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Also Known As Saint Ferdinand • San Fernando
Born 1201?
Died May 30, 1252 • Sevilla • Spain
Title / Office king (1230-1252), Leon • king (1217-1252), Castile
Notable Family Members father Alfonso IX • daughter Eleanor of Castile • son Alfonso X
Role In Reconquista

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Alfonso VI
Alfonso VI
king of Leon and Castile
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Alfonso VII
Alfonso VII
king of Leon and Castile
Alfonso XI
Alfonso XI
king of Castile and Leon
Ferdinand II
king of Leon
Ramiro II
Ramiro II
king of Leon and Asturias
Pedro González, cardinal de Mendoza
Spanish cardinal
Diego Gelmírez
Spanish archbishop
Cid, the
El Cid
Castilian military leader
Ferdinand and Isabella
Ferdinand II
king of Spain
Alfonso I
Alfonso I
king of Aragon and Navarre
Ferdinand I
king of Castile and Leon
Alfonso VIII
Alfonso VIII
king of Castile
Juan de Padilla, lithograph
Juan de Padilla
Spanish military leader
Ramon Berenguer IV
prince of Aragon
Ramon Berenguer III
Ramon Berenguer III
count of Barcelona
Sancho IV
king of Castile and Leon
Alfonso IX
Alfonso IX
king of Leon
Alfonso III
Alfonso III
king of Asturias
Sancho II
king of Castile

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