Fernando III “el Santo”, king of Castile

King of Castile.

King of León.

King of Galicia.

Events

Date of Birth: the beginning of the summer of 1201, perhaps on 24 June.

Place of Birth: near the monastery of Valparaíso.

The date and place are given by González Jiménez (p. 34).

Date of Death: 30 May 1252.

Place of Death: Seville.

The date and place are given by González Jiménez (p. 262).

Place of Burial: Seville, cathedral of Santa María.

The place is given by González Jiménez (p. 263).

Relationships

Father: Alfonso IX, king of León.

This relationship is given by Martínez Díez, by González Jiménez (p. 34), by Salvador Martínez, by Barton (p. 13), and by Vones.

Mother: Berenguela de Castilla.

This relationship is given by Martínez Díez, by González Jiménez (p. 34), by Salvador Martínez, and by Vones.

Spouse: Elisabeth von Staufen. Married 30 November 1219 in Burgos.

This relationship is given by Vones, and by González Jiménez (p. 64) and Martínez Díez, who call her Beatriz de Suabia.

Spouse: Jeanne de Dammartin. Married 20 November 1237 in Burgos.

This relationship is given by Martínez Díez, by González Jiménez (p. 176), and by Vones.

Children (by Elisabeth):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Martínez Díez (1993).)

Alfonso X “el Sabio” (23 November 1221 - 4 April 1284), king of Castile, León, and Galicia, king of Germany, king of the Romans, married Violante de Aragón.

Fadrique (1223 - 1277) married Beatrice Malaspina.

Fernando (1225 - 1248).

Leonor (1226 - died young).

Berenguela (1228 - 1279), nun.

Enrique “el Senador” (1230 - 8 August 1303) married Juana Núñez de Lara.

Felipe (about 1231 - 28 November 1274) married (1) Christina of Norway; married (2) Inés Rodríguez Girón; married (3) Leonor Rodrígruez de Castro.

Sancho (1233 - 27 October 1261), archbishop of Toledo.

Manuel (1234 - 25 December 1283) married (1) Constanza de Aragón; married (2) Constance de Béarn.

María (1235 - 1235).

Children (by Jeanne):

Fernando (1238 - before 1264) married Laure de Montfort.

Leonor (1240 - 29 November 1290) married Edward I “Longshanks”, king of England.

Luis (before 1243 - before 20 April 1279) married Juana Gómez de Manzanedo.

Simón (1244 - died young).

Juan (1246 - 1246).

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).

González Jiménez, Manuel. Fernando III el Santo (Sevilla: Fundación José Manuel Lara, 2006).

Martínez Díez, Gonzalo. Fernando III 1217-1252. (1993).

Martínez Díez, Gonzalo. "Fernando III" in Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (Real Academia de la Historia).

Salvador Martínez, H. Berenguela la Grande y su época 1180-1246 (Madrid: Ediciones Polifemo, 2012).

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

Vones, I. "Fernando III.'el Santo'" in Lexikon des Mittelalters. Band 4 (Stuttgart: 1989).