Alfonso VI "el valiente" Fernández Rey de León y Castile

   Another name for Alfonso was Alfonso VI "el Bravo" Fernández , rey de León.

  Noted events in his life and other information:

• Coranation: 27 Dec 1065.

• Titles:
--Emperor de España
--King of León in Iberian peninsula, between 27
---December 1065 and 1070
--"Emperor of the two religions" (Muslim & Christian)
--King of Castile in Iberian peninsula, between 7 October 1072 and 1109
--King of Galicia in Spain, between 1073 and 1109

• Dates & Events: He united the Kingdoms of Castile and León upon the death of his brother, Sancho II on 7 October 1072.

Alfonso married Constance de Bourgogne, daughter of Robert I "le Vieux" Capet Duc de Burgundy and Helie de Samur, on 8 May 1081 in Dijon, Cote-D'or, Bourgogne, France. (Constance de Bourgogne was born after 1056 in Bourgogne, France, died on 26 Oct 1093-21 Nov 1093 and was buried in the monastery of Sahagún, León, España.)

Alfonso next married Ximena Nuñia de Guzman "Mistress of Alfonso VI", daughter of Hugo de Guzman Conde Leán y Amaya and Ximena de Léon. (Ximena Nuñia de Guzman "Mistress of Alfonso VI" died in 1128.)