Sancho III, King of Castile

1134 - 1158  (24 years)

• Name	Sancho III
  	He was also known as Sancho II. [2]
  Birth	1134  [1]
  Reign	From 1157 to 1158 (23 years)  [1]
  King of Castile
  Death	31 Aug 1158	Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain   [1, 2, 3]
  Siblings	1 brother and 3 sisters
  + 1. Sancho III, King of Castile,   b. 1134   d. 31 Aug 1158, Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain  (Age 24 years) ▻ Blanca of Navarre, Princess of Navarre,  m. 30 Jan 1151   2. Ramon + 3. Constance of Castile   d. 4 Oct 1160 ▻ Louis VII, King of France,  m. 1153/54 > 4. Urraca Alfansa of Castile,   b. After 1126   d. 12 Oct 1189, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain  (Age 62 years) ▻ Garcia IV el Restaurador, King of Navarre,  m. 24 Jun 1144 + 5. Sancha, Infanta of Castile,   b. Abt 1140   d. 5 Aug 1179  (Age 39 years) ▻ Sancho VI, King of Navarre,  m. 20 Jul 1153
  Half siblings	1 half brother and 1 half sister (family of Alfonso VII and Richilde of Poland )
  + 1. Sancha of Castile, Princess of Castile and Léon,   b. 21 Sep 1154   d. 9 Nov 1208, Villanueva de Sigena, Aragon, Spain  (Age 54 years) ▻ Alfonso II, King of Aragon,  m. 18 Jan 1174/75 + 2. Fernando II, King of Léon,   b. 1137   d. 22 Jan 1188, Benavente, Zamora, Castile, Spain  (Age 51 years) ▻ Urraca, Princess of Portugal,  m. 1164 ;   Teresa Fernandez de Traba,  m. Aug 1179 ;   Urraca Lopez de Haro,  m. May 1187
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Berenger   (10 x Great Grandfather)  Stephanie of Marseilles   d. 11 Sep 1095  (2 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I2974	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Léon,   b. 1 Mar 1105, Castile, Spain d. 21 Aug 1157, La Fresneda, Aragon, Spain (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Berengaria of Barcelona,   b. 1116   d. 15 Jan 1149, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain (Age 33 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2320	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Blanca of Navarre, Princess of Navarre,   b. Abt 1134   d. 12 Aug 1156 (Age 22 years)  [1, 2]
  Marriage Contract	25 Oct 1140  [1]
  Sancho was five when the contract was signed.
  Marriage	30 Jan 1151	Logera or Calaharra, Spain   [1, 2, 3]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 17 years and 1 month - She : ~ 17 years and 1 month.
  Notes	Moriarty (1963) gives their wedding date as 4 February 1151. [3]
  Children	+   1. Alfonso IX, King of Castile,   b. 11 Nov 1155, Soria, Castile and León, Spain d. 5 Oct 1214, Spain (Age 58 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Eleanor of England, Princess of England and Queen of Castile  m. 1170
  Family ID	F2360	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Sancho III, King of Castile(1134 – 1158) 2Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Léon(1105 – 1157) 4Raymond of Burgundy and Ivrea, Count of Castile(1070 – 1107) 8William II, Count of Burgundy and Mâcon(1024 – 1087) 16Renaud I, Count of Mâcon and Burgundy(990 – 1057) 17Judith of Normandy(Abt 1003 – 1037) 9Stephanie of Longwy(1035 – 1088) 18Adalbert III, Count of Longwy and Duke of Upper Lorraine(1000 – 1048) 19Clemence de Foix 5Urraca, Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia(1079 – 1126) 10Alfonso VI of León and Castile, King of Castile, León, and Navarre(1040 – 1109) 20Ferdinand I, King of Castile and León(1018 – 1065) 21Sancha of León(1013 – 1067) 11Constance of Burgundy(1046 – 1093) 22Robert III, Duke of Burgundy, Prince of France(Abt 1011 – 1076) 23Eleanor of Semur-en-Auxois(1016 – 1055) 3Berengaria of Barcelona(1116 – 1149) 6Raymond Berenger III, Marquis of Barcelona and Count of Provence(1080 – 1131) 12Raymond Berenger II, Count of Barcelona(Abt 1055 – 1082) 24Raymond Berenger I, Count of Barcelona(1023 – 1076) 25Almodis de la Marche, Countess of Limoges(1020 – 1071) 13Mathilda of Apulia(Abt 1058 – 1111/12) 26Robert Guiscard d'Hauteville, Duke of Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily(1015 – 1085) 27Sikelgaita(1025 – 1090) 7Douce I de Gévaudan, comtesse de Provence (1095 – 1130) 14Gilbert I, vicomte de Millau et Gévaudan (Abt 1071 – Abt 1110) 28Bérenger II, vicomte de Millau et Gévaudan (1045 – 1080) 29Adele, vicomtesse de Carlat (1045 – Aft 1060) 15Gerberga, comtessa de Provença (Abt 1055 – 1112) 30Geoffrey, Comte de Provence and Arles( – 1063) 31Stephanie of Marseilles( – 1095)

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 30 Jan 1151 - Logera or Calaharra, Spain Death - 31 Aug 1158 - Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, 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

  [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). [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). [S1452] Moriarty, G. Andrews. "The Plantagenet Descent from the Cid" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CXVII, April 1963).