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Sancho II of Castile and León. Sancho II in the Castilian manuscript Compendium of Chronicles of Kings (...) (c. 1312-1325). Currently located at Biblioteca Nacional de España. Sancho II (1036/1038 – 7 October 1072), called the Strong (el Fuerte), was King of Castile (1065–72), Galicia (1071–72) and León (1072).
Sancha was a daughter of Alfonso V of León by his first wife, Elvira Menéndez. [2] She became a secular abbess of the Monastery of San Pelayo. [3] In 1029, a political marriage was arranged between her and count García Sánchez of Castile. [4] However, having traveled to León for the marriage, García was assassinated by a group of ...
Sancho IV of Castile (12 May 1258 – 25 April 1295) called the Brave (el Bravo), was the king of Castile, León and Galicia (now parts of Spain) from 1284 to his death. Following his brother Ferdinand's death, he gained the support of nobles who declared him king instead of Ferdinand's son Alfonso. Faced with revolts throughout his reign ...
Urraca (León, 24 June 1081 – Saldaña, 8 March 1126), called "the reckless" (la temeraria), [2] was Queen of León, Castile and Galicia from 1109 until her death. She claimed the imperial title as suo jure Empress of All Spain[3] and Empress of All Galicia. [4] She is considered to be the first European queen to reign in her own right.
Mécia Lopes de Haro or Mencía López de Haro (c. 1215–c. 1270) was a Castilian noblewoman, the wife successively of count Álvaro Pérez de Castro and of King Sancho II of Portugal. The subsequent annulment of her marriage by Pope Innocent IV has led to disagreement over whether she should be counted among the queens consort of Portugal.
Diego López de Medrano y Hurtado de Mendoza (XIV century – 15th century) was a noble from the House of Medrano in La Rioja during the successive reigns of John I of Castile, Henry III of Castile and John II of Castile. Diego was a royal ambassador, lawyer and Lord of Agoncillo, Velilla and San Martín de Berberana in the Kingdom of Castile ...
At first, the younger Sancho disputed the throne with his elder brother. [4] Upon Ordoño's death in 956, he took the vacant throne, [5] Sancho had the support of part of the nobility, his grandmother and the Count of Castile, Fernán González (Ordoño's brother-in-law). [3] Ordoño defeated the rebels beside the walls of León. [3]
Sancha of Castile (c. 1139 –5 August 1177 or 1179) was daughter of Alfonso VII of León and Castile and his first wife Berengaria of Barcelona. Sancha was the fifth child of seven born to her parents. On 20 July 1153, Sancha married Sancho VI of Navarre. He is responsible for bringing his kingdom into the political orbit of Europe.