Mafalda of Castile
{{short description|Spanish noblewoman}}
{{Infobox noble
| name = Mafalda
| image = File:Coat of Arms of Castile (1390-15th Century).svg
| caption = Mafalda's coat of arms
|CoA=|tenure=|predecessor=| title = Infanta of Castile
|successor=| birth_date = 1191
| birth_place = Plasencia
| death_date = {{death year and age|1204|1191}}
| death_place = Salamanca
| burial_place = Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas
| father = Alfonso VIII of Castile
| mother = Eleanor of England
}}
Mafalda de Castilla (1191—1204) was an Infanta of Castile and daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England and sister of Henry I of Castile and Berenguela of Castile.{{sfn|Martínez Díez|2007|pp=46-53}}
She would have been married to Ferdinand of León, but she died in 1204 in Salamanca.{{sfn|Martínez Díez|2007|p=51}} She was buried at Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas in Burgos.{{sfn|Arco y Garay|1954|pp=245-246}} 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".{{sfn|Arco y Garay|1954|p=246}} The infante Pedro de Castilla y de Molina was buried in the same nave.{{cite book |last=Herrero Sanz |first=María Jesús |publisher=Reales Sitios de España. Patrimonio Nacional |title=Guía Santa María la Real de Huelgas. Burgos |year=2004 |location=Madrid |isbn=84-7120-337-5}}
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |last=Arco y Garay |first=Ricardo |publisher=Instituto Jerónimo Zurita. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas |title=Sepulcros de la Casa Real de Castilla |year=1954 |location=Madrid |oclc=11366237 }}
- {{cite book |last=Martínez Díez |first=Gonzalo |title=Alfonso VIII, rey de Castilla y Toledo (1158-1214) |year=2007 |publisher=Ediciones Trea, S.L. |location=Gijón |isbn=978-84-9704-327-4 }}
Category:12th-century Spanish women