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Sancho II (Portuguese pronunciation:; 8 September 1209 – 4 January 1248), nicknamed the Cowled or the Capuched (Portuguese: o Capelo), alternatively, the Pious (Portuguese: o Piedoso), was King of Portugal from 1223 to 1248. He was succeeded on the Portuguese throne by his brother, King Afonso III, in 1248.
Apr 5, 2024 · king (1223-1245), Portugal. Sancho II (born 1207, Coimbra, Port.—died Jan. 4, 1248, Toledo, Castile [Spain]) was the fourth king of Portugal, son of Afonso II and of Urraca, who was the daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile. Factions were so fostered during Sancho’s minority that his later government was never anything more than a series of ...
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Apr 5, 2024 · This article was most recently revised and updated by Encyclopaedia Britannica. Sancho II was the king of Castile from 1065 to 1072, the eldest son of Ferdinand I. He was allocated the kingdom of Castile in his father’s will, Leon and Galicia being given to his brothers.
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Feb 4, 2022 · Sancho II of Portugal. February 4, 2022 Leave a comment. September 8, 1207 – January 2, 1248. Sancho II of Portugal was born on September 8, 1207, in Coimbra, Portugal. The first-born son of King Afonso II and Queen Urraca, Prince Sancho was groomed as his father’s successor from a young age.
Sancho II ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ ˈsɐ̃ʃu]; 8 September 1209 – 4 January 1248), nicknamed the Cowled or the Capuched ( Portuguese: o Capelo ), alternatively, the Pious ( Portuguese: o Piedoso ), was King of Portugal from 1223 to 1248. He was succeeded on the Portuguese throne by his brother, King Afonso III, in 1248.
Oct 7, 2021 · 2021-10-07 - FEW. people now remember D. Sancho II (1209-12231248), the fourth king of the new kingdom of Portugal. Great-grandson of the founder of the Burgundian dynasty, D. Afonso Henriques, D. Sancho II suffered immense misfortune and disloyalty in his brief reign.
Called "the Caped", eldest son of Afonso II of Portugal by his wife, Infanta Urraca of Castile. Sancho became king in 1223 and was succeeded by his brother, King Afonso III in 1247. His priority was the Reconquista, the reconquest of the southern Iberian Peninsula from the Moors.
