Alfonso X biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of King Alfonso X

Author Name:

King Alfonso X

Born As:

Alfonso

Other Names:

King Alfonso X

Born:

23 Nov 1221

Died:

4 Apr 1284




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Monarch                          
                          
Was the eldest son of Ferdinand III of Castile and Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen. His maternal grandparents were Philip of Swabia and Irene Angelina.
In 1246, Alfonso X married Violante of Aragon, the daughter of King James I of Aragon and Yolande of Hungary in 1249, although betrothed already in 1246. Because of her young age - Violante was only 13-years-old at the time of the marriage, she produced no children for several years and it was feared that she was barren. Alfonso almost had their marriage annulled, but they went on to have twelve children:                          
1252-1282 - King of Castile and Leon