Berenguela of Castile
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Berenguela (or
Berengaria) (
1180-
November 8,
1246), was briefly queen of
Castile and
León. Daughter of
Alfonso VIII of Castile and
Leonora of Aquitaine, she married
Alfonso IX in
1198, but this was annulled later by the pope because they were second cousins.
When her brother Henry died by accident in 1217, Berenguela renounced her rights to the throne, in favor of her son Ferdinand.