Sancha OF LEÓN
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Sancha OF LEÓN's parents: Alfonso V OF LEÓN (994-1027) and Elvira MENDES ( - )
Sancha OF LEÓN's sister: Ximina (Jimina) OF LEÓN ( - )

Sancha OF LEÓN (1013-1067)

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      Sancha of León, Queen Consort of León     Ferdinand (left) and his wife Sancha, from an illumination in a contemporary manuscript.    
 
Name: Sancha OF LEÓN 1
Sex: Female
Father: Alfonso V OF LEÓN (994-1027)
Mother: Elvira MENDES ( - )

Individual Events and Attributes

Birth 1013
Title frm 1032 to 1065 (age 18-52) Countess Consort of Castile
Child Count 5
Death 27 Nov 1067 (age 53-54)
Occupation frm 1156 to 1165 (age 142-152) Empress of All Spain
Religion Roman Catholic

Marriage

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      Ferdinand I, Emperor of All Spain     Ferdinand (left) and his wife Sancha, from an illumination in a contemporary manuscript.     Alfonso VI. A 12th century painting at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.     Alfonso VI. A 12th century painting at the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.
 
Spouse Fernando I THE GREAT (1015?-1065)
Children Alfonso VI OF LEÓN (1039-1109)

Individual Note

Sancha of León (1013 – 27 November 1067) was a daughter of Alfonso V of León by Elvira Mendes and Queen consort of León and Castile. In 1029, a political marriage was arranged between her and count García Sánchez of Castile. However, having traveled to León for the marriage, García was assassinated by a group of disgruntled vassals. In 1032, Sancha was married to García's nephew and successor, Ferdinand, Count of Castile in 1032. At the Battle of Tamarón in 1037 Ferdinand defeated and killed Sancha's brother Bermudo III of León, making Sancha the heir and allowing Ferdinand to have himself crowned King of León and Castile, Sancha thereby became Queen consort. Following Ferdinand's 1065 death and the division of her husband's kingdom, she is said to have played the futile role of peacemaker among her sons. She was a devout Catholic, who, with her husband, commissioned the crucifix that bears their name as a gift for the basilica of San Isidoro.

 

Children:

She had five children:

 

Urraca of Zamora. Ruler of the city Zamora.

Sancho II of Castile (1040s - 1067). First son.

Elvira of Toro. Ruler of the city Toro.

Alfonso VI of León (1040s - 1 July 1109). Second son.

García II of Galicia and Portugal (1040s - 1090s). Third son.

 

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Sources

1Weis, Frederick Lewis & Sheppard, Walter Lee, Jr, "Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700: Lineages from Alfred the Great, Charlemagne, Malcolm of Scotland, Robert the Strong, and other Historical Individuals". p 113, 113-23.
2"Wikipedia". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancha_of_Le%C3%B3n.