Saint Ferdinand III, King of Castile and Léon

1201 - 1253  (51 years)

• Name	Ferdinand III
  Nickname	the Saint
  Birth	Jul or Aug 1201	Kingdom of Castile   [3, 5]
  Reign	From 1217 to 1252 (15 years)  [5]
  King of Castile, Toledo, and Extremadura
  Reign	From 1230 to 1252 (28 years)  [5]
  King of Léon, Galicia, and Cordoba
  Death	30 May 1253	Seville, Andalusia, Spain   [1, 3, 5, 7]
  Canonized	1671 (469 years)  [5, 7]
  He was canonized by Pope Clement X.
  Siblings	1 sister
  + 1. Saint Ferdinand III, King of Castile and Léon,   b. Jul or Aug 1201, Kingdom of Castile d. 30 May 1253, Seville, Andalusia, Spain  (Age 51 years) ▻ Ethisa von Hohenstauffen;   Jeanne de Dammartin, Countess of Ponthieu,  m. 1237 > 2. Berenguela of Léon,   b. 1198 to 1199, León, Castile and León, Spain d. 12 Apr 1237  (Age 39 years) ▻ Jean de Brienne, King of Jerusalem and Latin Emperor of Constantinople,  m. 1223
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Berenger   (12 x Great Grandfather)  Dangerose,   b. Abt 1080  (3 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I2933	Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2022

  
  

• Notes

  Birth: Weis (1982) gives his birth as 1191. [7] Birth: Evans (1931) gives his birth as 1199. [1]

  
  

Father	Alfonso IX, King of Léon,   b. 15 Aug 1171, Zamora, Léon, Spain d. 24 Sep 1230, Villanueva de Sigena, Aragon, Spain (Age 59 years)
Relationship	Birth
Mother	Berengaria of Castile,   b. 1171, Kingdom of Castile d. 8 Nov 1244, Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas, Burgos, Castile, Spain (Age 73 years)
Relationship	Birth
Family ID	F2318	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart




Spouse / Partner 1	Ethisa von Hohenstauffen   d. Abt 1234
Marriage	Y  [8]
Children	1. Alphonso X, King of Castile and Léon ,   b. 23 Nov 1221   d. 21 Apr 1284 (Age 62 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
Family ID	F2317	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	17 Aug 2019




Spouse / Partner 2	Jeanne de Dammartin, Countess of Ponthieu,   b. Between 1208 and 1220   d. 16 Mar 1279, Abbeville, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France (Age 71 years)
Marriage	1237	Burgos, Castile and León, Spain   [3, 5]
Age at Marriage	He : ~ 35 years and 4 months - She : ~ 29 years.
Notes	Weis (1982) gives their marriage date as 1227.
Children	4 sons and 1 daughter
1. Ferando de Castilla, Count of Ponthieu,   b. 1239   d. Abt 1265 (Age 26 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   2. Eleanor of Castile, Queen of England,   b. 1240/41, Kingdom of Castile d. 29 Nov 1290, Harby, Nottinghamshire, England (Age 49 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Edward I, King of England   m. 18 Oct 1254     3. Louis,   b. 1243   d. Abt 1275 (Age 32 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Simon,   b. 1244   bur. Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     5. John   d. young  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
Family ID	F2199	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
Last Modified	3 Jun 2022




• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Saint Ferdinand III, King of Castile and Léon(1201 – 1253) 2Alfonso IX, King of Léon(1171 – 1230) 4Fernando II, King of Léon(1137 – 1188) 8Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Léon(1105 – 1157) 16Raymond of Burgundy and Ivrea, Count of Castile(1070 – 1107) 17Urraca, Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia(1079 – 1126) 9Richilde of Poland, Queen of Castile and Léon(1140 – 1166) 18Wladislaw II, King of Poland(1105 – 1159) 19Agnes de Babenberg( – 1157) 5Urraca, Princess of Portugal(Abt 1150 – 1188) 10Alfonso I, King of Portugal(1110 – 1185) 20Henry I of Burgundy, Count of Portugal(1035 – 1112) 21Teresa Alfónsez of Castile and León(Abt 1080 – 1130) 11Matilda of Savoy( – 1157) 22Amadeus III, Count of Savoy and Marquis of Maurienne(1092 – 1148) 23Matilda d'Albon( – 1145) 3Berengaria of Castile(1171 – 1244) 6Alfonso IX, King of Castile(1155 – 1214) 12Sancho III, King of Castile(1134 – 1158) 24Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Léon(1105 – 1157) 25Berengaria of Barcelona(1116 – 1149) 13Blanca of Navarre, Princess of Navarre(Abt 1134 – 1156) 26Garcia IV el Restaurador, King of Navarre(1110 – 1150) 27Margaret de l'Aigle(Abt 1104 – 1141) 7Eleanor of England, Princess of England and Queen of Castile(1162 – 1214) 14Henry II, King of England(5 Mar 1132/33 – 1189) 28Geoffrey V Plantagenet, Count of Anjou, Duke of Normandy(1113 – 1151) 29The Empress Maud(1102 – 1167) 15Eleanor of Aquitaine, Dutchess of Aquitaine(1123 – 1204) 30William X, Duke of Aquitaine(1099 – 1137) 31Éléonore de Châtellerault(1105 – 1130)

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Jul or Aug 1201 - Kingdom of Castile Marriage - 1237 - Burgos, Castile and León, Spain Death - 30 May 1253 - Seville, Andalusia, Spain  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1680] Evans, Charles F. H. "Rodrigo Diaz - The Cid", (London: Genealogist' Magazine, 1931). [S1681] Evans, Charles F. H. "Dammartin", (London: The Genealogist' Magazine, Volume 15, Number 2, June 1965). [S1452] Moriarty, G. Andrews. "The Plantagenet Descent from the Cid" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CXVII, April 1963). [S977] Rixford, Elizabeth Mary Leach. Families Directly Descended from All the Royal Families in Europe (495-1932) and Mayflower Descendants, (Burlington, Vermont: Free Press Printing Co., 1932). [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S1682] Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families, (London: Vintage Books, 1989). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941).