Ferdinand I Sanchez "the Great" 
Ferdinand I Sanchez "the was born about 1016 in Burgos, Castile, Spain. Ferdinand I Sanchez "the's father was III Sancho and his mother was Munia Mayor. His paternal grandparents were Garcia II 'El Trembloso' and Chimine Ximena; his maternal grandparents were Sancho Garces and Urraca Salvadorez. He had three brothers named King of Sobrarbe and Ribagorza, I and III. He was the second oldest of the four children. He died on December 27th, 1065 in Lâeon, Spain.General Notes
Ferdinand I (of Castile and León), called The Great (1005?-65), king of Castile (1035-65) and of León (1037-65); he was the second son of King Sancho III of Navarre. Ferdinand married Sancha, the sister of Bermudo III, king of León, and heiress to the throne of León. In 1037 Ferdinand defeated Bermudo in a battle at Tamaron, acquiring León through Sancha's right of succession. Ferdinand won the Battle of Atapuerca over his brother in 1054 and was recognized as the emperor of Spain in 1056. By his territorial acquisitions from the Moors between 1058 and 1065, Ferdinand inaugurated the period of Christian reconquest of Spanish land from the Muslims. Before his death Ferdinand provided that his estates be divided among his three sons, thus bequeathing a legacy of fratricidal strife that did not end until the accession of Alfonso I to the throne of Castile in 1072.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 0845 in Navarre, Spain d.> 0890
- b.0865 in Navarre, Spain d.0925 in Garcez, Spain
- b.~ 0854 in Gascony, France
- b.~ 0910 in Navarre, Spain d.0994
- b.~ 0854 in Pamplona, Spain
- b.~ 0887 in Aragon, Spain d.> 0970
- b.~ 0861 in Pamplona, Spain
- b.~ 0955 in Navarre, Spain d.1000
- b.~ 0875 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.0932
- b.~ 0912 in Castile, Spain d.Jun 0970
- b.~ 0875 in Castile, Spain d.> 0935
- b.0935 in Castile, Spain
- b.0865 in Navarre, Spain d.0925 in Garcez, Spain
- b.0915 in Navarre, Spain
- b.~ 0887 in Aragon, Spain d.> 0970
- b.~ 0980 in Navarre, Spain d.FEB 1034/35
- b.~ 0960 in Navarre, Spain
- b.~ 1016 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.27 Dec 1065 in Lâeon, Spain
- b.~ 0875 in Burgos, Castile, Spain d.0932
- b.~ 0912 in Castile, Spain d.Jun 0970
- b.~ 0875 in Castile, Spain d.> 0935
- b.~ 0933 in Castile, Spain d.30 MAY 995
- b.0865 in Navarre, Spain d.0925 in Garcez, Spain
- b.0915 in Navarre, Spain
- b.~ 0887 in Aragon, Spain d.> 0970
- b.~ 0975 in Castile, Spain d.1032
- b.~ 0875 d.> 0950
- b.~ 0900 in Ribagorza, Castile, Spain d.> 0970
- b.~ 0887 in Aragon, Spain d.> 0970
- b.0935 in Ribagorza, Castile, Spain d.~ 0995
- b.~ 0875
- b.~ 0905 d.~ 0961
- b.~ 0995 in Castile, Spain d.1067
- b.~ 0912 in Castile, Spain d.Jun 0970
- b.~ 0945 in Castile, Spain
- b.~ 0935 in Navarre, Spain
- b.~ 0964 in Castile, Spain
- b.~ 0980 in Castile, Spain d.20 May 1025
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Ferdinand I Sanchez "the and Princess of Lâeon were married in a religious ceremony in December 1032 in Lâeon, Spain. They had three sons and two daughters, named II, King of Castile, Alfonso VI 'the, Princess of Castile and Lâeon and Princess of Castile and Lâeon.
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Children
Alfonso VI 'the Valiant'
Alfonso VI 'the was born in 1043 in Burgos, Spain. He died at the age of 66 on June 30th, 1109.
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