Life
In 1065, Constance married her first husband, Hughes II, Count of Chalon. They were married for fourteen years until Hughes' death in 1079, they had no children.
In late 1079, Constance remarried to Alfonso VI of León and Castile. The marriage appears to have been orchestrated via the Cluniac connections at Alfonso's court. He had previously been married to Agnes of Aquitaine, whom he had either divorced or had been widowed by. The marriage of Constance and Alfonso initially faced papal opposition, apparently due to a kinship between Constance and Agnes.
Constance was instrumental in having the Roman Rite replace the Visigothic right in the churches of Castile.
Constance and Alfonso had several children but only one of these lived to adulthood:
- Urraca (b. April 1079 – March 8, 1126) Queen of Castile and León in her own right. Married firstly to Raymond of Burgundy, had issue. Married secondly to Alfonso the Battler, no issue.
Constance died in 1093 leaving her fourteen year old daughter and her husband a widower. He went onto marry three further wives after her death, but only had a son by his Muslim mistress, Zaida of Seville.
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