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 Abt 1137 - 1188 (~ 51 years)
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| Name |
Ferdinand Alfonsez II Of LEON |
| Prefix |
King |
| Born |
Abt 1137 |
Castile, Burgos, Spain  |
| Gender |
Male |
| FamilySearch ID |
GD8C-ZC2 |
| _UID |
E1695CF097564F26915D1F740B551C352A4A |
| Died |
21 Jan 1188 |
Benavente, Leon, Spain |
| Person ID |
I8 |
Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
11 Dec 2021 |
| Father |
The Emperor Alfonso VII LEON, Castile And Leon, b. 1 Mar 1105, Grajal, Galicia, Espa?a (Spain) , d. 21 Aug 1157, La Fresneda, Teruel, Arag?n, Spain (Age 52 years) |
| Married |
1128 |
Saldana, Spain |
| Family ID |
F13440 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Princess Urraca Alfonsez Of PORTUGAL, Of Portugal, b. Abt 1141, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal , d. 16 Oct 1188, Leon, Leon, Spain (Age ~ 47 years) |
| Married |
1160 |
Leon, Leon, Spain |
| _STAT |
1175 |
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| Last Modified |
29 Aug 2016 |
| Family ID |
F9 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- 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.
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