Infante Sancho of Castile (1233 – 27 October 1261) was
Archbishop of Toledo
This is a list of Bishops and Archbishops of Toledo ( la, Archidioecesis Metropolitae Toletana). and
Chancellor of Castile from 1259 until his death.
Biography
Sancho was the seventh child and sixth son of King
Ferdinand III of Castile
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and his first wife,
Elisabeth of Swabia
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. His father had him and his older brother
Philip
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prepared for an ecclesiastical career. Their paternal grandmother, the former Queen
Berengaria of Castile
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, entrusted
Rodrigo Jiménez de Rada
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,
Archbishop of Toledo
This is a list of Bishops and Archbishops of Toledo ( la, Archidioecesis Metropolitae Toletana). , with their upbringing. The Archbishop sent the infantes to the
University of Paros, where they were taught by
Albert the Great
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.
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 The name Raimundo may refer to:
* Raimundo, 2nd Duke of Castel Duino (1907–1986)
* Raimundo Calcagno, Spanish screenwriter
* Raimundo Rolón, brief President of Paraguay
* Raimundo Orsi, Argentinian footballer
* Raimundo Diosdado Caballero, Cat ...
,
Archbishop of Seville
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. 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
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or in the
Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas
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.
Ancestors
Bibliography
*González Jiménez, Manuel: ''Alfonso X el Sabio''. Barcelona: Editorial Ariel S. A. .
See also
*
Frederick of Castile
*
Henry of Castile the Senator
Henry of Castile (March 1230 – 8 August 1303), called the Senator (''el Senador''), was a Castilian ''infante
''Infante'' (, ; f. ''infanta''), also anglicised as Infant or translated as Prince, is the title and rank given in the Ibe ...
*
Christina of Norway, Infanta of Castile
Christina of Norway ( no, Kristina Håkonsdotter; 1234 – 1262) was the daughter of Håkon IV and his wife, Margaret Skulesdatter. She was born in Bergen. As part of an alliance she was betrothed to Philip, brother of Alfonso X of Castile. The ...
References
External links
Genealogy of Sancho de Castilla
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1233 births
1261 deaths
Castilian infantes
Archbishops of Toledo
Castilian House of Burgundy
13th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in Castile
Sons of kings