Fernando II, king of León

King of León

King of Galicia

King of Segovia

Events

Date of Birth: 1137.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Neubecker, by Salazar y Acha (p. 253), and by Recuero Astray.

Date of Death: 22 January 1188.

Place of Death: Benavente.

The date and place are given by Neubecker, by Salazar y Acha (p. 253), and by Recuero Astray

Relationships

Father: Alfonso VII “el Emperador”, king of Castile and León.

This relationship is given by Recuero Astray, by Barton (p. 18), by Salazar y Acha (p. 253), and by Neubecker.

Mother: Berenguela de Barcelona.

This relationship is given by Recuero Astray, by Salazar y Acha (p. 253), and by Neubecker.

Spouse: Urraca de Portugal. Married May or June 1165.

This relationship is given by Recuero Astray, by Salazar y Acha (p. 253), and by Neubecker.

Spouse: Teresa Fernández de Traba. Married 1178.

This relationship is given by Recuero Astray, by Salazar y Acha (p. 253), and by Neubecker.

Spouse: Urraca López de Haro. Married May 1187.

This relationship is given by Recuero Astray, by Salazar y Acha (p. 253), and by Neubecker.

Children (by Urraca de Portugal):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Alfonso IX (15 August 1171 - 24 September 1230), king of León and Castile, married (1) Teresa de Portugal; married (2) Berenguela de Castilla.

Children (by Teresa):

Fernando (1178 - 1187).

a child (born and died 6 February 1180).

Children (by Urraca López de Haro):

García (1182 - 1184).

Alfonso (1184 - before 22 June 1188).

Sancho (1186 - 22 August 1220).

References

Barton, Simon. The Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century León and Castile, (Cambridge University Press, 1997).

Cokayne, G.E., and G.W. Watson. The Seize Quartiers of the Kings and Queens of England. (1896).

Neubecker, O. "Fernando II. 'el Baboso'" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 4 (Stuttgart: 1989).

Recuero Astray, Manuel. "Fernando II" in Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (Real Academia de la Historia).

Salazar y Acha, Jaime de. Las dinastías reales de España en la Edad Media. (Real Academia de la Historia, 2021).

Online Biographies

Fernando II de León (Diccionario Biográfico electrónico; Real Academia de la Historia)

Ferdinand II of León (Wikipedia)