Sancha de Castilla

Events

Date of Birth: 21 November 1154.

The date is given by Morales Muñiz .

Date of Death: probably 9 November 1208.

According to Barrios Martínez, it is believed that this is the date of her death since it is traditionally commemorated as such at the Royal Monastery of Santa María de Sigena.

Relationships

Father: Alfonso VII, king of Castile, Leon, and Galicia; “Emperor of All Spain”.

This relationship is given by Morales Muñiz, by Salazar y Acha (p. 153), and by Barrios Martínez.

Mother: Ryksa śląska (Richeza of Silesia).

This relationship is given by Morales Muñiz, by Salazar y Acha (p. 153), and by Barrios Martínez.

Spouse: Alfonso II “el Casto”, king of Aragon.

This relationship is given by Morales Muñiz, by Salazar y Acha (p. 153), and by Barrios Martínez

Children:

(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 Barrios Martínez.)

Pedro (about 1175 - 14 September 1213), later Pedro II “el Católico”, king of Aragon, married Marie de Montpellier 15 June 1204 in Montpellier.

Constanza (about 1179 - 23 June 1222) married (1), in 1198, Imre, king of Hungary; married (2), in February 1210, Friedrich, king of Sicily, (later Friedrich II, king of Germany, and Holy Roman Emperor).

Alfonso Berenguer (about 1180 - February 1209), later Alphonse II, count of Provence, married, on 18 January 1174 in Zaragoza, Sancha de Castilla.

Leonor (about 1182 - February 1226) married, in January 1203, Raymond VI, count of Toulouse.

Sancha (about 1186 - shortly after 1241) married, about 1211, Raymond (later Raymond VII, count of Toulouse). They were divorced in 1241.

Fernando (about 1190 - 1249). Abbot of Montearagón.

Dulce (born about 1192).

References

Barrios Martínez, María Dolores. Sancha, primera reina de la Corona Aragón. (Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses, 2017).

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

Morales Muñiz, Dolores Carmen. "Sancha de Castilla," 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

Sancha de Castilla (Diccionario Biográfico electrónico; Real Academia de la Historia)

Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon (Wikipedia)