Henry I of Castile (in Spanish, ''Enrique I'', 14 April 1204 – 6 June 1217) was King of Castile. He was the son of

Alfonso VIII of Castile Alfonso VIII (11 November 11555 October 1214), called the Noble (El Noble) or the one of Las Navas (el de las Navas), was King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo. After having suffered a great defeat with his own army at Alarc ...

and Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile (daughter of

Henry II of England Henry II () was King of England The monarchy of the United Kingdom, commonly referred to as the British monarchy, is the form of government used by the United Kingdom by which a hereditary monarch reigns as the head of state, with the ...

and

Eleanor of Aquitaine Eleanor of Aquitaine ( or ; ; , or ; – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and Queen of England from 1154 to 1189 as the wife of King Henry II. As ...

). He was the brother of Berengueia and

Mafalda of Castile Mafalda de Castilla (1191—1204) was an Infanta of Castile and daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England and sister of Henry I of Castile and Berenguela of Castile. She would have been married to Ferdinand of León, but she ...

. In 1211, Henry became heir to the throne when his older brother Ferdinand suddenly died. When his father died in 1214, Henry was just 10 years old, so the regency was assumed by Henry's older sister

Berengaria of Castile Berengaria (Castilian language, Castilian: ''Berenguela''), nicknamed the Great (Castilian: la Grande) (1179 or 1180 – 8 November 1246), was Queen of CastileThe full title was ''Regina Castelle et Toleti'' (Queen of Castile and Toledo). for ...

, wife of Alfonso IX of Leon. In 1215, Henry married Mafalda of Portugal, daughter of

Sancho I of Portugal Sancho I (born ; Coimbra, 11 November 115426 March 1211) also referred to as Sancho the Populator (), was King of Portugal from 1185 until his death in 1211. He was the second king of Portugal. Sancho was the second but only surviving legitimat ...

. As he was very young, the marriage was not consummated, and it was dissolved in 1216 by

Pope Innocent III Pope Innocent III (; born Lotario dei Conti di Segni; 22 February 1161 – 16 July 1216) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 January 1198 until his death on 16 July 1216. Pope Innocent was one of the most power ...

on grounds of consanguinity. In the same year, Henry became betrothed to his second cousin Sancha, heiress of León. Henry died in

Palencia Palencia () is a city of Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Palencia. Located in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula, in the northern half of ...

in 1217 at the age of 13, killed by a tile coming off a roof. His sister Berengaria succeeded him, before renouncing the throne in favour of her son Ferdinand III. His body was buried at Las Huelgas monastery in Burgos.''Enrique I, King of Castile'', Theresa M. Vann, Medieval Iberia: An Encyclopedia, Ed. E. Gerli, (Routledge, 2003), 303.

Notes

References

Charles William Previté-Orton Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was ...

, ''The shorter Cambridge Medieval History'', Cambridge University Press, 1952. * Taylor, Craig, ''Debating the Hundred Years War'', Cambridge University Press, 2006. {{DEFAULTSORT:Henry 01 of Castile Castilian House of Burgundy Monarchs who died as children Medieval child monarchs 1204 births 1217 deaths 13th-century Castilian monarchs Accidental deaths in Spain Burials at the Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas Spanish people of English descent Castilian infantes