Alfonso de la Cerda of Spain (1289-1327)

Alfonso de la Cerda of Spain
baron of Lunel
Arms of Alfonso de la Cerda of Spain
Born 1289
France
Died 1327 (aged 38)
Gentilly, France
Noble family House of la Cerda
Spouse(s) Isabelle d'Antoing
Issue
Father Alfonso de la Cerda
Mother Matilde de Brienne
Religion Roman Catholicism

Alfonso de la Cerda, called of Spain (France, 1289 - Gentilly, France, 1327) from the Castilian House of Ivrea was Archdeacon of Paris, baron of Lunel and Lord of Tafalla & Caparroso.

Biografy

He was the second son of Alfonso de la Cerda the disinherited, baron of Lunel, son of Ferdinand de la Cerda heir apparent of Castile & León and Blanche of France. His mother was Matilde de Brienne, daughter of John I, Count of Eu.[1]

Ferdinand died in 1275 and Alfonso the disinherited would became heir apparent, but Ferdinand's younger brother, Sancho claim to be the heir. Alfonso went to Aragon. Sancho's father, Alfonso X of Castile & León promised to split the kingdom and give León to Alfonso, but after the king's death in 1284, Sancho IV of Castile usurped León. Despite this support from the King of Aragon, Alfonso was unable to regain the throne. He was called the disinherited and was given to him the scattered lordships of Alba, Bejar & Gibraleón. He moved to France, country of his grandmother, where Charles IV of France, his second cousin, made him baron de Lunel and his namesake son was born.

Alfonso of Spain became Archdeacon of Paris in 1322, baron of Lunel in 1324 and Lord of Tafalla & Caparroso in 1325. He died in 1327, at age of 38.

Family

Alfonso of Spain married Isabelle d'Antoing, Viscountess Ghent, the daughter of Hugh IV, Lord of Antoing, and Mary, Viscountess Ghent. He was the father of:

References

  1. ↑ Masnata y de Quesada, David E. (1985). «La Casa Real de la Cerda». Estudios Genealógicos y Heráldicos (Madrid: Asociación Española de Estudios Genealógicos y Heráldicos): pp. 169–229
  2. ↑ Farmer, Sharon. The Silk Industries of Medieval Paris, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016, ISBN 9780812293319, p. 16

Sources

  • Europaische Stammtafeln, Vol.3.
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