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Sancho IV of Castile (12 May 1258 – 25 April 1295) called the Brave (el Bravo), was the king of Castile, León and Galicia from 1284 to his death. Following his brother Ferdinand's death, he gained the support of nobles that declared him king instead of Ferdinand's son Alfonso.
Sancho IV, byname Sancho The Brave, Spanish Sancho El Bravo, (born 1257—died April 25, 1295, Toledo, Castile), king of Castile and Leon from 1284 to 1295, second son of Alfonso X. Though ambitious and ruthless, he was also an able politician and a cultivated man. In 1275 his elder brother, Fernando de la Cerda, was killed, leaving a son ...
Sancho IV of Castile. April 1, 2022 Leave a comment. May 12, 1258 – April 25, 1295. Sancho IV of Castile was born on May 12, 1258, in Valladolid, Castile. The second son of King Alfonso X and Queen Violant of Aragon, Prince Sancho wasn’t intended to inherit the throne. Instead, the prince’s elder brother, Ferdinand, was his father’s heir.
Sancho IV the Brave was the King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1284 to his death. He was the second son of Alfonso X and Yolanda, daughter of James I of Aragon. His elder brother, Ferdinand de la Cerda, died in November 1275, and in 1282 Sancho assembled a coalition of nobles to declare for him against Ferdinand's son Alfonso, then took ...
Meanwhile, Navarre lost all importance under King Sancho IV, for he lost Rioja to Sancho II of Castile, and nearly became the vassal of Aragon. At his death, the Navarrese chose as their king Sancho Ramírez, King of Aragon, who thus became Sancho V of Navarre and I of Aragon.
Sancho IV the Brave (12 May 1258 – 25 April 1295) was the King of Castile, León and Galicia from 1284 to his death. He was the second son of Alfonso X and Yolanda, daughter of James I of Aragon. His elder brother, Ferdinand de la Cerda, died in November 1275, and in 1282 Sancho assembled a coalition of nobles to declare for him against Ferdinand's son Alfonso, then took control of the ...
The conflict progressed, becoming a civil war that ended in 1284 with the victory of the king's son, who became Sancho IV. He fought off another Muslim invasion, then left the crown to Ferdinand IV. Alfonso was still around and made trouble for Ferdinand IV but gave up his quest for the kingship for good in 1304.
Following the death of his father, Esteban Fernández de Castro, Fernando became Lord of Lemos and Sarria. In 1293, he married Violante Sánchez of Castile, illegitimate daughter of Sancho IV of Castile. He was one of the most powerful and influential nobles of Galicia, like most members of the House of Castro.
Legend states that the title was given by King Alfonso X, who was resident in the city's Alcázar and supported by the citizens when his son, later Sancho IV of Castile, tried to usurp the throne from him.
He was deeply suspected in Castile, probably correctly, of having been involved in Sancho's murder. According to the epic of El Cid, the Castilian nobility led by El Cid and a dozen "oath-helpers" forced Alfonso to swear publicly in front of Santa Gadea (Saint Agatha) Church in Burgos on holy relics multiple times that he did not participate in ...
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Sancho IV of Castile called the Brave, was the king of Castile, León and Galicia from 1284 to his death. Wikipedia
- May 12, 1258, Valladolid, Spain
- April 25, 1295, Toledo, Spain
- María de Molina (m 1282 - 1295)
- Ferdinand IV of Castile, Beatrice of Castile, Isabella of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Peter of Castile, Lord of Cameros, Philip of Castile, Lord of Cabrera and Ribera, Alfonso de Castilla y Molina
- Violant of Aragon, Alfonso X of Castile
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