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Birth:          ABT 1016 of Leon
Death:          27 Nov 1067 

Notes
one IGI record exists and shows birth at 1013, but many records show parents' 
marriage at 1015. Could be.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancha_of_Le%C3%B3n
Sancha of León (? – 27 November 1067) was a Queen of León.
Life[edit]

Sancha was a daughter of Alfonso V of León by his first wife, Elvira Menéndez.[3] She 
became a secular abbess of the Monastery of San Pelayo.

In 1029, a political marriage was arranged between her and count García Sánchez of 
Castile.[4] However, having traveled to León for the marriage, García was 
assassinated by a group of disgruntled vassals. In 1032, Sancha was married to 
García’s nephew and successor, Ferdinand I of León and Castile.

At the Battle of Tamarón in 1037 Ferdinand killed Sancha’s brother[5] Bermudo III of 
León,[6] making Sancha the heir and allowing Ferdinand to have himself crowned King 
of León, Sancha thereby became Queen. Following Ferdinand’s 1065 death and the 
division of her husband’s kingdom, she is said to have played the futile role of 
peacemaker among her sons.

She was a devout Catholic, who, with her husband, commissioned the crucifix that 
bears their name[7] as a gift for the Basilica of San Isidoro.[8]

Children[edit]

Sancha had five children:
Urraca of Zamora[9]
Sancho II of León and Castile
Elvira of Toro
Alfonso VI of León and Castile
García II of Galicia

Death and burial[edit]


 


 The Royal Pantheon
She died in the city of León on 27 November 1067. She was interred in the Royal 
Pantheon of the Basilica of San Isidoro, along with her parents, brother, husband, and 
her children Elvira, Urraca and García.

The following Latin inscription was carved in the tomb in which were deposited the 
remains of Queen Sancha:

"H. R. SANCIA REGINA TOTIUS HISPANIAE, MAGNI REGIS FERDINANDI UXOR. 
FILIA REGIS ADEFONSI, QUI POPULAVIT LEGIONEM POS DESTRUCTIONEM 
ALMANZOR. OBIIT ERA MCVIII. III N. M."

Which translates to:

"Here lies Sancha, Queen of All Spain, wife of the great king Ferdinand and daughter 
of king Alfonso, who populated León after the destruction of Almanzor. Died 3 
November 1108."

Parents
____ Alfonso V ( 994 - 7 Aug 1028)
MENENDEZ OF GALICIA Elvira (ABT  996 - 2 Dec 1022)

Siblings
OF LEON Sancha (ABT 1016 - 27 Nov 1067)

Marriage To ____ Fernando I "the Great" (ABT 1016 - 27 Dec 1065)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
GARCIA Sancho III "the Great" (ABT  985 - 18 Oct 1035)
MAYOR Munia ( 995 - AFT 13 Jul 1066)

Children by ____ Fernando I "the Great" ABT 1016 - 27 Dec 1065
____ Alfonso VI "The Valiant" (BEF Jun 1040 - 1 Jul 1109)

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