Alfonso VII of León and Castile

Alfonso VII, called the Emperor (1105–1157), was the son of Queen Urraca of León and Raymond of Burgundy, and the first king of the Castilian House of Burgundy. He succeeded Urraca in León and Castile in 1126.

In 1135 he was crowned Emperor of All Spain in León Cathedral, asserting his claim to authority across the peninsula. He took Almería in 1147, though Portugal's independence was recognized at Zamora in 1143.

In 1151 he agreed with Ramon Berenguer IV on their zones of conquest. He died in 1157 returning from an expedition against the Almohads, leaving Castile to Sancho III and León to Ferdinand II.