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Birth:          1134 Toledo, Castile
Death:          31 Aug 1158 Toledo, Castile

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancho_III_of_Castile
Sancho III (1134 – 31 August 1158), called the Desired (el Deseado),[1] was King of 
Castile and Toledo for one year, from 1157 to 1158. He was the son of Alfonso VII of 
León and Castile and his wife Berenguela of Barcelona, and was succeeded by his 
son Alfonso VIII. During the Reconquista, in which he took an active part, he founded 
the Order of Calatrava.[2] His nickname due to his position as the first child of his 
parents, born after eight years of childless marriage.
Life[edit]

He was the eldest son of King Alfonso VII of León and Castile and Berengaria of 
Barcelona.[3] During his father's reign, he appears as "king of Nájera" as early as 
1149. His father's will partitioned the kingdom between his two sons: Sancho inherited 
the kingdoms of Castile and Toledo, and Ferdinand inherited León.[4] The two 
brothers had just signed a treaty when Sancho suddenly died in the summer of 1158, 
being buried at Toledo.[5]

He had married, in 1151, Blanche of Navarre, daughter of García Ramírez of Navarre, 
and had two sons:
Alfonso VIII of Castile, his successor
infante García, who died at birth in 1156, apparently also resulting in the death of 
Queen Blanche.

There may also have been an older son who died in infancy.

Parents
____ Alfonso VII "Pierre-Raimund" (1 Mar 1105 - 21 Aug 1157)
DE BARCELONA Berengaria (Berenguela) Raimundo (ABT 1116 - 2 Feb 1149)

Siblings
ALFONSEZ Sancho III "the Desired" (1134 - 31 Aug 1158)
ALFONSEZ Fernando II (1137 - 22 Jan 1188)
____ Sancha (ABT 1138 - 5 Aug 1177)
OF CASTILE Constance (ABT 1140 - 4 Oct 1160)

Marriage To OF NAVARRE Blanche (Blanca) (ABT 1134 - 12 Aug 1156)
    m. 30 Jan 1151 Calahorra, Logrono, Spain

Notes

Parents
RAMIREZ Garcia V (Garcias VI) (ABT 1112 - 21 Nov 1150)
DE L'AIGLE ROTROU Marguerite (ABT 1100 - 25 May 1141)

Children by OF NAVARRE Blanche (Blanca) ABT 1134 - 12 Aug 1156
SANCHEZ Alfonso VIII "the Noble" (11 Nov 1155 - 5 Oct 1214)

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