Mafalda of Castile


Mafalda de Castilla was an Infanta of Castile and daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of [England, Queen of Castile|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.