Alfonso de la Cerda, called ''of Spain'' (France, 1289 - Gentilly, France, 1327) from the

Castilian House of Ivrea The Castilian House of Burgundy is a cadet branch of the House of Ivrea descended from Raymond of Burgundy. Raymond married Urraca, the eldest legitimate daughter of Alfonso VI of León and Castile of the House of Jiménez. Two years after Raymond ...

was Archdeacon of Paris, baron of Lunel and Lord of Tafalla & Caparroso. He was the eldest son of

Alfonso de la Cerda Alfonso de la Cerda, (Valladolid 1270 - Ávila 1333), called "the Disinherited", was the elder son of Ferdinand de la Cerda and his wife Blanche of France, and was a grandson of Alfonso X of Castile. Alfonso and his brother Fernando were cand ...

, called "the disinherited".

Biography

Hist father, Alfonso de la Cerda ''the disinherited'' moved to France, the country of his grandmother, where his second cousin

Charles IV of France Charles IV (18/19 June 1294 – 1 February 1328), called the Fair (''le Bel'') in France and the Bald (''el Calvo'') in Navarre, was last king of the direct line of the House of Capet, King of France and King of Navarre (as Charles I) from 132 ...

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 the 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: * Charles de la Cerda 1327-1354, Count of Angoulême and Constable of France.Farmer, Sharon. The Silk Industries of Medieval Paris, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016, {{ISBN, 9780812293319, p. 16

References

Sources

* Europaische Stammtafeln, Vol.3. House de la Cerda 1289 births 1327 deaths