Sancha of Castile, Princess of Castile and Léon

1154 - 1208  (54 years)

• Name	Sancha of Castile
  Birth	21 Sep 1154  [1]
  General Information	She was the Princess of Castile, Léon, Galicia and he Asturias as well as later the Queen of Aragon.  [1]
  Death	9 Nov 1208	Villanueva de Sigena, Aragon, Spain   [1, 2, 3]
  Burial	Aft 9 Nov 1208	Royal Monastery of Santa María de Sigena, Villanueva de Sigena, Aragon, Spain Royal Monastery of Santa María de Sigena,  Villanueva de Sigena, Aragon, Spain   [1]
  Siblings	1 brother
  + 1. Sancha of Castile, Princess of Castile and Léon,   b. 21 Sep 1154   d. 9 Nov 1208, Villanueva de Sigena, Aragon, Spain  (Age 54 years) ▻ Alfonso II, King of Aragon,  m. 18 Jan 1174/75 + 2. Fernando II, King of Léon,   b. 1137   d. 22 Jan 1188, Benavente, Zamora, Castile, Spain  (Age 51 years) ▻ Urraca, Princess of Portugal,  m. 1164 ;   Teresa Fernandez de Traba,  m. Aug 1179 ;   Urraca Lopez de Haro,  m. May 1187
  Half siblings	2 half brothers and 3 half sisters (family of Alfonso VII and Berengaria of Barcelona )
  + 1. Sancho III, King of Castile,   b. 1134   d. 31 Aug 1158, Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain  (Age 24 years) ▻ Blanca of Navarre, Princess of Navarre,  m. 30 Jan 1151   2. Ramon + 3. Constance of Castile   d. 4 Oct 1160 ▻ Louis VII, King of France,  m. 1153/54 > 4. Urraca Alfansa of Castile,   b. After 1126   d. 12 Oct 1189, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain  (Age 62 years) ▻ Garcia IV el Restaurador, King of Navarre,  m. 24 Jun 1144 + 5. Sancha, Infanta of Castile,   b. Abt 1140   d. 5 Aug 1179  (Age 39 years) ▻ Sancho VI, King of Navarre,  m. 20 Jul 1153
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Berenger   (10 x Great Grandfather)  Railinda  (5 x Great Grandmother)
  Person ID, Branch	I2967	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Léon,   b. 1 Mar 1105, Castile, Spain d. 21 Aug 1157, La Fresneda, Aragon, Spain (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Richilde of Poland, Queen of Castile and Léon,   b. Between 1130 and 1140, Poland d. 1166 (Age 36 years)
  Family ID	F2353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Alfonso II, King of Aragon,   b. 25 Mar 1157, Villa Mayor del Valle, Huesca, Aragon, Spain d. 25 Apr 1196, Perpignan, Spain (now France) (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	18 Jan 1174/75	Zaragoza, Spain   [1, 2, 3]
  Age at Marriage	She : 20 years and 4 months - He : 17 years and 10 months.
  Children	2 sons
  +   1. Pedro II, King of Aragon,   b. 1176   d. 14 Sep 1213 (Age 37 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Marie de Montpellier, Queen of Aragon  m. 15 Jun 1204 +   2. Alfonso, Count of Provence, Prince of Aragon,   b. 1180   d. Feb 1209, Palermo, Sicily (Age 29 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Gersinde of Sabran  m. 1193
  Family ID	F2349	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Dec 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Sancha of Castile, Princess of Castile and Léon(1154 – 1208) 2Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Léon(1105 – 1157) 4Raymond of Burgundy and Ivrea, Count of Castile(1070 – 1107) 8William II, Count of Burgundy and Mâcon(1024 – 1087) 16Renaud I, Count of Mâcon and Burgundy(990 – 1057) 17Judith of Normandy(Abt 1003 – 1037) 9Stephanie of Longwy(1035 – 1088) 18Adalbert III, Count of Longwy and Duke of Upper Lorraine(1000 – 1048) 19Clemence de Foix 5Urraca, Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia(1079 – 1126) 10Alfonso VI of León and Castile, King of Castile, León, and Navarre(1040 – 1109) 20Ferdinand I, King of Castile and León(1018 – 1065) 21Sancha of León(1013 – 1067) 11Constance of Burgundy(1046 – 1093) 22Robert III, Duke of Burgundy, Prince of France(Abt 1011 – 1076) 23Eleanor of Semur-en-Auxois(1016 – 1055) 3Richilde of Poland, Queen of Castile and Léon(1140 – 1166) 6Wladislaw II, King of Poland(1105 – 1159) 12Boleslaw III, King of Poland(1086 – 1138) 24Wladislaw I Hermann, King of Poland(Abt 1040 – 1102) 25Judith of Bohemia( – 1085) 13Zbyslava of Kiev( – 1113) 26Sviatpolk II, Grand Prince of Kiev(1050 – 1113) 27 7Agnes de Babenberg( – 1157) 14Saint Leopold III, Margrave of Austria( – 1136) 28Leopold II, Margrave of Austria( – 1102) 29Ida, Countess of Cham 15Agnes of Franconia, Princess of Germany(1072/73 – 1143) 30Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor(1050 – 1106) 31Bertha of Maurienne

  
  

• Event Map		Marriage - 18 Jan 1174/75 - Zaragoza, Spain Death - 9 Nov 1208 - Villanueva de Sigena, Aragon, Spain Burial - Aft 9 Nov 1208 - Royal Monastery of Santa María de Sigena, Villanueva de Sigena, Aragon, Spain  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S310] Moriarty, G. Andrews. The Descent of the Plantagenet Kings from the Holy Roman Emperors, (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CI, January 1947).