St. Ferdinand III King of Castile & LeUn 
St. Ferdinand III was born in 1199 in Castile, Spain. St. Ferdinand III's father was Alphonso IX the Slobberer de LeUn King of LeUn and his mother was Berengaria Alfonsez Queen of Castile. His paternal grandparents were Ferdinand II de LeUn King of LeUn and Urraca Alfonsez de Portugal Cts de Portugal; his maternal grandparents were Alfonso VIII de Castile King of Castile and Eleanor Plantagenet. He had a brother and three sisters, named Alfonse de Molina, Berengaria de LeUn, Constanza de Castile and Leonor de Castile. He had a half-brother and four half-sisters, named Fernando, Urraca Alfonsez, Aldonca Alfonsez, Sancha de Castile and Dulce. He died at the age of 53 on May 30th, 1252 in Seville, Spain.General Notes
Ferdinand III, also called SAINT FERDINAND, Spanish SAN FERNANDO (b. 1201?--d. May 30, 1252, Seville; canonized Feb. 4, 1671; feast day May 30), king of Castile from 1217 to 1252 and of Leon from 1230 to 1252 and conqueror of the Muslim cities of CUrdoba (1236), JaEn (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.
Ferdinand's second wife was Joan of Ponthieu, whom he married in 1237; their daughter Eleanor married the future Edward I of England in 1254. Ferdinand settled in Seville, where he is buried. [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.1137 in LeUn, Spain d.22 JAN 1187/88 in Benavente, Italy
- b.15 Aug 1171 in Zamora, LeUn, Spain d.24 Sep 1230 in Villanueva de Soria, Castile
- b.1151 in Coimbra, Portugal d.16 Oct 1188 in Bamba, LeUn, Spain
- b.1199 in Castile, Spain d.30 May 1252 in Seville, Spain
- b.11 Nov 1155 in Soria, Castile d.06 Oct 1214 in Huelgas, Burgos, Castile, Spain (near Avevalo)
- b.Aug 1181 in Segovia, Castile, Spain d.08 Nov 1246 in Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile, Spain
- b.1092 in of, Anjou, France d.10 Nov 1143 in Jerusalem, Holy Land
- b.24 Aug 1113 in ANJOU, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau, Eure-Et-Loir, France
- b.1096 in Maine, France d.1126 in Maine, France
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.1116 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
- b.1104 d.1167
- b.Oct 1079 in Scotland d.01 May 1118 in Winchester, Eng.
- b.11 Oct 1162 in Falais, Calvados, France or Domfront, Normandy d.31 Oct 1214 in Burgos, Spain
- b.22 Oct 1071 in Aquitaine, France d.10 FEB 1126/27 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou, France
- b.1099 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France d.09 Apr 1137 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- b.~ 1073 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Midi-Pyrenees, France d.28 Nov 1117
- b.1123 in Chateau de Belin, Gironde, Aquitaine d.01 Apr 1204 in Mirabell Castle, Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.1075 in Chatellerault, Vienne, Poitou, France d.07 Nov 1151 in As monk at Notre Dame de Noyers
- b.~ 1105 in Chatellerault, Vienne, Poitou, France d.AFT MAR 1130/31
- b.1079 in Isle Bouchard, France
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St. Ferdinand III and Beatrice (Elizabeth) were married in a religious ceremony on November 30th, 1219 in Burgos, LeUn. They had three sons named Alfonso X the Wise, Felipe de Castile and Juan Emanuel de Castile.
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Children
Alfonso X the Wise King of Castile & LeUn
Alfonso X the Wise was born on November 23rd, 1221 in Toledo. He died at the age of 63 in 1284 in Seville, Spain.
Juan Emanuel de Castile sn de Villena
Juan Emanuel de Castile was born in 1234 in Carrion. He died at the age of 49 in December 1283 in Penafiel.
St. Ferdinand III and Johanna de Dammartin were married in a religious ceremony in 1237 in Burgos, Castile. They had four sons and a daughter, named Fernando de Castile, Luis de Castile, Juan de Castile, Simon and Eleanora de Castile.
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Children
Fernando de Castile Ct de Aum,le
Fernando de Castile was born in 1240 in of Burgos, Spain. He died at the age of 29 in 1269.
Eleanora de Castile Cts de Ponthieu
Eleanora de Castile was born in 1240 in of Burgos, Castile, Spain. She died at the age of 50 on November 29th, 1290 in Herdeby (near Grantham), Lincolnshire, England.
Luis de Castile sn de Marchenza
Luis de Castile was born in 1242 in of Burgos, Spain. He died at the age of 27 in 1269.
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