Berengaria of León

Berengaria of León (1204 – 12 April 1237) was the third wife but only empress consort of John of Brienne, Latin Emperor of Constantinople. She was a daughter of Alfonso IX of León and Berengaria of Castile. She was a younger sister of Ferdinand III of Castile and Alfonso of Molina.

Berengaria of León
Infanta of Leon and Castille
Latin Empress consort
Tenure1229  27 March 1237
Born1204
Died12 April 1237(1237-04-12) (aged 32–33)
Constantinople, Latin Empire
(modern-day Istanbul, Turkey)
Burial
Constantinople
Spouse
(m. 1224; died 1237)
Issue
HouseCastilian House of Ivrea
FatherAlfonso IX of León and Galicia
MotherBerengaria I of Castile
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