Queen Constance Castile FRANCE
- Born: Abt 1133-1140, , Castile, Spain
- Married: 1154, , Castile, Spain
- Died: 4 Oct 1160, , Castile, Spain
- Buried: St Denis, Aude, Paris, Seine, France
 Other names for Constance were CASTILE Princess, Constanza and Constancia.
Ancestral File Number: 8XJ5-6K.
General Notes:
Princess of CASTILE, Queen of FRANCE, Gisant Effigy Abbey Church of St Denis France.
ABBEY CHURCH OF SAINT-DENIS
Volume II The Royal Tombs, Alain Erlande-Brandenburg, Editions De la Lourelle, 7 Rue Dupuytren 75006 Paris
"18. Constance of Castille d1160...In 1263 and 1264 at the request of Saint Louis, the tombs of the kings of France were disposed at St-Denis and buried between the pillars at the crossing of the transept, the Merovingians and Carolingians in the south, the Capetians in the north. To commemeorate the occasion, sixteen stone gisants were executed (that of Eudes and Hugh Capet disappeared during the French Revolution), all identically dressed and represented in the same fashion: with the eyes open and calm gestures. The face of the queens, emphasized by the play of light about their veils are the most beautiful. Those of Henry I and Robert the Pious are the most expressive. The work of three different artists can be recognized, each bringing a certain diversity to this sereies of gisants without upsetting its overall plan."
BOOKS
Kings and Queens of Europe, Genealogical Chart, Anne Taute and Romilly Squire, Taute 1989: "Constancia, Daughter of Alfonso VII King of Castilla & Leon and Berenguela of Barcelona, Mar Louis VII King of France, Died 1160...Louis VII, Son of Louis VI, King of France 1137-1180, Mar =2 Constancia Castilla, =3 Alice Champagne, Died 1180."
Eleanor of Aquitaine the Mother Queen, Desmond Seward, 1978, Dorset Press, p62: "Constance of CASTILE Mar (2) Louis VII King of FRANCE 1154..."
ANCESTRAL FILE
8XJ5-6K Constance Ver 4.10 Born Abt 1140 Ver 4.11 Born Abt 1133, IGI Birth T990177-3-1260732 Constanza.
INTERNATIONAL GENEALOGICAL INDEX
IGI Birth T990177-3-1260732 Marguerite Princess of FRANCE Father Louis VII King of FRANCE Mother Constanza Princess of CASTILE 1158 Paris Seine France.
Marriage Information:
Constance married King Louis FRANCE, VII, son of King Louis FRANCE, VI and Queen Adelaide Maurienne Savoy FRANCE, in 1154 in , Castile, Spain. (King Louis FRANCE, VII was born in 1119-1120 in Reims, Champagne, France, died on 18 Sep 1180 in Paris, Seine, France and was buried in Abbey, Barbeau, Chartrettes, Seine-Et-Marne, France.)
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