Sancho II

Sancho II (born 1207, Coimbra, Port.—died Jan. 4, 1248, Toledo, Castile [Spain]) was the fourth king of Portugal, son of Afonso II and of Urraca, who was the daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile. Factions were so fostered during Sancho’s minority that his later government was never anything more than a series of vain attempts to achieve political stability in the kingdom. Renewing the struggle against the Moors, he took Tavira and Cacela (1238–39), thereby...