The Queen's Hand: Power and Authority in the Reign of Berenguela of Castile

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I n d e x Abdication, 2, 129, 131, 138, 141, 166, 246, 259 Afonso II, king of Portugal, 96, 99, 116, 182, 291–92n20, 316n17 Aguilar de Pedraio, 58, 232–33, 286n63, 295n72, 322n101 Alarcos, battle of, 35, 40 Alba de Aliste, 84–85, 89–90, 97, 99, 273n12, 285n53, 286n63 Alfonso VII, king of León-Castile, 5, 22–24, 50–51, 143–44, 162, 178, 185, 209, 245, 259, 285n49 Alfonso X, king of Castile-León, 16, 153, 169, 219, 226, 230, 237, 243–46, 254–56, 285n49; diplomas issued by, 222, 249–50, 256, 318n49, 326n156 Alfonso de Molina, son of Alfonso IX, 65, 87, 103, 111, 127, 138, 143, 148, 151–52, 198–99, 240–41, 255–56, 266n28, 325n137; marriage of, 158–59, 304n105 Alfonso Téllez de Meneses, 112, 117, 119, 121–22, 135, 155, 163–64, 168, 196, 293n41, 312n82 Almohads, 5–6, 35, 40–41, 46, 72, 77, 97–99, 155–56, 158, 165–69, 174–75, 182, 184, 226, 239, 255, 274n19; negotiations with Berenguela , 176–77 Álvaro Dı́az de Cameros, 122, 156–57, 295n70, 296n88, 304n92, 319n50; as Berenguela’s tenant, 60, 279–80n111 Álvaro Núñez de Lara, 91, 96, 126, 156, 258, 287n77, 296n99; capture of, 134–37; rebellion of, 131–34, 139, 154–55; as regent for Enrique I, 108–19, 121–25, 320n81 Álvaro Pérez de Castro, 153, 189–90, 196, 244, 254, 303n71; rebellion of, 223–26, 319n55 Anales Toledanos, 91, 182, 296n98 Aragón-Cataluña, 5, 22, 97, 157–58, 161, 170, 178, 185–86, 244, 259 Ardón, 92–95, 99, 273n12 Arras, 7–8, 13, 27–28, 46, 59–61, 120, 243, 275n31, 279n105; Berenguela’s lordship in, 43–47, 51–52, 54, 56–59, 62, 67–70, 72–75, 77–78, 80–86, 89–90, 92, 100, 120, 151–52, 194, 198–99, 232–33, 258, 277n67, 284n48 Assemblies, 10, 29, 66, 258, 281n145, 327n17 Astorga, 49, 51–52, 81–84, 194–96, 198–99, 273n12; bishop of, 47, 51–52, 195, 216, 221, 224, 232, 240, 281n132; tenancy of, 60, 77, 79, 190, 192–94 Asturias, 56, 60, 78, 84–85, 100, 191–92, 195, 200, 203, 205; tenancy of, 43, 59, 61, 77, 189, 191, 275n27, 279n109 Ávila, 110–11, 132–33, 136; bishop of, 132, 321n93 Baldwin II, emperor of Constantinople, 249–51, 257, 326n156 Beatriz of Swabia, queen of Castile, 149, 161–65, 169, 177–78, 202, 204, 209, 212–14, 221–22, 224, 226, 237, 242–43, 247, 256, 277n61, 306n133, 308n148, 325n146; marriage of, 145–48 Benavente, 83, 120, 195–96, 212, 273n12, 275n32, 285n58; ‘‘Cortes’’ of, 65–66, 74, 205, 258, 285n56; tenancy of, 60–61, 190, 196, 199, 295n75, 311n64; Treaty of, 203–7, 212, 215 Berenguela of León, daughter of Alfonso IX, 65, 249, 326n150; marriage of, 187–88 Bernardo, bishop of Segovia, 173–75, 216, 224 Bierzo, 84, 273n12, 281n132, 285n58 Blanche of Castile, queen of France, 1, 32, 34, 48, 146, 159–60, 238, 254, 256, 267–68n54, 304n107, 315n8; communication with Berenguela, 186, 243, 257, 289n109, 310n34 Bolaños, 78, 83, 89–90, 101, 151–52, 273n12, 284n38, 285n57, 286n63, 302n63 344 index Burgos, 34, 46, 48, 86, 104, 110, 128, 133–34, 147–48, 151, 161, 188, 214, 224, 226–27, 229, 241, 243, 254, 293n43, 317n31; bishop of, 76, 107, 127, 132, 154, 162; Donation of, 86–91, 94, 97, 99–101, 151–52, 155, 236; as residence of royal court, 20, 251, 269n14, 319n56. See also Mauricio, bishop of Burgos Burón, 89–90, 279n111, 286n63 Cabreros, 80, 89, 284n48, 286n63; Treaty of, 80–92, 94, 97, 99, 101, 120, 152, 155, 180, 184, 194–95, 197, 232–33, 236, 285n56, 286n72, 290n122, 311n70, 312n82, 323n108 Carrión, 46, 113–114, 293n42. See also Curia of Carrión Castro de los Judı́os de Mayorga, 61, 85, 99, 199, 273n12, 286n63, 289n114 Castrogonzalo, 61, 87, 90, 99, 273n12, 275n29, 286nn63, 72, 314n96 Castrotierra, 78, 84, 99, 190, 273n12, 286n63 Castrotoraf, 76, 215–16, 275n32, 316n21 Castroverde, 52, 61, 87, 90, 101, 151–52, 235–36, 273n12, 275n29, 286nn63, 72, 290n124 Cognatic kinship, 6, 37, 189, 259 Conrad of Hohenstaufen, 24–34, 66, 129–30, 270n40, 271n51 Consanguinity, 42, 63, 118, 184–85, 223, 244, 269n20; and Berenguela’s marriage, 40–42, 63, 69, 71–73, 78, 272n70, 273n15, 282n10 Consensus, 9, 27, 115, 120, 188...