Individual Details
Sancho 3rd de Castilla King of Castile and Toledo
(1134 - 31 Aug 1158)
Events
| Birth | 1134 |  | |||
| Marriage | 30 Jan 1151 | Calahorra, Logroño, Spain - Blanche Infante de Navarre | |||
| Death | 31 Aug 1158 | Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain |
Families
| Spouse | Blanche Infante de Navarre (1133 - 1156) |
| Child | Alphonso VIII "the Noble" de Castilla y Aragon King of Castile and Aragon (1155 - ) |
| Father | Ramiro Sánchez de Monzón Lord of Monzon (1070 - 1116) |
| Mother | Christina Rodriquez Díaz de Vivar ( - ) |
Notes
Birth
During the Reconquista, in which he took an active part, he founded the Order of Calatrava. 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.He was the eldest son of King Alfonso VII of León and Castile and Berengaria of Barcelona. 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.