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 Alfonso IX King of Leon and his mother was Berengaria of Castile. His paternal grandparents were Ferdinand II Alfonsez King of Leon and Urraca Affonse Princess of Portugal; his maternal grandparents were Alfonso VIII Sanchez "The Good" King of Castile and Eleanor Princess of England. He had a brother and a sister, named Alphonso de and Berenquela Princess of Leon And. He was the second oldest of the three children. He had a half-sister named Urraca. 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.~ 1060 in Dijon, Cote D'Or, France d.26 Mar 1107 in Grajal Do Campos, Leon, Spain
- b.1 MAR 1104/05 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.21 Aug 1157 in La Fresneda, Teruel, Castile, Spain
- b.BET 1077 AND 1081 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.8 MAR 1125/26 in Saldana, Palencia, Spain
- b.1137 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.22 Aug 1188 in Benavente, Zamora, Castile, Spain
- b.11 Nov 1082 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain d.19 Jun 1131 in Barcelona, Spain
- b.1110 in Barcelona, Aragon, Spain d.2 FEB 1148/49 in Palencia, Leon, Spain
- b.1095 in Gevaudan, Essonne, France d.1128
- b.15 Aug 1166 in Zamora, Leon, Spain d.24 Sep 1230 in Villaneuva de Sarria, Lugo, Spain
- b.1069 in Bourgogne, France d.01 Nov 1112
- b.25 Jul 1109 in Villa de Guimar, Brag, Spain d.06 Dec 1185 in Coimbra, Portugal
- b.1070 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.01 Nov 1130
- b.~ 1149 in Coimbra, Portugal d.16 Oct 1178 in Villadoiid, Spain
- b.~ 1092 in Savoie, France d.01 Apr 1149
- b.1125 in Chambery, Savoy, France d.04 Nov 1157
- b.~ 1105 in Albon, France d.AFT JAN 1144/45
- b.19 Aug 1201 in Leon, Spain d.30 May 1252 in Seville, Spain
- b.~ 1060 in Dijon, Cote D'Or, France d.26 Mar 1107 in Grajal Do Campos, Leon, Spain
- b.1 MAR 1104/05 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.21 Aug 1157 in La Fresneda, Teruel, Castile, Spain
- b.BET 1077 AND 1081 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.8 MAR 1125/26 in Saldana, Palencia, Spain
- b.1135 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.31 Aug 1158 in Toledo, Castile, Spain
- b.11 Nov 1082 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain d.19 Jun 1131 in Barcelona, Spain
- b.1110 in Barcelona, Aragon, Spain d.2 FEB 1148/49 in Palencia, Leon, Spain
- b.1095 in Gevaudan, Essonne, France d.1128
- b.11 Nov 1155 in Coimbra, Portugal d.06 Oct 1214 in Burgos, Castile, Spain
- b.~ 1099 in of Pamplona, Navarre, Spain d.21 Nov 1150 in of Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
- b.1133 in Pampina, Navarre, Spain d.24 Jun 1158
- b.~ 1115 in Aigle, Orne, Normandy, France d.25 May 1141 in Pamplona, Navarre, Spain
- b.~Jun 1180 in Burgos, Castile, Spaine d.08 Nov 1244 in Burgos, Castile, Spaine
- b.1092 in Anjou, France d.10 Nov 1143 in Jerusalem, Palestine
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau, Eure-et-Loire, Normandy, France
- b.~ 1097 in Maine, France d.1126 in Maine, France
- b.5 MAR 1132/33 in Le Mans, Maine, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon near Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.1068 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in Lyons-La-Foret, Normandy, France
- b.FEB 1102/03 in London, Middlesex, England d.10 Sep 1167 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
- b.Oct 1079 in Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland d.01 May 1118 in Westminster, London, Middlesex, England
- b.13 Oct 1161 in Domfront, Normandy, France d.25 Oct 1214 in Las Huelgas, Brugos, Spain
- b.22 Oct 1071 in Aquitaine, France d.10 FEB 1126/27 in Poitiers, Vienne, Poitou, France
- b.1099 in Toulouse, France d.09 Apr 1137 in Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- b.~ 1073 in Toulouse, France d.28 Nov 1117
- b.1123 in Chateau de Belin-Beliet, Gironde, Aquitaine, France d.31 Mar 1204 in Fontevraud-l'Abbaye, Touraine, 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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Ferdinand III "The Saint" King of Leon & and Beatrice von were married in a religious ceremony in 1219. They had a son named Alfonso X "The Wise" King of Leon &.
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Children
Alfonso X "The Wise" King of Leon & Castile
Alfonso X "The Wise" King of Leon & was born on November 23rd, 1221 in Toledo, Castile, Spain. He died at the age of 62 on April 4th, 1284 in Sevilla, Spain.
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 Princess of.
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Children
Eleanor Princess of Castile
Eleanor Princess of was born in 1244 in Burgos, Castile, Spain. She died at the age of 46 on November 28th, 1290 in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England. She was buried on December 16th, 1290 in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
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