Princess of Castile Leonor Fernandez DE CASTILLA

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• Affiliation: ; House of Ivrea
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• Name: Fernando III "EL SANTO", REY DE CASTILLA Y DE LE?N
• Name: The Saint
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• King of Castile and Toledo: 1217
• King of Leon and Galicia: 1230

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From Encyclopedia Britannica Online, article titled "Ferdinand III:"

"canonized Feb. 4, 1671; feast day May 30"

"also called SAINT FERDINAND, Spanish SAN FERNANDO, king of Castile from 1217 to 1252 and of Leon from 1230 to 1252 and conqueror of the Muslim cities of C?ordoba (1236), Ja?en (1246), and Seville (1248). During his campaigns, Murcia submitted to his son Alfonso (later Alfonso X), and the Muslim kingdom of Granada became his vassal.

"Ferdinand was the son of Alfonso IX of Leon and Berenguela, daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile. When born, he was the heir to Leon, but his uncle, Henry I of Castile, died young, and his mother inherited the crown of Castile, which she conferred on him. His father, like many Leonese, opposed the union, and Ferdinand found himself at war with him. By his will Alfonso IX tried to disinherit his son, but the will was set aside, and Castile and Leon were permanently united in 1230.

"Ferdinand married Beatrice of Swabia, daughter of the Holy Roman emperor, a title that Ferdinand's son Alfonso X was to claim. His conquest of Lower Andalusia was the result of the disintegration of the Almohad state. The Castilians and other conquerors occupied the cities, driving out the Muslims and taking over vast estates."

In 1217 Ferdinand became King of Castile, which crown his mother renounced in his favour, and in 1230 he succeeded to the crown of Leon, though not without civil strife, since many were opposed to the union of the two kingdoms. He took as his counsellors the wisest men in the State, saw to the strict administration of justice, and took the greatest care not to overburden his subjects with taxation, fearing, as he said, the curse of one poor woman more than a whole army of Saracens. Following his mother's advice, Ferdinand, in 1219, married Beatrice, the daughter of Philip of Swabia, King of Germany, one of the most virtuous princesses of her time. God blessed this union with seven children: six princes and one princess. The highest aims of Ferdinand's life were the propagation of the Faith and the liberation of Spain from the Saracen yoke. Hence his continual wars against the Saracens. He took from them vast territories, Granada and Alicante alone remaining in their power at the time of his death. In the most important towns he founded bishoprics, reestablished Catholic worship everywhere, built churches, founded monasteries, and endowed hospitals. The greatest joys of his life were the conquests of Cordova (1236) and Seville (1248). He turned the great mosques of these places into cathedrals, dedicating them to the Blessed Virgin. He watched over the conduct of his soldiers, confiding more in their virtue than in their valour, fasted strictly himself, wore a rough hairshirt, and often spent his nights in prayer, especially before battles. Amid the tumult of the camp he lived like a religious in the cloister. The glory of the Church and the happiness of his people were the two guiding motives of his life. He founded the University of Salamanca, the Athens of Spain. Ferdinand was buried in the great cathedral of Seville before the image of the Blessed Virgin, clothed, at his own request, in the habit of the Third Order of St. Francis. His body, it is said, remains incorrupt. Many miracles took place at his tomb, and Clement X canonized him in 1671. His feast is kept by the Minorites on the 30th of May.

Fernando married Elisabeth VON HOHENSTAUFEN on 30 Nov 1219 in Burgos, Burgos, Castilla y Le?n, Spain. Elisabeth was born on 3 May 1205 in N?rnberg, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire; was christened in in N?rnberg, Bayern, Heiliges R?misches Reich; died on 5 Nov 1235 in Toro, Toro, Zamora, Castilla y Le?n, Spain; was buried in 1235 in Sevilla, Sevilla, Andalusia, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Alfonso IX, King de Leon . Alias: Alfonso IX, King de Castile. Born: on 15 Aug 1171 in Zamora, Leon, Spain, son of Fernando II, King de Leon and Urraca,
Princess de Portugal.
Alfonso IX reigned as King from 1188 to 1230.
Married on 15 Feb 1191 in Guimaraes, Portugal: Teresa, Princess de Portugal , daughter of Sancho I, King de Portugal and Dulcia de Barcelone ; Teresa was King Alfonso IX's first wife. Annulled he and Teresa, Princess de Portugal: in 1197.
Married in Dec 1197 in Villadolid, Spain: Berengere de Castile, daughter of Alfonso VIII, King de Castile and Eleanor, Princess of England . Annulled he and Berengere de Castile: in 1204 in Spain. Died: on 24 Dec 1230 in Vallanueva de Sarria, Spain, at age 59.


He was the King of Le?n.

Alfonso married Princess Berengaria Alfonsez SANCHEZ in 1197 in Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain. Berengaria (daughter of King Alfonso "The Noble" SANCHEZ, VIII and Queen Alianor "Eleanor" PLANTAGENET) was born about 1181 in Segovia Castle, Spain; died on 8 Nov 1246 in Las Huelgas, Castile Y Leon, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was the Queen of Castile. Title: La Granda

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From Encyclopedia Britannica Online, article titled "Ferdinand II:"

"king of Leon from 1157 to 1188, second son of Alfonso VII.

"Despite several internal revolts against his rule, Ferdinand's reign was notable for the repopulation of Leonese Extremadura and for the victories he secured farther south against the Almohads in the last 20 years of his reign. These included the capture of Alc?antara (1166) and Badajoz (1169). He also gave important support to the new military order of Santiago, founded with his approval in 1170. Ferdinand, who called himself rex hispanorum ("king of the Spaniards"), established a temporary tutelage over Castile during the minority of his nephew Alfonso VIII and occupied Segovia and Toledo (1162-66), though Alfonso later reacted violently against Ferdinand. Ferdinand was also frequently engaged in hostilities with the nascent Portuguese kingdom but came successfully to the rescue of the Portuguese when the Almohads invested the key city of Santar?em (1184)."


King of Leon (1157-88). He was the second son of Alfonso II, king of Castile, who was also king of Leon as Alfonso VII. Ferdinand was noted both for his intermittent wars with Castile an d Portugal and for his reorganization, about 1170, of the military Order of Saint James of th e Sword (Santiago de la Espada) to participate in the campaign to drive the Moors from Spain.

Ferdinand married Princess Urraca Alfonsez Of PORTUGAL, Of Portugal in 1160 in Leon, Leon, Spain. Urraca was born about 1141 in Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; died on 16 Oct 1188 in Leon, Leon, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Royal House: ; Castilian House of Ivrea
• Name: Alfonso VIII
• Name: The Noble
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• ACCEDED: 1158
• TitleOfNobility: Between 1158 and 1214; King of Castile and Toledo

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Alfonso VIII (1155-1214), king of Castile (1158-1214); he succeeded to the throne on the death of his father, Sancho III. Troubled by interference from Navarre in his youth, he later allied Castile with Arag?n, forming a connection that was eventually to become the basis for the unification of Spain. He also established Castilian dominance over Le?n. In 1170 he married Eleanor, daughter of King Henry II of England. From the 1170s, he resisted encroachments by the Almohads, Muslim invaders from northern Africa. Defeated by the Muslim caliph Yakub al-Mansur at Alarcos in 1195, Alfonso and his allies won a major victory over the Muslim commander al-Nasir at Navas de Tolosa in 1212.

Alfonso married Queen Alianor "Eleanor" PLANTAGENET on 22 Sep 1177 in Castile, Burgos, Spain. Alianor (daughter of King Henry II PLANTAGENET and Queen Eleanor De AQUITAINE) was born on 13 Oct 1162 in Domfront Castle, Normandy; was christened in in , Domfront, Normandie; died on 25 Oct 1214 in Las Huelgas, Burgos, Burgos, Spain; was buried in Abbey Of Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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