Fernando III, King of Castile and Leon b. 5 Aug 1201 Castile, Spain d. 30 May 1252 Seville, Spain

1201 - 1252 (50 years)

Name	Fernando III
Suffix	King of Castile and Leon
Birth	5 Aug 1201	Castile, Spain [1, 2]
Gender	Male
Baptism	19 Aug 1201 [1]
Religion	Roman Catholic [2]
Death	30 May 1252	Seville, Spain [1, 2]
Burial	Seville Cathedral, Seville, Spain [1]
	Images & History ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seville_Cathedral
Person ID	I43966	The Hennessee Family
Last Modified	8 Dec 2016

Father	Alfonso IX, King of Leon and Galacia, b. 15 Aug 1171, Zamora, Spain d. 24 Sep 1230, Villanueva de Sarria, Spain (Age 59 years)
Mother	Berengaria of Castile, Queen of Castile, b. 1179-1180, Burgos, Spain d. 8 Nov 1246, Las Huelgas, Spain (Age 66 years)
Marriage	Y [3]
Family ID	F17161	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Jeanne de Dammartin, Countess of Ponthieu, b. 0___ 1220, Dammartin-en-Goele, Seine-et-Marne, France d. 16 Mar 1279, Abbeville, Somme, France (Age ~ 59 years)

Marriage 0___ 1237 [1, 4, 5]

Children

1. Eleanor de Castile, Queen of England, b. 0___ 1241, Burgos, Segovia, Castile, Spain

d. 28 Nov 1290, Hardby, Nottinghamshire, England

(Age ~ 49 years)

Family ID F16003 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 30 Apr 2023

Event Map

Birth - 5 Aug 1201 - Castile, Spain

Death - 30 May 1252 - Seville, Spain

Burial - - Seville Cathedral, Seville, Spain

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Photos

Ferdinand III (1199 or 1201 - 30 May 1252) was King of Castile from 1217 and King of León from 1230 as well as King of Galicia from 1231.
Ferdinand III in a 13th-century miniature.

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 Sevilla, where he is buried.

Notes

Ferdinand III, also called Saint Ferdinand, Spanish San Fernando (born 1201?- died May 30, 1252, Sevilla; canonized February 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 Câordoba (1236), Jaâen (1246), and Sevilla (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. At birth, 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 Sevilla, where he is buried. [2]

Sources

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[S10034] "John of Brienne" biography, accessed & downloaded Monday, November 25th, 2016 by David A. Hennessee, https://en.wikiped.
[S8993] "Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290)" biography,http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_of_Castile, updated February 1, 2016 by.
[S8994] "Joan of Dammartin (French: Jeanne de Dammartin; c. 1220[1] - 16 March 1279)" biography, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.