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	Castile and Aragon
		Old Castile is in outline an irregular triangle, the western frontier bordering on the ancient Kingdom of Leon, the south-eastern boundary being the Sierras de Gredos, Guadarrama, and the Moncayo (Mons Caunus), and the north-eastern, the river Ebro.
		Castile, with the title of king, was given to Ferdinand, who had married Sancha, the sister of Bermudo, who was to have married García Sánchez, the last independent count.
		Sancho, who inherited the Kingdom of Castile, began encroaching upon the rights of his brothers, but was assassinated at the siege of Zamora, which he was trying to take from his sister Urraca, and was succeeded by Alfonso VI.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/a/aragon,castile_and.html (2847 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Sancho (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sancho IV (Sancho the Brave), 1257?-1295, Spanish king of Castile and León (1284-95), son and successor of Alfonso X.
		Sancho I (Sancho Ramírez), 1045?-1094, king of Aragón (1063-94) and, as Sancho V, king of Navarre (1076-94); son and successor of Ramiro I.
		Sancho II d.1072, Spanish king of Castile (1065-72), son and successor of Ferdinand I. He conquered (1072) León from his brother Alfonso VI, but his sister Urraca rebelled against him at Zamora, and Sancho was assassinated while besieging the city.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Sancho (764 words)

	Ancestors of Li Ann Harper Lee - pafg296 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
		Isabel Princess Of CASTILE AND LEON [and Leon] [Parents] was born in 1283 in, Toro, Zamora, Spain.
		Jean III Duke BRITTANY.Jean married Isabel Princess Of CASTILE AND LEON [and Leon] on 21 Jun 1310 in Disp:.
		Dionisio of Portugal and the ALGARVE was born on 9 Oct 1261 in, Lisboa, Lisboa, PORTUGAL.
	www.magiclink.com /web/snowdove/liann/pafg296.htm (585 words)

	Ferdinand of Castile and Leon - Eustache de Champagne
		Princess Sanchia Alfonsez of Castile was born on 21 Sep 1154 in Castile, Spain.
		King Alfonso VII the Emperor of Castile and Leon and Princess Rixa (Richenza Ryksa) of Poland.
		King Sancho III Alfonsez of Castile was born in 1135 in Castile, Spain.
	www.geocities.com /jerry_l.geo/d79.htm (1040 words)

	New Catholic Dictionary: Castile
		Sancho the Great of Navarre took possession of Castile on the death of Sancho Garcia's son, and his son Ferdinand I united Leon and Castile which were later separated and reunited under Alfonso VI whose daughter Urraca became first queen.
		Alfonso VIII (1158-1214) definitely freed New Castile from the Moslem yoke in the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212), commemorated annually by the Church in Spain on 16 July as "El Triumfo de la Santa Cruz" (The Triumph of the Holy Cross).
		Castile and Leon were united decisively under Saint Ferdinand III (1219-1252) who regained from the Moors all but the kingdom of Granada.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/ncd01714.htm (319 words)

	Castile. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The soil of Castile, ravaged by centuries of erosion, is poor, and rainfall is sparse.
		Old Castile at first was a county of the kingdom of León, with Burgos its capital.
		In 1479, after Isabella I had defeated the dynastic claims of Juana la Beltraneja, a personal union of Castile and Aragón was established under Isabella and her husband, Ferdinand II of Aragón.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ca/Castile.html (446 words)

	History of Castile and Leon - IBWiki
		Sancho III of Navarre - a man of considerable military skill - placed his son Fernando on the throne of the County of Castilla in 1028, propelling Christian Spain yet further into the south.
		Sancho's death in 1072 meant that Alfonso VI had the superior claim, and he returned to power, once again in command of all of Fernando I's domains.
		In Western Sahara and European Castile, the monarchist movement did not prospered and a new Republican constitution was proclaimed as the Republic of Castile.
	ib.frath.net /w/History_of_Castile_and_Leon (6069 words)

	Sancho IV of Castile biography .ms (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sancho IV "the Brave" (1257/58 - April 25, 1295) was a king of Castile and León (1284 - 1295).
		His elder brother, Ferdinand de la Cerda, died in November 1275, and in 1282 Sancho assembled a coalition of nobles to declare for him against Ferdinand's son Alfonso, then took control of the kingdom when Alfonso X died in 1284.
		In 1291, Sancho led an expedition that captured the port of Tarifa from the Moors.
	www.biography.ms.cob-web.org:8888 /Sancho_IV_of_Castile.html (106 words)

	BATTLES OF CASTILE & LEON
		Battle between Basques, commanded by Lope Fortún, first lord of Biscay and Sancho de Estigiz, lord of Durango, and the Leoneses, commanded by the prince Ordoño, son of the king Alfonso "el Magno" of Leon and future king Ordoño II.
		The, now, king of Castile, Sancho, is defeated by Navarrese & Aragonese; a Muslim army from his ally, Al-Muktadir, avoids the invasion of Castile.
		The heir of the throne (Sancho) dies at the battle, and the almoravids conquest the cities of Consuegra, Cuenca, Ocaña and Hueste.
	es.geocities.com /endovelico2001/med/battle.html (2806 words)

	castile old kingdom
		The Autonomous Community of Castile and Leon is one of the 17 autonomous regions which, under the present Constitution, made up the Kingdom of Spain.
		It lies on the so-called "Meseta Norte", or Northen Plateau, of the Iberian Peninsula, limited to the north by the Cantabrian Highlands, by the Iberian Mountains on the east, the Central Chain in the South and the border with Portugal in the west.
		In the time of Sancho IV the celebrated defence of Tarifa took place, giving to Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, to whom it was entrusted, the title of "The Good" (el Bueno).
	www.duerowines.com /castilla.htm (2886 words)

	Sancho IV of Castile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sancho IV the Brave (1257 or 1258 – 25 April 1295, Toledo) was the king of Castile and León from 1284 to his death.
		Sancho was recognised and supported by the majority of the nobility and the cities, but a sizable minority opposed him throughout his reign and worked for the heirs of Ferdinand de la Cerda.
		Sancho was also the friend and tutor of Juan Manuel, Lord of Villena.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sancho_IV_of_Castile (472 words)

	Leonora of Aquitaine
		Princess Eleanor of England (October 13, 1162 - October 31, 1214), was also known as Leonora of Aquitaine and Leonora, Queen of Castile.
		She was the sixth child and second daughter of King Henry II of England and his wife Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine.
		When she was eight years old, in 1170, she was married to King Alfonso VIII of Castile.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/el/Eleanor.html (71 words)

	A BRIEF HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL SPAIN
		And from the death of Sancho VI., in 1234, to the death of Charles the Bad, in 1387, one hundred and fifty years, the history of Navarre is that of France.
		Sancho meanwhile had turned his arms against his brother Garcia, whom he dispossessed of his territories; against his sister Elvira, who met with a similar fate, and, lastly, against his sister Urraca, who withstood him boldly in her city of Zamora.
		Garcia of Castile was slain by the sword of the Velas.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/MedSpan.html (5965 words)

	Schulers Books (The Lay of the Cid - 1/24)
		This is the epic Cid who in the last quarter of the eleventh century was banished by Alphonso VI of Castile, fought his way to the Mediterranean, stormed Valencia, married his two daughters to the Heirs of Carrión and defended his fair name in parliament and in battle.
		Alphonso, the despoiled lord of León, succeeded to the throne of Castile.
		Mudafar of Granada, eager to throw off the yoke of Castile, marched against the Campeador and the loyal Motamid of Seville, and was routed at the battle of Cabra.
	www.schulers.com /books/rs/l/The_Lay_of_the_Cid (1505 words)

	Alfonso VIII of Castile Biography
		Alfonso VIII (November 11, 1155 - October 5, 1214), king of Castile only, and grandson of Alfonso VII, is a great name in Spanish history, for he led the coalition of Christian princes and foreign crusaders who broke the power of the Almohades at the battle of the Navas de Tolosa in 1212.
		Urraca, princess of Castile (1186-1220), married to Alfonso II of Portugal
		Blanche, a.k.a Blanche of Castile, princess of Castile (1188-1252), married to Louis VIII of France
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Alfonso_VIII_of_Castile.html (385 words)

	Some Thoughts On The Song Of The Cid\| Lectures in Medieval History
		León and Castile were again united, but under a man who valued the fighting men of Castile more than the wealthy nobles of León, who were always conspiring to reduce his power.
		Sancho (1065-1072), his eldest son, received the kingdom of Castile; Alfonso (1065-1109), his second son, became king of León, and his youngest son, García (1065-1072), was given the kingdom of Galicia.
		Sancho of Castile, aided by his young standard-bearer, Rodrigo Díaz of the Castilian village of Bivar, immediately began to reunite the realms.
	www.vlib.us /medieval/lectures/cid-info.html (2712 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Castile and Aragon
		Columbus made his voyages of discovery as the agent of the "Catholic Kings" (los Reyes Católicos) of this united kingdom, which in the course of history became the Kingdom of Spain — or, more precisely, of the Spains.
		It is asserted by some (Fernández Guerra, Cantabria) that Old Castile was called Vellegia and afterwards Vétula, that it was called Vieja, or Antiqua, to distinguish it from Castilla la Nueva — the New Castile formed from the lands which since the eleventh century had been reconquered beyond the mountain chain of the Carpetano-Vetónica.
		(Paris, 1894-99), 194 for bibliography of Aragon, and 604-5 for that of Castile.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03410b.htm (3006 words)

	Romances del Cid
		Castile was a sparsely populated borderland between the Duero and Ebro rivers, constantly threatened because of its proximity to the Islamic kingdoms to the south.
		A fratricidal struggle would ensue: Sancho defeated García and forced Alfonso into exile, but was killed trying to take the city of Zamora away from his sister Urraca.
		This area was the heart of old Castile, just south of the Ebro and at the time of Rodrigo's birth perhaps only a hard day's ride north of the contested borderlands.
	uwp.edu /~mcnair/romancesdelcid/index.html (1738 words)

	COUNTS & KINGS OF CASTILE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He united deffinitively the kingdoms of Castile and León, conquered the lands of Lower Andalusia (cities of Jaen, Cordoba and Seville), submitted the kingdom of Murcia to his son Alfonso, and the kingdom of Granada became his vassal.
		Enrique had backed his daughter Juana "la Beltraneja", but the nobility did not believe her paternity (the nickname of Enrique means "the Impotent" and the origin of the nickname of Juana is because the nobility believed she was daughter of Beltrán de la Cueva, favourit of the king).
		Queen of Castile, León, Aragon, Sicily, Toledo, Valencia, Galicia, Majorca, Seville, Sardinia, Cordoba, Corsica, Murcia, Jaén, the Algarves, Algeciras, and Gibraltar; countess of Barcelona; lady of Biscay and Molina; duchess of Athens and Neopatras; countess of Roussillon and Cerdagne; marchioness of Oristano and Gociano.
	perso.wanadoo.es /ibg3/med/chron.html (2073 words)

	Sancho III, king of Navarre. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		After conquering (c.1015–25) the territories of Sobrarbe and Ribagorza from the Moors, he took possession of Castile, Vizcaya, and Álava (1028) as his wife’s inheritance from her deceased brother, the count of Castile, for whom he had been protector since 1017.
		Sancho the Great also claimed overlordship of Barcelona, forcing Berengar Raymond I to become his vassal.
		Navarre passed to García; Castile and Aragón, made into kingdoms, went respectively to Ferdinand I and Ramiro I; Sobrarbe and Ribagorza, joined as a separate kingdom, were given to Gonzalo.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sa/Sancho3-Nav.html (228 words)

	The Periphery of Francia: Spain, Britain, Eastern Europe, & Scandinavia
		Also, the text refers to the daughter of Sancho García of Castile who marries Sancho III of Navarre as "Mayor" [p.687], even though the diagram calls her "Elvira" and "Mayor" is elsewhere given in the text as the heiress of Ribagorza [p.690].
		It is tempting to see Sancho III of Navarre as Sancho I of Castile (as he is Sancho I of Aragón), since he bestowed Castile as a kingdom on his son, Sancho II.
		Sancho I of León (955-958) thus might be considered Sancho I of Castile instead, especially given the co-numbering of the Kings of León and Castile.
	www.friesian.com /perifran.htm (11539 words)

	Sancho II - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		SANCHO II [Sancho II] d.1072, Spanish king of Castile (1065-72), son and successor of Ferdinand I. He conquered (1072) León from his brother Alfonso VI, but his sister Urraca rebelled against him at Zamora, and Sancho was assassinated while besieging the city.
		Phyllis Sancho: Liberia native used food to unite.
		John Madin argues that it is a portrait of the great anti-slavery writer Ignatius Sancho, by Allan Ramsay.(Critical essay)
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-sancho2-cast.html (295 words)

	The Reconquest.
		However, on his death, he leaves Navarre to his son Garcia III, Castile to Fernando I, and Aragon, Sobrarbe and Ribagorza to Ramiro I. 1035 to 1063: Fernando I conquers Coimbra and obliges the Muslims of Toledo, Seville and Badajoz to pay him tribute.
		Alfonso VIII of Castile, helped by Sancho VIII of Navarre, Pedro II of Aragon and some troops from Portugal and Leon, is victorious in the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa.
		1469: Isabel I of Castile and Fernando II of Aragon are married, thus cunsummating the unity of Spain.
	www.sispain.org /english/history/reconque.html (686 words)

	El Cid
		But Sancho, who now held the Kingdom of Castile, thought he should have it all since he was the eldest and worked toward taking the lands from his siblings.
		Grew up in the household of the future king, Sancho II of Castile, who did this out of gratitude for the services of Rodrigo's father to the State.
		There is a story that says the Castilians refused Alfonso their allegiance until he swore that he was not involved in the murder of his brother.
	www.vernonjohns.org /snuffy1186/elcid.html (938 words)

	Ancestors of Eugene Ashton ANDREW & Anna Louise HANISH Emperor Alfonso Castile SPAIN, VI ANDREW ANGERMUELLER HANISH ...
		CASTILE and LEON Reigned 1072-1109, Emperor of SPAIN Reigned 1077-1109.
		Alfonso was defeated by his brother in two battles; after the defeat at Llantada (1068) he managed to retain his kingdom, but after that at Golpejera (1072) he was captured and exiled, living for a short while at the court of his vassal Ma'mun, the Muslim king of Toledo.
		He seized Rioja and the Basque provinces and received the feudal homage of Sancho Ramirez for the region of Navarre to the north of the Ebro River.
	www.geneal.net /1654.htm (1052 words)

	My Family
		He was married to Berengaria CASTILE in Dec 1197 in Valladolid, Spain.
		Children were: King Sancho CASTILE III, King Ferdinand II LEON, Sanchia CASTILE.
		She was married to King Alfonso CASTILE IX in Dec 1197 in Valladolid, Spain.
	gordonrosalynd.tripod.com /green/d58.htm (951 words)

	Sancho III of Castile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sancho III of Castile (1134 – August 30, 1158), called el Deseado (the Desired), was King of Castile for one year, from 1157 to 1158.
		He was the eldest son of King Alfonso VII of Castile and Berenguela of Barcelona.
		He left an only son and heir, Alfonso VIII of Castile, by his wife Blanca of Navarre.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sancho_III_of_Castile (132 words)

	AllRefer.com - Alfonso VI, Spanish king of LeOn and Castile (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Alfonso VI 1030–1109, Spanish king of LeOn (1065–1109) and Castile (1072–1109).
		He inherited LeOn from his father, Ferdinand I. Defeated by his brother Sancho II of Castile, he fled to the Moorish court of Toledo.
		After Sancho's assassination (1072) Alfonso succeeded to the throne of Castile and took Galicia from his brother GarcIa (1073).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/Alfon6Sp.html (350 words)

	Kingdom of Castilla
		She was daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and Aquitaine (1340-99) and his second wife, Constance, titular Queen of Castile (1354-94) whose father, Pedro I of Castile and Leon (1350-69), was succeeded by a brother.
		Catalina was considered heiress of Castilla and married her half-cousin, King Enrique, and became the mother of one son and two daughters, and lived (1374-1418).
		She was the daughter of Juan II of Castile and León by his second wife, Isabella of Portugal.
	www.guide2womenleaders.com /Castilla_Heads.htm (1406 words)

	Salamanca
		In May, 1382, a council was held at Salamanca to take action in the matter of the schism of Avignon, and Castile decided in favour of the antipope.
		Of its three naves the principal one terminates in the main chapel on the reredos of which is to be seen the "Last Judgment" painting of Nicol·s Florentino in 1446 for Bisop Sancho of Castile.
		In early days none but royal personnages wee permitted to be buried in this main chapel; here lie Mafalda, daughter of Alfonso VIII, Fernando Alfonso, natural son of Alfonso IX of LeÛn, Bishop Sancho of Castile, Grandson of Pedro, and his successor, Juan de Vivero.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/s/salamanca.html (1103 words)

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