Ferdinand III \King of Castile & Leon\ 
Ferdinand III \King of Castile & was born in 1199 in Castile, Spain. Ferdinand III \King of Castile &'s father was Simon De Dammartin and his mother was Marie. His maternal grandfather was Guillaume III \ Count of Ponthieu\ and his maternal grandmother is Alice. He was an only child. He died at the age of 53 on May 30th, 1252 in Castile, Spain. He was buried in Cathedral of Seville, Spain.General Notes
Ferdinand III (of Castile and León), called The Saint (1199-1252), king of Castile (1217-52) and of León (1230-52); he was the son of King Alfonso IX of León and Castile. In 1217 Ferdinand's mother, Berengaria, renounced her title to the Castilian throne in favor of her son. Alfonso, who had himself expected to acquire Castile, was angered at his wife's action, and, aided by a group of Castilian nobles favorable to his claim, made war upon his newly crowned son. Ferdinand, however, with the wise counsel of his mother, proved more than a military match for Alfonso, who at length was forced to abandon his plan of conquering Castile. Through the good offices of Berengaria, Ferdinand was able to effect the peaceful union of León and Castile upon the death of his father in 1230. Ferdinand devoted his energies to prosecuting the war against the Moors, conquering Córdoba in 1236 and Seville in 1248. He was rigorous in his suppression of the heretical Albigenses, a fact largely responsible for his canonization more than two centuries later. In 1242 Ferdinand reestablished at Salamanca the university originally founded by his grandfather.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.~ 1180 d.1239
- b.1199 in Castile, Spain d.30 May 1252 in Castile, Spain
- d.30 Jun 1171
- d.1147
- d.1194
- b.~ 1135 d.1191
- b.1179 d.1221
- b.~ 1100 d.1164
- b.~ 1158
- b.1127 d.1153
- b.~ 1138
- b.1124 d.16 Aug 1176
- b.~ 1196 d.1251
- b.23 May 1053 in Reims, France d.29 Jul 1108 in Melun,Seine-et-Marne,France
- b.1081 in France d.01 Aug 1137 in Chateau de Bethizy, Paris, France
- b.1054 in Vlaardingen, Netherlands d.1094 in Montreuil-Sur-Loire, France
- b.1121 in Fontaineblegu, France d.18 Sep 1180 in Paris, France, Seine
- b.1062 in Maurienne, France d.17 Oct 1103
- b.1092 in Savoie, France d.18 Nov 1154 in France
- b.~ 1070 in Bourgogne, France d.> 1133
- b.~ 1170 in France
- b.1065 d.May 1107
- b.1 MAR 1104/05 in Toledo, Castile d.21 Aug 1157 in La Fresneda, Aragon
- b.1082 in Burgos, Spain d.8 MAR 1125/26 in Saldana, Spain
- b.1140 in Toledo, Castile, Spain d.04 Oct 1160 in Castile, Spain
- b.11 Nov 1080 in Barcelona, Spain d.19 Jun 1131
- b.~ 1115 in Barcelona, Spain d.3 FEB 1148/49
- b.~ 1095 in Gevaudan, Essonne, France
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Ferdinand III \King of Castile & and Joanna were married in a religious ceremony in 1237. They had a son and a daughter, named Alfonso X \King of Castile & and LEONOR.
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Children
Alfonso X \King of Castile & Leon\
Alfonso X \King of Castile & was born in 1226. He died at the age of 58 in 1284.
LEONOR Princess of Castile and Leon
LEONOR was born in 1244 in Burgos, Spain. She died at the age of 46 on November 29th, 1290 in Herdeby, England. She was buried in Westminster, Abbey, England.
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