Berengaria of Castile (b. around 1199)

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Berengaria of Castile (b. around 1199)

Empress of Constantinople. Name variations: Infanta of Castile. Born around 1199; death date unknown; daughter ofBerengaria of Castile (1180–1246) and Alphonso IX, king of León; married John I de Brienne, king of Jerusalem (r. 1210–1225), emperor of Constantinople (r. 1228–1237), in 1224; children: Alfons d'Acre, count of Eu; Jean de Brienne (d. 1296); Louis de Brienne; possiblyMarie de Brienne .

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