Mafalda of Castile facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mafalda
Infanta of Castile
Mafalda's coat of arms
Born	1191 Plasencia
Died	1204 (aged 12–13) Salamanca
Buried	Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas
Father	Alfonso VIII of Castile
Mother	Eleanor of England, Queen 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 died in 1204 in Salamanca. She was buried at Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas in Burgos. Her epitaph is "AQUÍ YACE DOÑA MAFALDA, HIJA DE ALFONSO VIII Y DE LA REINA DOÑA LEONOR Y HERMANA DE DOÑA BERENGUELA, QUE FINÓ EN SALAMANCA POR CASAR, EN 1204". The infante Pedro de Castilla y de Molina was buried in the same nave.

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In Spanish: Mafalda de Castilla para niños