King Sancho III of Castile & Queen Blanca of Navarre

 94555156. King Sancho III of Castile & 94555157. Queen Blanca of Navarre

1134, Sancho born in Spain, s/o 189110312. Alfonso VII, Emperor of Castile and Leon & 189110313. Berenguela of Barcelona.

~1135, Blanca born in Navarre, d/o 189110314. King Garcia VII Ramirez of Navarre & 189110315. Marguerite de l’Aigle.

4/25/1144 at Salamanca, Charter of Alfonso VII, Berengaria, and son Sancho to the Cathedral Salmanca.

12/25/1147 at Toledo, Charter of Alfonso VII, Berengaria, and sons Sancho and Fernando to the monastery of Sar.

1149, Sancho, “the beloved”, King of Najera.

12/15/1149, Charter of Alfonso VII and Sancho, king, to the inhabitants of Toledo.

Aft. 1149, Sancho’s mother died.

11/21/1150, Blancas’s father died.

2/4/1151 at Najera, Charter of Alfonso VII and Sancho, king, to the monastery of Santa Maria de Najera.

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1151, Sancho married Blanca.

3/2/1152, Sancho, “armed” [knighted] at Valladolid.

1/22/1153 at Najera, Sancho III issued a charter to Pedro Martinez.

10/12/1153 at Sahagun, Alfonso VII, Rica, and Sancho and Fernando, sons, issued a charter to the monastery of Sahagun.

1/14/1154 at Soria, Sancho III and Blanca issued a charter to the Cathedral of Osma.

1/28/1155, ‘Adefonsus Imperator Hispaniæ . ..cum uxore mea Imperatrice Domina Rica et cum filiis meis Sancio et Ferrando Regibus’ donated property to the bishop of Segovia. (S) FMG.

12/28/1155 at Palencia, Alfonso VII, Rica, and Sancho and Fernando, kings, issued a charter to the monastery of Stant Maria de Varzana.

8/12/1156, Dona Blanca died. [Blanca's original burial was in a cave that formed the royal pantheon of the Navarrese kings adjoining the church of Santa Maria la Real in Najera.]

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8/21/1157, Sancho’s father, Emperor of all the Spains, died.

1157, Sancho, King of Castile and Toledo.

1/1158 at Almazan, Sancho issued a charter giving Calatrava to abbot Raimundo of Fitero. (S) Social Origins of Medieval Institutions, O’Callaghan, 1998, P100.

5/1158, Brothers Sancho III and Fernando II met at Sahagun and decided that when Portugal was conquered Fernando would divide the lands in half and Sancho would get to choose the half he wanted.

7/1158, Sancho, age 24, King of Toledo, died; buried at Toledo.

(S) The Kingdom of Leon-Castilla Under King Alfonso VII, Reilly, 1998.

Child of Sancho and Blance:

i. Alfonso VIII of Castile (47277578), born 11/11/1155 in Soria, Castile.