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Birth:          12 May 1258 Seville, Spain
Death:          25 Apr 1295 Toledo, Spain
Burial:         Santa Iglesia de Toledo, Toledo, Spain

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancho_IV_of_Castile
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. He was the second son 
of Alfonso X and Yolanda, daughter of James I of Aragon.
Biography[edit]

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 kingdom when Alfonso X died in 1284. This was all against 
the wishes of their father, but Sancho was crowned in Toledo nevertheless.

Sancho's ascension was in part due to his rejection of his father's elitist politics. 
Sancho was recognised and supported by the majority of the nobility and the cities, 
but a sizable minority opposed him throughout his reign and worked for the heirs of 
Ferdinand de la Cerda. One of the leaders of the opposition was his brother John, who 
united to his cause the lord of Biscay, Lope Díaz III de Haro. Sancho responded by 
executing the Lord of Biscay and incarcerating his brother. According to the 
chroniclers, he cemented his hold on power by executing 4,000 other followers of 
Infante Alfonso, son of Ferdinand de la Cerda, in Badajoz. He executed 400 more in 
Talavera and more in Ávila and Toledo.

Upon dispensing with this opposition, Sancho pardoned his brother, who was 
released. John bided his time before fomenting revolt again: the conflict over Tarifa. 
He called in the aid of the Marinids in Morocco and besieged Guzmán the Good in his 
castle (1291). At this siege occurred that famous act of heroism, the innocent death of 
the son of Guzmán. Tarifa was faithfully defended until Sancho could rescue it and 
the Marinids retreated to Magreb. The intent of both John and the Sultan of Marinids 
(to invade) was foiled.

When James II succeeded to the Crown of Aragon, he endeavoured to bind the two 
crowns more closely and to unite in the Reconquista. Indeed, both of James' 
predecessors had tried to do likewise. Sancho was also the friend and tutor of Manuel 
of Castile.

Just before succumbing to a fatal illness (possibly tuberculosis) he appointed his wife, 
María de Molina, to act as regent for his nine-year-old son, Ferdinand IV. He died in 
1295 in Toledo.

Family[edit]

Sancho married Maria de Molina in 1282, but at first their marriage did not have the 
necessary papal dispensation for two reasons: First, they had a distant blood relation, 
and second, Sancho had been betrothed as an infant to a rich Catalan heiress named 
Guillerma Moncada.

They had the following children:
Isabella (1283–1328). Married first James II of Aragon and secondly John III, Duke of 
Brittany.
Ferdinand IV of Castile (1285–1312). Married Constance of Portugal.
Alfonso (1286–1291)
Henry (1288–1299)
Peter (1290–1319) married Maria daughter of James II of Aragon
Philip (1292–1327). Married his cousin Margarita de la Cerda, daughter of Alfonso de la 
Cerda (1270-1333).[1]
Beatrice (1293–1359). Married Afonso IV of Portugal.

He had three illegitimate children:

By María Alfonso Téllez de Menezes (d. Toro), wife of Juan García, Lord of Ucero:
Violante Sánchez (died bef. 1327), who held the dowry of Ucero as its lady, married in 
1293 Fernando Rodríguez de Castro, Lord of Lemos.[2]
Teresa Sánchez, who married Juan Alfonso Téllez de Meneses (died 5 May 1304), a 
Castilian nobleman, 4th Lord of Alburquerque, who became the 1st Count of Barcelos 
and was the Mordomo Mor (high steward) of King Denis I of Portugal, and had female 
issue. After the death of her first husband, she married Ruy Gil de Villalobos, with 
whom she had one daughter.

By another woman whose name is unknown, he had:
Alfonso Sánchez, who married, as his second wife, María Díaz de Salcedo, but died 
without issue.

Parents
____ Alfonso X "El Sabio" (23 Nov 1221 - 4 Apr 1284)
OF ARAGON Yolanda (Violante) (8 Jun 1236 - 1301)

Siblings
ALFONSEZ Sancho IV "the Brave" (12 May 1258 - 25 Apr 1295)

Marriage To ALFONSO DE MOLINA MESA Maria (Majora) (1246 - 1 Jul 1321)
    m. 1282 

Notes

Parents
ALFONSEZ Alfonso (1202 - 6 Jan 1272)
ALFONSO DE MENESES Majora (1222 - 1265)

Children by ALFONSO DE MOLINA MESA Maria (Majora) 1246 - 1 Jul 1321
SANCHEZ Fernando IV (6 Dec 1285 - 7 Sep 1312)
SANCHEZ Beatrix Sancha (8 Mar 1293 - 25 Oct 1359)

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