Alfonso I, King of Aragon

1074 - 1134  (60 years)

• Name	Alfonso I
  Nickname	the Battler
  Birth	About 1073/74  [2]
  Military	1090 (16 years)  [2]
  He joined El Cid's expeditions in Valencia in 1090.
  Military	1105 (31 years)  [2]
  In 1105, he conquered Ejea and Tauste and refortified Castellar and Juslibol. In 1106, he defeated Ahmad II al-Musta'in of Zaragoza at Valtierra. In 1107, he took Tamarite de Litera and Esteban de la Litera.
  Title(s)	1109 (35 years)  [2]
  With his marriage to Urraca, queen regnant of Castile, León, and Galicia, in 1109, he began to use, with some justification, the grandiose title Emperor of Spain, formerly employed by his father-in-law, Alfonso VI.
  Military	1118 (44 years)  [2]
  He won his greatest military successes in the middle Ebro, where he conquered Zaragoza in 1118 and took Ejea, Tudela, Calatayud, Borja, Tarazona, Daroca, and Monreal del Campo.
  Death	7 Sep 1134  [2]
  He died after an unsuccessful battle with the Muslims at the Battle of Fraga. [2]
  Person ID, Branch	I22275
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Urraca, Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia,   b. Apr 1079, Burgos, Castile and León, Spain d. 8 Mar 1126, Saldaña, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain (Age 46 years)  Other Partners: Raymond of Burgundy and Ivrea, Count of Castile  m. 1087
  Marriage	Oct 1109	Monzón Castle, Monzón, Aragon, Spain   [1, 3]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 35 years and 10 months - She : 30 years and 6 months.
  Annulled	1115  [1]
  Information	Urraca became again an heir presumptive after the death of her half-brother Sancho at the Battle of Uclés in 1108. Alfonso VI reunited the nobles of the Kingdom in Toledo and announced that his widowed daughter was the chosen one to succeeded him. The nobles agreed with the royal designation but demanded that Urraca should marry again. Several candidates for the hand of the heiress to the thrones of León and Castile appeared immediately, including counts Gómez González and Pedro González de Lara. Alfonso VI feared that the rivalries between Castilian and Leonese nobles would be increased if she married any of these suitors and decided that his daughter should wed Alfonso I of Aragon, known as the Battler, opening the opportunity for uniting León-Castile with Aragon.   [3]
  Family ID	F2362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

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• Event Map		Marriage - Oct 1109 - Monzón Castle, Monzón, Aragon, Spain  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos

  Coin of Alfonso I

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S304] Wikipedia, Alfonso the Battler. [S304] Wikipedia, Urraca of León.