♂Fernando of Leon

Fernando of Leon was a king of Leon, the father of Alfonso IX of Leon. He was the twenty-fifth great-grandfather of Nancy Jane Blanchard (1929–2006), through his son Alfonso of Leon (1171–1230).

He is known as Fernando II, King of Leon. He is said to have married Urraca of Portugal^W, a daughter of Affonso I Enriques, King of Portugal^W, as his first wife. Their son Alfonso, born at Zamora on 15 August 1171, was his father’s son and heir and is remembered as Alfonso IX of Leon.

Notes

Sources

Fernando’s kingship, his marriage to Urraca of Portugal and their son Alfonso are from Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry (2nd ed., 2011), vol. I, CASTILE 4, p. 493. This is a printed genealogy of the medieval royal families, a compiled work rather than a first-hand record, so these facts are given with a qualifier. The same page names Alfonso as “son and heir of Fernando II, King of Leon, by his 1st wife, Urraca, daughter of Affonso I Enriques, King of Portugal”, and gives Alfonso’s birth at Zamora on 15 August 1171.

What is not known

That entry gives no birth or death date for Fernando or Urraca and names neither one’s parents, so none is stated here. Richardson spells her father’s name Affonso I Enriques; he is the Afonso I who became the first king of Portugal.