Sancho of Castile (bishop)

For other people named Sancho of Castile, see Sancho of Castile (disambiguation).

Sancho of Castile
Archbishop of Toledo
Coat of arms of Castile & León
Born	1233
Died	27 October 1261
House	Castilian House of Ivrea
Father	Ferdinand III of Castile
Mother	Elisabeth of Swabia
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Infante Sancho of Castile (1233 – 27 October 1261) was Archbishop of Toledo and Chancellor of Castile from 1259 until his death.

Biography

Sancho was the seventh child and sixth son of King Ferdinand III of Castile and his first wife, Elisabeth of Swabia. His father had him and his older brother Philip prepared for an ecclesiastical career. Their paternal grandmother, the former Queen Berengaria of Castile, entrusted Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada, Archbishop of Toledo, with their upbringing. The Archbishop sent the infantes to the University of Paros, where they were taught by Albert the Great.

Infante Sancho became Archbishop of Toledo in 1259. He was present at the Cortes of Seville in 1261, but the Infante's entry with archepiscopal cross in December 1260 caused an incident involving him and Raimundo de Losana, Archbishop of Seville. The Archbishop of Seville was offended and considered this a threat to the autonomy of his see. Sancho, however, stated that that was not his intention.

Archbishop Sancho died aged 28. The place of his burial is uncertain; he may have been buried in the Cathedral of Toledo or in the Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas.

Ancestors

Ancestors of Sancho of Castile (bishop)

16. Alfonso VII of León and Castile 8. Ferdinand II of León 17. Berenguela of Barcelona 4. Alfonso IX of León 18. Afonso I of Portugal 9. Urraca of Portugal 19. Maud of Savoy 2. Ferdinand III of Castile 20. Sancho III of Castile 10. Alfonso VIII of Castile 21. Blanche of Navarre 5. Berenguela of Castile 22. Henry II of England 11. Eleanor of England 23. Eleanor of Aquitaine 1. Sancho of Castile 24. Frederick II, Duke of Swabia 12. Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor 25. Judith of Bavaria 6. Philip, King of Germany 26. Renaud III, Count of Burgundy 13. Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy 27. Agatha of Lorraine 3. Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen 28. Andronikos Doukas Angelos 14. Isaac II Angelos 29. Euphrosyne Kastamonitissa 7. Irene Angelina 30. George Komnenodoukas Palaiologos (1125–1168) 15. Unknown Palaiologina?, afterwards Irene 31. ?Irene Komnene Kantakouzene?

Bibliography

• González Jiménez, Manuel: Alfonso X el Sabio. Barcelona: Editorial Ariel S. A. ISBN 84-344-6758-5.

See also

• Frederick of Castile
• Henry of Castile the Senator
• Christina of Norway, Infanta of Castile