King Enrique I of Castile and Queen Mafalda of Portugal

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Enrique I of Castile (14 April 1204[1] – 6 June 1217) was king of Castile. He was the son of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (daughter of Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine). He was the brother of Berenguela and Mafalda of Castile.

In 1211, Enrique became heir to the throne when his older brother Ferdinand suddenly died.

When his father died in 1214, Henry was just 10 years old, so the regency was assumed by Enrique's older sister Berengaria of Castile, wife of Alfonso IX of Leon.

In 1215, Enrique married Mafalda of Portugal, daughter of Sancho I of Portugal. As he was very young, the marriage was not consummated, and it was dissolved in 1216 by Pope Innocent III on grounds of consanguinity. In the same year, Henry became betrothed to his second cousin Sancha, heiress of León.

Enrique died in Palencia in 1217 at the age of 13, killed by a tile coming off a roof. His sister Berengaria succeeded him, before renouncing the throne in favour of her son Ferdinand III. His body was buried at Las Huelgas monastery in Burgos.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_I_of_Castile

https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/6616/enrique-i-de-castilla

King of Castile and Toledo:
Reign: 5 October 1214 – 6 June 1217
Predecessor: Alfonso VIII
Successor: Berengaria
Born: 14 April 1204, Valladolid
Died: 6 June 1217 (aged 13), Palencia
Burial: Las Huelgas, Burgos
Spouse: Mafalda of Portugal
​(m. 1215; annulled 1216)​
House: Castilian House of Ivrea
Father: Alfonso VIII of Castile
Mother: Eleanor of England
Religion: Roman Catholicism

Tomb of Enrique I of Castile. Monastery of Las Huelgas de Burgos.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...asterio_de_las_Huelgas_de_Burgos_(España).jpg

Mafalda of Portugal, Queen consort of Castile:
Tenure: 1215–1216
Born: c. 1195, Kingdom of Portugal
Died: 1 May 1256 (aged 61)
Rio Tinto, Gondomar, Kingdom of Portugal
Burial: Arouca Abbey, Arouca, Porto, Portugal
Spouse: Enrique I of Castile
​(m. 1215; annulled 1216)​
House: Portuguese House of Burgundy
Father: Sancho I of Portugal
Mother: Dulce of Aragon
Religion: Catholic Church

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafalda_of_Portugal

https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/16087/mafalda-de-portugal

 

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Engraving of a portrait of King Henry I of Castile
http://www.alamy.com/henry-i-of-castile-portrait-image211348706.html