Sancho II the Strong Ferdinandez, King of Castile and Leon^[1]

Abt 1037 - 1072  (~ 35 years)

• Name	Sancho II the Strong Ferdinandez
  Suffix	King of Castile and Leon
  Birth	Abt 1037	Zamora
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1065
  	King of Castile
  	King of Castile 1065\endash 1072
  Acceded	1071
  	King of Galicia
  	King of Galicia 1071\endash 1072
  Acceded	1072
  	King of León
  	King of León 1972
  Death	22 Jan 1072	Zamora
  	Cause: murdered
  Burial	San Salvador de Oña
  Notes	Acceded: 1065 Count of Castile. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07866 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancho_II_of_Le%C3%B3n_and_Castile (Medical):Some Leonese resistance still persisted, and his sister, Urraca, Lady of Zamora, held that city against his rule. He had surrounded the city and begun a siege, when a Zamoran noble, named Vellido Dolfos, assassinated Sancho on 6 October 1072. Vellido had gained entry to Sancho's camp pretending to be a deserter, and sought a private conference with Sancho to tell him the weakness of the Zamoran defence. Once before Sancho, however, he used the king's own sword to impale him in the back. Fleeing, he was chased back to Zamora by El Cid but escaped into the town through a gateway since called Portillo del Traidor ("gateway of the traitor"). Sancho was succeeded in his kingdoms by the brother he had previously deposed, Alfonso.
  Person ID	I7778	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2013

  
  

  Father	Ferdinand I the Great of Castile Sanchez, King of León,   b. Abt 1017   d. 27 Dec 1065 (Age ~ 48 years)
  Mother	Sancha of Leon, Queen of Leon,   b. 1013   d. 7 Nov 1067 (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	1032
  Family ID	F3082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alberta   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 26 Mar 1071
  Family ID	F3083	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Photos		Map Spain 1065 Political situation in the Northern Iberian Peninsula around 1065: Garcia II´s domains (Galicia) Badajoz, owing tribute to Garcia Seville, owing tribute to Garcia Alfonso VI´s domains (León) Toledo, owing tribute to Alfonso Sancho II´s domains (Castile) Zaragoza, owing tribute to Sancho
  		Sancho II of León and Castile Sculpture of Sancho II inside the Alcazar de Segovia, Spain.

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).