Ferdinand I King of Leon 
Ferdinand I was born in Spain. Ferdinand I's father was Sancho III King Of Pamplona and his mother was Munia Elvira Sanchez De Castile. His paternal grandparents were García II King Of Pamplona and Jimena Fernandez; his maternal grandparents were Sancho De Castile and Urraca De Castile. He was an only child. He died on December 27th, 1065 in Leon, 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.> 0935 d.Dec 0994
- b.~ 0964 d.1004
- b.~ 0910 d.Jun 0970
- b.~ 0932 d.> 1007
- b.~ 0865 d.11 DEC 925 in Garcez
- b.~ 0914 d.Dec 0959
- b.~ 0889
- b.~ 0980 in Navarre, Spain d.18 Oct 1035 in Castilla
- b.~ 0960 in Navarre, Spain d.> 1035
- b.BET. 1016 - 1020 in Spain d.27 Dec 1065 in Leon, Spain
- b.~ 0965 d.5 FEB 1015/16
- b.~ 0990 in Castile, Spain d.1067
- b.~ 0970 d.20 May 1025 in Covarubbias
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Ferdinand I and Sancha were married in a religious ceremony in 1032. They had a son named Alphonso I Ferdinandez.
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Children
Alphonso I Ferdinandez King Of Leon
Alphonso I Ferdinandez was born in June 1040 in Castile, Spain. He died at the age of 69 on June 30th, 1109 in Toledo,Castilla-La Mancha,Spain.
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