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Also Known As Sancho el Deseado • Sancho the Desired
Born c.1134
Died August 31, 1158 • Toledo • Spain
Title / Office king (1157-1158), Castile
Notable Family Members father Alfonso VII • brother Ferdinand II
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Alfonso VI
Alfonso VI
king of Leon and Castile
Juan de Padilla, lithograph
Juan de Padilla
Spanish military leader
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Pedro González, cardinal de Mendoza
Spanish cardinal
Alfonso VII
Alfonso VII
king of Leon and Castile
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Diego Gelmírez
Spanish archbishop
Ferdinand III
Ferdinand III
king of Castile and Leon
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Sancho IV
king of Castile and Leon
Alfonso XI
Alfonso XI
king of Castile and Leon
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Sancho II
king of Castile
Ferdinand IV
Ferdinand IV
king of Castile and Leon
Cid, the
El Cid
Castilian military leader
Gilt and polychrome relief by Alonso de Mena showing Ferdinand II on the left and Isabella on the right, both with hands raised in prayer, framed by ornate gold trim.
Ferdinand II
king of Spain
Alfonso X
Alfonso X
king of Castile and Leon
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Philip I
king of Castile
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Ferdinand I
king of Portugal
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Urraca
queen of Castile and Leon
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Álvaro de Luna
constable of Castile
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John II
king of Castile
Alfonso I
Alfonso I
king of Aragon and Navarre

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