Ferdinand (The Saint) of Castile and Leon III 
Ferdinand, known as The Saint, was born in 1199.1 The Saint's father was King Alphonso of Leon IX and his mother was Berengaria of Castile. His paternal grandparents were King Ferdinand of Castile II and Urraca of Portugal; his maternal grandparents were King Alphonso (The Noble) of Castile VIII and Eleanor Plantagenet. He had a brother and two sisters, named Alfonso, Urraca and Berengaria. He was the second youngest of the four children. He died at the age of 53 in 1252 in Seville, Spain.2 General Notes
Ferdinand III, the Saint, (1198 - May 30, 1252), king of Castile (1217) and Leon (1230), was son of Alphonso IX and of Berenguela of Castile, daughter of Alfonso VIII.
In 1231 he united Castile and Leon permanently.
Ferdinand spent much of his reign fighting the Moors. He captured the towns of Cordoba in 1236, Jaen in 1246, and Seville in 1248, and occupied Murcia in 1243, thereby completing the reconquest of Spain excepting Granada, whose king nevertheless did homage to Ferdinand.
In 1219, Ferdinand married the daughter of the emperor Philip of Swabia, Beatrice, by whom he had six sons and one daughter. After Beatrice died in 1236, he married Joan of Dammartin (or Ponthieu). His daughter by Joan was Eleanor of Castile, wife of King Edward I of England.
He founded the University of Salamanca and the Cathedral of Burgos.
Ferdinand was canonized by Pope Clement X in 1671.
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.1020 in Bourgogne, France d.11 Nov 1087 in Besancon, Doubs, Franche-Comte, France
- b.1067 in Bourgogne, France d.24 May 1107 in Grajal
- b.1031 in Longwy, Meuthe-et-Mosel, France d.30 Jun 1109
- b.01 Mar 1105 d.21 Aug 1157 in Fresneda
- b.1040 d.30 Jun 1109
- b.1082 d.1126
- d.1092
- b.1137 d.22 Jan 1188 in Benavente
- b.1022 d.26 May 1076
- b.1055 d.1098 in Jerusalem
- b.1000 in Toulouse, France d.16 Nov 1071
- b.1107 d.03 Feb 1148 in Palencia, Spain
- b.1071 d.1112
- b.1095 d.1129
- b.1057 d.1113
- b.15 Aug 1171 in Valladolid, Spain d.24 Sep 1230 in Villaveuva da Sarria
- b.1035 d.1074
- b.1066 d.01 Nov 1112
- b.1035 d.06 Jul 1074
- b.25 Jul 1110 d.06 Dec 1185
- b.1040 d.30 Jun 1109
- b.1070 d.01 Nov 1130
- b.1061 in Denia, Alicante, Spain d.~13 Sep 1107 in Spain
- b.1139 d.16 Oct 1188
- b.1062 in Savoy, France d.23 Sep 1104
- b.1092 in Savoie, France d.01 Apr 1148
- b.1070 in Savoy, France d.1153
- b.1125 d.04 Nov 1157
- b.1050 d.21 Dec 1125
- b.1098 in Albon, Drome, France d.1145
- b.1199 d.1252 in Seville, Spain
- b.1067 in Bourgogne, France d.24 May 1107 in Grajal
- b.01 Mar 1105 d.21 Aug 1157 in Fresneda
- b.1082 d.1126
- b.1134 d.31 Aug 1158 in Toledo, Spain
- b.1055 d.1098 in Jerusalem
- b.1107 d.03 Feb 1148 in Palencia, Spain
- b.1095 d.1129
- b.11 Nov 1155 in Castile, Spain d.06 Oct 1214 in Gutierre Munoz, Avila, Castile
- b.1070 d.1115
- b.1110 d.21 Nov 1150 in Lorca de Navarra
- b.1077
- b.1133 d.31 Aug 1158 in Toledo, Spain
- b.1061 in Aigle, Orne, Normandy, France d.1118
- b.1104 d.25 May 1141
- b.1080 in Perche, Orne, Normandy, France d.1109
- b.1180 d.08 Nov 1246 in Las Huelgas
- b.1093 in Anjou, France d.10 Nov 1143 in Jerusalem
- b.24 Aug 1113 in Château d'Angers, Maine-et-Loire, Anjou, France d.07 Sep 1151 in Chateau du Loir, France
- b.1096 in Maine, France d.1126 in Maine, France
- b.25 Mar 1133 in Le Mans, Anjou, Sarthe, France d.06 Jul 1189 in Chinon near Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
- b.21 Feb 1069 in Selby, Yorkshire, England d.01 Dec 1135 in St. Denis, Seine-St. Dennis, France
- b.07 Feb 1102 in Winchester, England d.10 Sep 1169 in Notre Dame, Rouen, Seine-Martime, France
- b.1079 in Dumferline, Scotland d.01 May 1118 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
- b.13 Oct 1162 in Falaise, Calvados, France d.25 Oct 1214 in Las Huelgas, Burgos, Spain
- b.22 Oct 1071 in Aquitaine, France d.10 Feb 1126 in France
- b.1099 in Toulouse, Languedoc, Haute-Garonne, France d.09 Apr 1137 in Saint Jacques-de-Comopostelle, Spain
- b.1073 in France d.28 Nov 1118 in Fontevrault Abbe, Fontevrault, Maine-et-Loire, France
- b.21 Nov 1122 in Chateau de Berlin, Gironde, France d.31 Mar 1204 in Fontevrault, Anjou, France
- b.1075 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.07 Nov 1151 in L'lle-Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France
- b.1103 in Chatellerault, Vienne, France d.Mar 1130
- b.1079 in Isle Bouchard, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, France d.1119
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Details of The Saint's family with Beatrice von Hohenstaufen
Details of The Saint's family with Joanna de Dammartin
1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I6615
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I4242&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I6615, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I4242&style=TABLE
2 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I4242&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I6615, http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I4242&style=TABLE
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