Ferdinand III "The Saint" King of Leon & Castile 
Ferdinand III "The Saint" King of Leon & was born on August 19th, 1201 in Leon, Spain. Ferdinand III "The Saint" King of Leon &'s father was King of Castile & Leon Alfonso IX Fernandez de Castile and his mother was Berengaria Queen of Castile. His paternal grandparents were King of Leon Fernando II Alfonsez deLeon and Princess Urraca Affonsez dePortugal; his maternal grandparents were Alfonso VIII Sanchez King of Castile and Eleanor Plantagenet Princess of England. He had a brother named Fernando III "The Saint" King Of Castile &. He had a half-sister named Berengeula Princess of Leon and. He died at the age of 50 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.1040 in Bourgogue, France d.11 Nov 1087 in Bourgogue, France
- b.1065 in Dijon, France d.24 May 1107 in Grajal Do Campos, Leon
- b.1040 in Bourgogue, France d.1092 in Bourgogue, France
- b.1 Mar 1105/1106 d.21 Aug 1157
- b.1040 d.1109
- b.1082 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.8 Mar 1125/1126 in Saldana, Palencia, Spain
- b.1046 d.1093
- b.1137 in Toledo, Castile d.1188 in Benavente, Zamora, Castile
- b.1079 d.1130
- b.1116 in Barcelona, Aragon d.2 Feb 1147/1148 in Palencia, Lâeon
- b.1026 d.1099
- b.1083
- b.1056 d.1104
- b.15 Aug 1166 in Zamora, Leon, Spain d.24 Sep 1230 in Villaneuva de Sarria, Lugo, Spain
- b.1035 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1066 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1035 d.UNKNOWN
- b.25 Jul 1110 d.06 Dec 1185
- b.1017 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1070 d.01 Nov 1130
- b.1015 d.1067
- b.1144 in Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal d.1188 in Valladolid, Spain
- d.1103
- b.1100 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1060 in Bourgogue, France d.1133
- b.1125 d.04 Nov 1157
- b.1060 d.21 Dec 1125
- b.1100 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1075 d.UNKNOWN
- b.19 Aug 1201 in Leon, Spain d.30 May 1252 in Seville, Spain
- b.1065 in Dijon, France d.24 May 1107 in Grajal Do Campos, Leon
- b.1 Mar 1105/1106 d.21 Aug 1157
- b.1082 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.8 Mar 1125/1126 in Saldana, Palencia, Spain
- b.1134 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.31 Aug 1158 in Toledo, Castile, Spain
- b.1079 d.1130
- b.1116 in Barcelona, Aragon d.2 Feb 1147/1148 in Palencia, Lâeon
- b.1083
- b.1158 in Castile, Spain d.06 Oct 1214 in Burgos, Spain
- b.1065 d.1116
- b.1095 d.21 Nov 1150
- b.1078 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1133 in Navarre, Spain d.24 Jun 1158 in Toledo, Castile, Spain
- b.1080
- b.1110 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1085 d.UNKNOWN
- b.1181 in Burgos, Castile d.1246 in Burgos, Castile
- b.1092 d.10 Nov 1143
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Anjou d.07 Sep 1151
- b.1096 d.1126
- b.5 Mar 1132/1133 in Le Mans, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon, Indre-et Loire, France
- b.Sep 1068 in Selby d.01 Dec 1135 in Lyons la foret Normandy
- b.05 Aug 1102 in London England d.10 Sep 1167 in Notre Dame Rouen Seine Maritime Francey
- b.~ 1079 d.01 May 1118
- b.13 Oct 1162 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.31 Oct 1214 in Burgos, Spain
- b.1099
- b.1122 in Chateau de Belin, Guinne, France d.31 Mar 1202 in Fontevraud Abbey, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.1076
- b.1103
- b.1079
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Ferdinand III "The Saint" King of Leon & and Beatrice von were married in a religious ceremony in 1219.
Ferdinand III "The Saint" King of Leon & and Joan de were married in a religious ceremony in 1237 in Burgos, Spain. They had a daughter named Eleanor (Alianore Leanor) of.
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Children
Eleanor (Alianore Leanor) of Castile
Eleanor (Alianore Leanor) of was born in 1244 in Burgos, Castile, Spain. She died at the age of 46 in 1290 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. She was buried on December 16th, 1290 in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
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