía Santa María la Real de Huelgas. Burgos. Madrid: Reales Sitios de España. Patrimonio Nacional. ISBN 84-7120-337-5.

Bibliography

  • Arco y Garay, Ricardo (1954). Sepulcros de la Casa Real de Castilla. Madrid: Instituto Jerónimo Zurita. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. OCLC 11366237.
  • Martínez Díez, Gonzalo (2007). Alfonso VIII, rey de Castilla y Toledo (1158-1214). Gijón: Ediciones Trea, S.L. ISBN 978-84-9704-327-4.
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