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Sculpture of Sancho II inside the Alcazar de Segovia, Spain. | |
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Reign | 1065–1072 |
Predecessor | Ferdinand I |
Successor | Alfonso VI |
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Reign | 1072 |
Coronation | 12 January 1072 (León) |
Predecessor | Alfonso VI |
Successor | Alfonso VI |
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Reign | 1071–1072 |
Predecessor | García II |
Successor | Alfonso VI |
Consort | Alberta |
Dynasty | Jiménez |
Father | Ferdinand I of León and Castile |
Mother | Sancha of León |
Born | c. 1036/1038 Zamora |
Died | 22 January 1072 (aged 33–36) Zamora |
Burial | San Salvador de Oña |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Sancho II (1036/1038 – 7 October 1072), called the Strong, or in Spanish, el Fuerte, was King of Castile (1065–1072) and León (1072).
He was the eldest son of Ferdinand I of Castile and Sancha of León, the eventual heiress to the Leonese crown. He was married to Alberta, a woman, probably foreign, of unknown origin.
He succeeded in Castile while his younger brother Alfonso succeeded in their mother's inheritance of León and Galicia was given to the youngest son García.
In 1068, Sancho defeated his cousins Sancho IV of Navarre and Sancho of Aragón in the War of the Three Sanchos. He reconquered Bureba, Alta Rioja, and Álava, which his father had given to Sancho of Navarre's father, García, in return for aid against Bermudo III of León. In that year, he defeated Alfonso, his brother, at Llantada, but he soon teamed up with him to conquer Galicia. They succeeded (1071) and partitioned it, but Sancho then turned on Alfonso. With the aid of his alférez El Cid, he defeated Alfonso at Golpejera (1072). He then forced him into exile in Toledo and took over León as king.
Some Leonese resistance still persisted, and his sister, Urraca, Lady of Zamora, held that city against his rule. He had surrounded the city and begun a siege, when a Zamoran noble, named Vellido Dolfos, assassinated Sancho on 6 October 1072. Vellido had gained entry to Sancho's camp pretending to be a deserter, and sought a private conference with Sancho to tell him the weakness of the Zamoran defence. Once before Sancho, however, he used the king's own sword to impale him in the back. Fleeing, he was chased back to Zamora by El Cid but escaped into the town through a gateway since called Portillo del Traidor ("gateway of the traitor"). Sancho was succeeded in his kingdoms by the brother he had previously deposed, Alfonso.
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Sancho II of León and Castile
Born: circa 1036/38 Died: 7 October 1072 |
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Preceded by Ferdinand I |
King of Castile 1065–1072 |
Succeeded by Alfonso VI |
Preceded by Alfonso VI |
King of León 1072–1072 |
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Preceded by García II |
King of Galicia and Portugal 1071–1072 (jointly with Alfonso VI) alone 1072 |
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