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Born in Toledo, Castile, Ferdinand was the third but second surviving son of King Alfonso VII of León and Castile [1] and Berenguela of Barcelona. [2] His paternal grandparents were Count Raymond of Burgundy and Queen Urraca of León and his maternal grandparents were Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence.
The cities of Salamanca and Ávila protested to Ferdinand II and even revolted, but the rebellion was suppressed by the king in 1162. [ 7 ] [ 9 ] A new war between Portugal and León raged from 1162 to 1165 [ 10 ] and in 1167 hostilities between the two kingdoms reignited again.
In exchange for peace, Ferdinand II committed to marrying Urraca of Portugal, daughter of Afonso I, [23] despite the canonical impediment that made the marriage prohibited by the Catholic Church, as they had the same great-grandfather. [15] From this marriage the future king Afonso IX of León was born. [15] [24]
Ferdinand I the Great King of León 1015-1065 r.1037–1065: Sancha of León?–1067: Sancho Garcés Lord of Uncastillo ≈1038–1083: Alfonso: Alberta: Sancho II the Strong King of León ≈1037-1072 r.1072: Urraca of Zamora 1033/4–1101: Elvira of Toro 1038/9–1101: García II King of Galicia ≈1042-1090 r.1065–1071: Sancho V Ramírez ...
Ferdinand II is the name of: Ferdinand II of León (1132–1188), king from 1157; Fernando II, Duke of Braganza (1430–1483), also known as Ferdinand II (1430–e.1483) Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452–1516), the Catholic, king of Aragon from 1479, of Sicily from 1468; Ferdinand V of Castile 1474–1504 and Ferdinand III of Naples 1504–1516
On his death in 1156, Alfonso VII divided his domains under pressure from the Castilian and Galician nobles, [94] bequeathing León and Galicia to his second son, Ferdinand II. Ferdinand, who had been using the title of King of Galicia at least since 1152, [95] had been as a child ward of the influential Count Fernando Peres de Trava, heir and ...
Ferdinand of León may refer to: Ferdinand I of León and Castile (died 1056), king; Ferdinand II of León (died 1188), king; Ferdinand of León (died 1214), infante;
King Ferdinand may refer to: Ferdinand I of Aragon (1380–1416) Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452–1516), also Ferdinand V of Castile and León, Ferdinand "the Catholic", King of Aragon, Sicily ((Trinacria) and in Naples as Ferdinand III), and Navarre, first king of a unified Kingdom of Spain