Ferdinand of Castile (1238 - before 1264/1269), Infante of Castile, was the son of King
Ferdinand III of Castile
Ferdinand III ( es, Fernando, link=no; 1199/120130 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 ...
and
Joan, Countess of Ponthieu
Joan of Dammartin (french: Jeanne; 1220 – 16 March 1279) was Queen of Castile and León by marriage to Ferdinand III of Castile. She also ruled as Countess of Ponthieu (1251–1279) and Aumale (1237–1279). Her daughter, the English queen Ele ...
.
He was the
Count of Aumale
The County of Aumale, later elevated to a duchy, was a medieval fief in Normandy. It was disputed between England and France during parts of the Hundred Years' War.
Aumale in Norman nobility
Aumale was a medieval fief in the Duchy of Normandy and ...
, Baron of Montgomery and of
Noyelles-sur-Mer
Noyelles-sur-Mer (, literally ''Noyelles on Sea'') is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Noyelles-sur-Mer is situated on the coast, facing the English Channel, on the D11 and D40 junction, some ...
.
Biography
Ferdinand was born in 1238. After the death of his father in Seville on 30 May 1252, Joan of Danmartin and her older son left for France, from which Joan would never return. In France, Ferdinand inherited the County of Aumale and the Baronies of Montgomery and
Noyelles-sur-Mer
Noyelles-sur-Mer (, literally ''Noyelles on Sea'') is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Noyelles-sur-Mer is situated on the coast, facing the English Channel, on the D11 and D40 junction, some ...
.
Although the date of his death is unknown, some authors put his death before 1264, while others indicate it must have been before July 25, 1269 because, at that time, his brother Infante Luis could be found in Toledo making a donation to the Order of Calatrava entitled "Heir to the County of Pontis".
Marriage and Descendants
He was married to Laura of Montfort, daughter of
Amaury de Montfort,
Count of Toulouse
The count of Toulouse ( oc, comte de Tolosa, french: comte de Toulouse) was the ruler of county of Toulouse, Toulouse during the 8th to 13th centuries. Originating as vassals of the kingdom of the Franks, Frankish kings,
the hereditary counts ru ...
and Lord of Montfort. The marriage produced one live birth:
* John I of Ponthieu (died 1302). He inherited the possessions of his father and mother and died at the
Battle of the Golden Spurs
The Battle of the Golden Spurs ( nl, Guldensporenslag; french: Bataille des éperons d'or) was a military confrontation between the royal army of France and rebellious forces of the County of Flanders on 11 July 1302 during the Franco-Flemis ...
on about 11 July 1302.
See also
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Crown of Castile
The Crown of Castile was a medieval polity in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and, some decades later, the parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accessi ...
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*{{cite book , title=The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302) , first=J. F. , last=Verbruggen , editor-first=Kelly , editor-last=DeVries , translator-first=David Richard , translator-last=Ferguson , publisher=The Boydell Press , year=2002
1238 births
1260s deaths
Sons of kings