Emperor of all Spain Ferdinand I of León And Castile

Emperor of all Spain Ferdinand I of León And Castile

Male Abt 1015 - 1065  (~ 50 years)

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  • Name Ferdinand I of León And Castile 
    Title Emperor of all Spain 
    Born Abt 1015 
    Gender Male 
    Reference Number 37392 
    Died 24 Jun 1065 
    Person ID I37392  Thompson-Milligan
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 

    Father Sancho Garcés, III,   b. Abt 992,   d. 18 Oct 1035  (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mayor of Castile,   d. 1032 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F12424  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Sancha of León,   b. 1013,   d. 27 Nov 1067  (Age 54 years) 
    Children 
     1. Alfonso VI of León And Castile,   b. Bef Jun 1040,   d. 1 Jul 1109  (Age > 69 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2018 
    Family ID F12423  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Ferdinand I of León And Castile
    Ferdinand I of León And Castile

  • Notes 
    • Ferdinand I (c. 1015 - 24 June 1065), called the Great (el Magno), was the Count of Castile from his uncle's death in 1029 and the King of León after defeating his brother-in-law in 1037. According to tradition, he was the first to have himself crowned Emperor of Spain (1056), and his heirs carried on the tradition. He was a younger son of Sancho III of Navarre and Mayor of Castile, and by his father's will recognised the supremacy of his eldest brother, García Sánchez III of Navarre. While Ferdinand inaugurated the rule of the Navarrese Jiménez dynasty over western Spain, his rise to preeminence among the Christian rulers of the peninsula shifted the locus of power and culture westward after more than a century of Leonese decline. Nevertheless, "[t]he internal consolidation of the realm of León-Castilla under Fernando el Magno and [his queen] Sancha (1037-1065) is a history that remains to be researched and written."