The Delahorne/Curtis Family History

of Castile · ◉ direct ancestor

Nobility

♂Sancho of Castile

Dates not yet known.

Sancho of CastileW was the father of Alfonso of Castile (1155–1214). He was the twenty-sixth great-grandfather of Nancy Jane Blanchard (1929–2006), through his son Alfonso.

Sancho is said to have reigned as King of Castile, known as el Deseado, “the Desired”. He married Blanca of Navarre, a daughter of García VI Ramírez, King of Navarre. Their son Alfonso inherited the crown as a small child, when Sancho died in 1158, and the regency that followed set the great Castilian families against one another.

Notes

Sources and grade

Sancho’s kingship, his marriage to Blanca, his death in 1158 and their son Alfonso come from Douglas Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry (2nd ed.), vol. I, Castile 3, p. 491, a modern compiled genealogy. Blanca’s parentage, as the daughter of García VI Ramírez, King of Navarre, is in the same entry. No parents are entered for Sancho, and no birth date is known for either spouse. The numeral III and the epithet el Deseado are the usage of the compiler and of general history. The account of the regency is in the biography of their son Alfonso.

Family time line

◉ Sancho of Castile, King of Castile
◉ Blanca of Navarre
No marriage recorded
◉ Alfonso of Castile, King of Castile, Toledo and Extremadura 1155–1214

Recorded events

EventWhenWhereEvidence ?on record - the record itself, its image, or a transcript or printed copy of it has been read
from a compiled source - an index, a printed genealogy or a memorial page says so
not yet documented - in the family record, no source attached yet
Living at
born at Toledo c. 1134 per Wikipedia, 'Sancho III of Castile' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancho_III_of_Castile), infobox, per Wikipedia 'Sancho III of Castile', NO EVIDENCE YET
 abt 1134 Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain on record
Title (Nobility)
King of Castile (Richardson, Plantagenet Ancestry, vol. I ENGLAND 3 p.25)
 from a compiled source

Sources

  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (en.wikipedia.org) - articles on medieval royal and noble ancestors, read s1409 — Living at, about this person
  • Richardson, Douglas. Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd ed. (Salt Lake City: the author, 2011) — Title (Nobility), about this person, family with Blanca of Navarre

Borders as they stood about 1500, from the historical-basemaps project, the Newberry Library's Atlas of Historical County Boundaries (states and territories, 1783 on) and Natural Earth; the colonies and provinces are drawn along today's lines.

Line of descent

Descendants

  1. Alfonso of Castile 1155–1214
    1. Berenguela of Castile –1246
      1. Fernando of Castile 1201–1252
        1. Leonor Castilla 1241–1290
        2. Eleanor of Castile –1290