Sancho III of Castile

Sancho III
King of Castile and Toledo
Reign	21 August 1157–31 August 1158 (&100000000000000010000001 year, &1000000000000001000000010 days)
Predecessor	Alfonso VII
Successor	Alfonso VIII
Consort	Blanche of Navarre
Issue
Alfonso VIII of Castile Infante Garcia
House	House of Burgundy
Father	Alfonso VII of León and Castile
Mother	Berenguela of Barcelona
Born	c. 1134 Toledo
Died	31 August 1158 (aged 23–24) Toledo
Burial	Cathedral of Toledo
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Sancho III (1134 – 31 August 1158) was King of Castile and Toledo for one year, from 1157 to 1158. During the Reconquista, in which he took an active part, he founded the Order of Calatrava.^[1] He was called el Deseado (the Desired) due to his position as the first child of his parents, born after eight years of childless marriage.

Contents 1 Life 2 Ancestry 3 Notes 4 References 5 Further reading

Life

He was the eldest son of King Alfonso VII of León and Castile and Berengaria of Barcelona.^[2] During his father's reign, he appears as "king of Nájera" as early as 1149. His father's will partitioned the kingdom between his two sons: Sancho inherited the kingdoms of Castile and Toledo, and Ferdinand inherited León. The two brothers had just signed a treaty when Sancho suddenly died in the summer of 1158, being buried at Toledo.^[3]

He had married in 1151 to Blanche of Navarre, daughter of García Ramírez of Navarre, having two sons;

• Alfonso VIII of Castile, his successor
• infante García, who died at birth in 1156, apparently also resulting in the death of Queen Blanche.

There may also have been an older son who died in infancy.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Sancho III of Castile

16. Reginald I, Count of Burgundy               8. William I, Count of Burgundy                       17. Alice of Normandy               4. Raymond of Burgundy                             9. Stephanie                       2. Alfonso VII of León and Castile                                   20. Ferdinand I of León and Castile               10. Alfonso VI of León and Castile                       21. Sancha of León               5. Urraca of León and Castile                             22. Robert I, Duke of Burgundy               11. Constance of Burgundy                       23. Hélie of Sémur               1. Sancho III of Castile                                         24. Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona               12. Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona                       25. Almodis de La Marche               6. Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona                             26. Robert Guiscard, Duke of Apulia               13. Maud of Apulia                       27. Sikelgaita of Salerno               3. Berengaria of Barcelona                                   28. Berenguer II, Viscount of Rodés               14. Gilbert I, Count of Gévaudan                       29. Adela, Viscountess of Carlat               7. Douce I, Countess of Provence                             30. Geoffrey I, Count of Provence               15. Gerberga, Countess of Provence                       31. Stephanie-Douce de Marseille

Notes

References

• Busk, M. M., The history of Spain and Portugal from B.C. 1000 to A.D. 1814, Baldwin and Cradock, 1833.
• Conant, Kenneth John, Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture, 800 to 1200, Yale University Press, 1959.
• O'Callaghan, Joseph F., A History of Medieval Spain, Cornell University Press, 1975.

Further reading

• Szabolcs de Vajay, "From Alfonso VIII to Alfonso X" in Studies in Genealogy and Family History in Tribute to Charles Evans on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday, 1989, pp. 366–417.

Sancho III of Castile House of Burgundy Born: circa 1134 Died: 31 August 1158
Regnal titles
Preceded by Alfonso VII	King of Castile and Toledo 1157–1158	Succeeded by Alfonso VIII

Monarchs of Castile House of Jiménez Ferdinand I  · Sancho II  · Alfonso VI  · Urraca House of Burgundy Alfonso VII  · Sancho III  · Alfonso VIII  · Henry I  · Berengaria  · Ferdinand III  · Alfonso X  · Sancho IV  · Ferdinand IV  · Alfonso XI  · Peter House of Trastámara Henry II  · John I  · Henry III  · John II  · Henry IV  · Isabella I & Ferdinand V  · Joanna & Philip I

Persondata
Name	Sancho 03 Of Castile
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	1134
Place of birth	Toledo
Date of death	31 August 1158
Place of death	Toledo