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Ferdinand III (Spanish: Fernando; 1199/1201 – 30 May 1252), called the Saint (el Santo), was King of Castile from 1217 and King of León from 1230 as well as King of Galicia from 1231. He was the son of Alfonso IX of León and Berenguela of Castile .
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Ferdinand III (born 1201?—died May 30, 1252, Sevilla; canonized February 4, 1671; feast day May 30) was the king of Castile from 1217 to 1252 and of Leon from 1230 to 1252 and conqueror of the Muslim cities of Córdoba (1236), Jaén (1246), and Sevilla (1248).
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Ferdinand III ( Spanish: Fernando III; 5 August 1199 — 30 May 1252) also known as Saint Ferdinand (Spanish: San Fernando) and nicknamed the Saint (Spanish: el Santo) was the King of León and Galicia from 1230 until his death in 1252. He was also the King of Castile and Toledo from 1217 to 1252.
- 28 September 1230
- Alfonso IX
- 24 September 1230 — 30 May 1252
- Alfonso X
FERDINAND III, KING OF CASTILE, ST. Reigned in Castile from 1217 and Le ó n from 1230 to May 30, 1252; b. Valparaiso, June 24, 1198; d. Seville. He definitively united Castile and Le ó n and reduced Muslim power in Andalusia to the kingdom of Granada.
Ferdinand III may refer to: Ferdinand III of Castile (died 1252), the Saint (1199–1252, king from 1217) Ferdinand III of Naples, the Catholic (1452–1516, king from 1504) (Ferdinand V of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon and of Sicily), husband of Isabella of Castile.
Ferdinand III was one of the most successful kings of Castile, securing not only the permanent union of the crowns of Castile and León, but also masterminding the most expansive southward territorial expansion campaign yet in the Guadalquivir Valley, in which Islamic rule was in disarray in the wake of the decline of the Almohad presence in the ...
Ferdinand III (Ferdinand Ernest; 13 July 1608 – 2 April 1657) was Archduke of Austria from 1621, King of Hungary from 1625, King of Croatia and of Bohemia from 1627 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1637 to his death.
