King Ferdinand Alfonsez II Of LEON

Abt 1137 - 1188  (~ 51 years)

• Name	Ferdinand Alfonsez II Of LEON
  Prefix	King
  Birth	Abt 1137	Castile, Burgos, Spain
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	GD8C-ZC2
  Group	KING
  	Designated Royal King
  _UID	E1695CF097564F26915D1F740B551C352A4A
  Death	21 Jan 1188	Benavente, Leon, Spain
  Person ID	I8	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2021

  
  

  Father	The Emperor Alfonso VII LEON, Castile And Leon,   b. 1 Mar 1105, Grajal, Galicia, España (Spain) d. 21 Aug 1157, La Fresneda, Teruel, Aragón, Spain (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	1128	Saldana, Spain
  Family ID	F13440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Princess Urraca Alfonsez Of PORTUGAL, Of Portugal,   b. Abt 1141, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal d. 16 Oct 1188, Leon, Leon, Spain (Age ~ 47 years)
  Marriage	1160	Leon, Leon, Spain
  _STAT	1175
  Children	1. King Alfonso Fernandez CASTILE AND LEON, IX,   b. 15 Aug 1171, Zamora, Leon, Spain d. 24 Sep 1230, Villaneuva DE Soria, Castilla, Spain (Age 59 years)
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

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  King Ferdinand II of Leon 1137-1188

  
  

• Notes

  From Encyclopedia Britannica Online, article titled "Ferdinand II:" "king of Leon from 1157 to 1188, second son of Alfonso VII. "Despite several internal revolts against his rule, Ferdinand's reign was notable for the repopulation of Leonese Extremadura and for the victories he secured farther south against the Almohads in the last 20 years of his reign. These included the capture of Alcâantara (1166) and Badajoz (1169). He also gave important support to the new military order of Santiago, founded with his approval in 1170. Ferdinand, who called himself rex hispanorum ("king of the Spaniards"), established a temporary tutelage over Castile during the minority of his nephew Alfonso VIII and occupied Segovia and Toledo (1162-66), though Alfonso later reacted violently against Ferdinand. Ferdinand was also frequently engaged in hostilities with the nascent Portuguese kingdom but came successfully to the rescue of the Portuguese when the Almohads invested the key city of Santarâem (1184)." King of Leon (1157-88). He was the second son of Alfonso II, king of Castile, who was also king of Leon as Alfonso VII. Ferdinand was noted both for his intermittent wars with Castile an d Portugal and for his reorganization, about 1170, of the military Order of Saint James of th e Sword (Santiago de la Espada) to participate in the campaign to drive the Moors from Spain.