Alfonso X of Castile
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Alfonso X was King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1 June 1252 until his death in 1284. During the election of 1257, a dissident faction chose him to be king of Germany on 1 April. He renounced his
Portrait of Alfonso X from the Libro de los juegos (1283)
Portrait of Alfonso X from the codex Tumbo 'A' de Santiago (Dated between 1229 and 1255)
Castillian ambassadors meeting Almohad caliph Abu Hafs Umar al-Murtada, from the Cantigas de Santa María
Equestrian seal of Alfonso X of Castile
Ferdinand III of Castile
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Ferdinand III, called the Saint, was King of Castile from 1217 and King of León from 1230 as well as King of Galicia from 1231. He was the son of Alfonso IX of León and Berengaria of Castile. Through
Alfonso X of Castile
…the future Sancho IV, which continued after his death. Alfonso was born on 23 November 1221 in Toledo, Kingdom of Castile. He was the eldest son of Ferdinand III and Elizabeth (Beatrice) of Swabia. His mother was the paternal cousin of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, to whom Alfonso is often compared. His…
Ferdinand III in a 13th-century miniature
Painting of St. Ferdinand III by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (17th century)
Statue of Ferdinand III (Patio of Metropolitan Cathedral of San Fernando in the Philippines)
King Ferdinand and his wife, Beatrice, depicted in the Burgos Cathedral