Berenguela

Galicia, León, and Castile were definitively united under St. Ferdinand, heir of León through his father Alfonso IX, and of Castile through his mother Berenguela.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

Her daughter Berenguela, brought up in the midst of these influences, developed a strong and self-reliant character which early in her career gave proof of its existence.

Women of the Romance Countries John Robert Effinger 1901

Before this wedding, Berenguela decided that her son must be received into the order of knighthood.

Women of the Romance Countries John Robert Effinger 1901

Berenguela, a mother though not a wife, was forced to return to her father's court in Castile, leaving the eldest son, Fernando, with the father.

Women of the Romance Countries John Robert Effinger 1901

Berenguela, the person most interested, had not been consulted in any manner whatever.

Women of the Romance Countries John Robert Effinger 1901

Alfonso and Berenguela endeavored to hold out against the pontiff, and for seven years they lived together as man and wife, making their home in Leon.

Women of the Romance Countries John Robert Effinger 1901

Berenguela and Isabella the Catholic, and that, irrespective of sex,

Women of the Romance Countries John Robert Effinger 1901

Berenguela had foreseen this as the probable result of her course of action and was not entirely unprepared in the emergency.

Women of the Romance Countries John Robert Effinger 1901

Teresa were finally separated, though not until several children had been born to them, and then the young king led Berenguela to the altar.

Women of the Romance Countries John Robert Effinger 1901

Berenguela was ever present in the right place, and at the proper time, and her name is associated only with what is good and worthy and noble in an age of violence and wrong and robbery; when good faith was well-nigh unknown, when bad men were all-powerful, when murder was but an incident in family life, and treason the chief feature in politics.

Women of the Romance Countries John Robert Effinger 1901