Sancho III “el Deseado”, king of Castile

King of Castile and Toledo

Events

Date of Birth: 1133.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Martínez Diez (p. 16) and by Recuero Astray. Salazar y Acha (p. 249) 1134.

Date of Death: 31 July 1158.

Place of Death: Toledo.

The date and place are given by Recuero Astray. The date is given by Martínez Diez (p. 16). Salazar y Acha (p. 249) 31 August.

Relationships

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

This relationship is given by Recuero Astray, by Vones-Liebenstein, by Salazar y Acha (p. 249), and by Barton (p. 13).

Mother: Berenguela de Barcelona.

This relationship is given by Recuero Astray, by Salazar y Acha (p. 249), and by Vones-Liebenstein.

Spouse: Blanca de Navarra. Married 4 February 1151 in Carrión de los Condes.

This relationship is given by Recuero Astray, by Vones-Liebenstein, by Salazar y Acha (p. 249), and by Martínez Diez (p. 16).

Children:

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

Alfonso VIII “el Noble” (11 November 1155 - 6 October 1214), king of Castile, married Eleanor of England.

García (born and died 24 June 1156).

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).

Martínez Diez, Gonzalo. Alfonso VIII, Rey de Castilla y Toledo (Burgos: Editorial la Olmeda, S.L., 1995).

Recuero Astray, José Manuel. “Sancho III” 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).

Vones-Liebenstein, Ursula. Kastilien-Leon genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

Online Biographies

Sancho III (Diccionario Biográfico electrónico; Real Academia de la Historia)