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Sancha (given Name)
Sancha is a given name, the feminine version of the Spanish Sancho. Sanchia, Sancia, and Santina are variant feminine forms. People named Sancha include: * Sancha, Lady of Alenquer (1180–1279), feudal Lady of Alenquer *Sancha of Aragon (1478–1506), Aragonese aristocrat * Sancha of Aragon (died 1097), Aragonese princess and countess of Urgell * Sancha of Aragon, Countess of Toulouse (1186–1241), Countess consort of Toulouse *Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon (1154–1208), queen of Aragon * Sancha of Castile, Queen of Navarre (1139–1179), queen of Navarre * Sancha of León (1018–1067), princess and queen of León * Sancha, heiress of León (1191–before 1243), briefly suo jure Queen of León, reigning alongside her younger sister, Dulce * Sancha of Portugal (born 1264) (1264–c. 1284), Portuguese infanta * Sancha Garcia, abbess of the royal monastery Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas from 1207 to 1229/30 * Sancha Ponce de Cabrera (died 1176), Leonese aris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sancho
The name Sancho () is an Iberian name of Basque origin (Santxo, Santzo, Santso, Antzo, Sans). Sancho stems from the Latin name Sanctius. Feminine forms of the name are Sancha, Sancia, and Sanchia (), and the common patronymic is Sánchez and Sanches. Outside the Spanish-speaking world, the name is especially associated with the literary character Sancho Panza. Sancho is a common slang term in the Spanish speaking world for the other man in the relationship. As in a spouse or girlfriend who is being unfaithful with a Sancho. Sancha is the feminine equivalent. Kings of Navarre * Sancho I * Sancho II * Sancho III * Sancho IV * Sancho V (also king of Aragon) * Sancho VI * Sancho VII Kings of León and Castile * Sancho I (León) * Sancho II (León and Castille) * Sancho III (Castille) * Sancho IV (León and Castille) Kings of Portugal * Sancho I, ''o Povoador'' * Sancho II, ''o Capelo'' King of Majorca * Sancho Dukes of Gascony * Sancho I * Sancho II * Sancho III * Sancho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sancha Of Castile, Queen Of Navarre
Sancha of Castile (–5 August 1177 or 1179) was daughter of Alfonso VII of León and Castile and his first wife Berengaria of Barcelona. Sancha was the fifth child of seven born to her parents. On 20 July 1153, Sancha married Sancho VI of Navarre. He is responsible for bringing his kingdom into the political orbit of Europe. As "la reyna de Navarra, filla del emperador" (the queen of Navarre, daughter of the Emperor) her 5 August 1179 death was reported in the ''Annales Toledanos,'' while in the ''Chronacles of Navarre'' she died in August 1179.A. Huici, ''Las Crónicas Latinas de la Reconquista'', Valencia, 1913, vol. 1, p. 349 Issue Sancho and Sancha's children were: * Sancho VII *Ferdinand *Ramiro, Bishop of Pamplona * Berengaria (died 1230 or 1232), married King Richard I of England *Constance * Blanche, married Count Theobald III of Champagne Theobald III (; 13 May 1179 – 24 May 1201) was Count of Champagne from 1197 to his death. He was designated heir by his old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sancha Raimúndez
Sancha Raimúndez (c. 1095/110228 February 1159) was a Leonese people, Leonese infanta, the daughter of Queen Urraca of León and Castile and Raymond of Burgundy. She was the older sister of Alfonso VII of León. Biography Sancha Raimúndez of León is thought to have been born between the years 1095 - year of her parents' marriage - and 1102. Daughter of Queen Urraca of León and Raymond of Burgundy, she was the sister of Alfonso VII of León, who inherited the throne of León and Castlie after their mother's death. She was brought up by her mother, Urraca, along with her aunts, the infantas Sancha and Elvira, daughters of Alfonso VI of León and Castile, who at the time enjoyed the possession of the Infantado, a set of monasteries and churches throughout the kingdom, whose revenue was designed to support unmarried infantas. There properties reverted to the Crown upon the death of the incumbents, as in the case of Infanta Sancha, who also held Infantados in the kingdoms of Leon, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sancha Ponce De Cabrera
Sancha Ponce de Cabrera (died in 1176) was a daughter of Ponce Giraldo de Cabrera, and his first wife, Sancha Núñez.Even though she appears in some genealogies as the daughter of Ponce's second wife, María Fernández de Traba, years later, her children Juan, Fernando and Maria make a donation to the Monastery of Santa María de Meira in Galicia of some properties that they had inherited from their grandmother Sancha Núñez. ''Cfr.'' Fernández-Xesta y Vázquez (1991), pp. 60–61Se''Colección documental do Mosteiro de Santa María de Meira'' María Mercedes Domínguez Casal She was the wife of the important magnate from the Kingdom of León, Vela Gutiérrez. In 1149, King Alfonso VIII of León gave the couple as a wedding gift the villa of Nogales which they, in turn, donated to Aldara Pérez, abbess at the Monastery of San Miguel de Bóveda in Ourense. The abbess was entrusted with the task of bringing nuns from her monastery to the new one which would be governed by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sancha Garcia
Sancha Garcia was abbess of the royal monastery Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas The Abbey of Santa María la Real de Las Huelgas is a monastery of Cistercian nuns located approximately 1.5 km west of the city of Burgos in Spain. The word , which usually refers to "labour strikes" in modern Spanish, refers in this case ... from 1207 to 1229/30. The monastery had from the 13th century two authorities, the abbess for religious matters, and a female member of the royal family to administrate secular matters, especially regarding the relations between the monastery and the court and other donors. Sancha Garcia was the second abbess, succeeding Dona Misol. She has been described as "one of the last truly powerful abbesses in Medieval Europe", who was the head of the convent and several monasteries, and who performed functions reserved for priests, such as hearing confession. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Sancha 13th-century Christian nuns Spanish Christian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sancha Of Portugal (born 1264)
Sancha of Portugal () (2 February 1264 – 1279/c. 1284) was a Portuguese ''infanta'', daughter of King Afonso III of Portugal and his second wife Beatrice of Castile. Sancha was born on 2 February 1264. Little is known about her life. She travelled with her mother and sister Blanche to Seville Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spain, Spanish autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the Guadalquivir, River Guadalquivir, ... where she died in 1279 or around 1284. In 1302, her remains were transferred to Portugal where she was buried at the Monastery of Alcobaça, Alcobaça. Ancestry References 1264 births 1302 deaths Portuguese infantas House of Burgundy-Portugal 13th-century Portuguese nobility 13th-century Portuguese women 13th-century Castilians 13th-century Spanish women Daughters of kings {{Portugal-royal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sancha, Heiress Of León
Sancha of León (1191/2 before 1243) was briefly ''suo jure'' Queen of León, reigning alongside her younger sister, Dulce. The eldest child and daughter of Alfonso IX of León by his first wife, Teresa of Portugal, Sancha was made co-heiress following the death of one of her younger brothers and the accession to the throne of Castile of the other. Sancha and her sister did not get to reign, as their stepmother succeeded in setting up her own son on the throne. Biography Sancha was raised at the court of their father, but her younger sister Dulce and her brother Ferdinand were raised with their mother in Portugal after the annulment of their parents' marriage in 1195.Salvador Martínez, 32–33. Although in Castile it was customary for females to inherit, and Sancha's stepmother became queen, briefly, of Castile, in León female succession was barred, although her ancestor Urraca had been the first queen regnant of Western Europe. After the death of Sancha's brother (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sancha Of León
Sancha of León (8 November 1067) was ''infanta'' and queen of León. She was married to Ferdinand I, the Count of Castile who later became King of León after having killed Sancha's brother in battle. She and her husband commissioned the Crucifix of Ferdinand and Sancha. Life Sancha was a daughter of Alfonso V of León by his first wife, Elvira Menéndez. She became a secular abbess of the Monastery of San Pelayo. In 1029, a political marriage was arranged between her and count García Sánchez of Castile. However, having traveled to León for the marriage, García was assassinated by a group of disgruntled vassals. In 1032, Sancha was married to García's nephew and successor, Ferdinand I of Castile, when the latter was 11 years old. At the Battle of Tamarón in 1037 Ferdinand killed Sancha's brother Bermudo III of León, making Sancha the heir and allowing Ferdinand to have himself crowned King of León. Sancha's own position as queen of León is unclear and contradi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sancha Of Castile, Queen Of Aragon
Sancha of Castile (21 September 1154/5 – 9 November 1208) was the only surviving child of King Alfonso VII of León and Castile by his second wife, Richeza of Poland. On January 18, 1174, she married King Alfonso II of Aragon at Zaragoza; they had at least eight children who survived into adulthood. A patroness of troubadours such as Giraud de Calanson and Peire Raymond, the queen became involved in a legal dispute with her husband concerning properties which formed part of her dower estates. In 1177, she entered the County of Ribagorza and took forcible possession of various castles and fortresses that belonged to the crown there. After her husband died at Perpignan in 1196, Sancha was relegated to the background of political affairs by her son, Peter II. She retired from court, withdrawing to the Hospitaller convent for noble ladies, the Royal Monastery of Santa María de Sigena, which she had founded. There she assumed the cross of the Knights Hospitaller, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanchia
Sanchia or Sancia is a feminine given name of Spanish and Portuguese origin from Latin ''sanctus'' or ''sancta'', meaning ''holy'' or ''saint''. The name, which has multiple forms, is the feminine version of the Spanish and Portuguese name Sancho. Usage The name was in use in the Anglosphere and throughout Europe by the Middle Ages in multiple forms and all have been in occasional use in English-speaking countries since that time. Feminine variants used in the Anglosphere have included Saincte, Saint, Sainte, Saints, Sancha, Sanche, Sanchee, Sanchia, Sanchie, Sancia, Sancta, Sanctia, Sanzia, Sence, Sense, and Zanchy. Another source noted forms in use during the medieval era included Science, Sciencia, Scientia, and Senses. French feminine variants Saincte, Sainte, Saintes, Seincte, Xainte, Xaintes, and diminutives Sancelina, Sanceline, Saintine, and Xaintine were also in use as given names in the French-speaking world in the 1500s. An Occitan version of the name is Sància, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sancha Of Aragon, Countess Of Toulouse
Sancha of Aragon (1186, Zaragoza –1241) was the daughter of King Alfonso II of Aragon and his wife, Sancha of Castile. Sancha was married to Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse in 1211. Upon the death of Raymond's father, Raymond VI, in 1222, she acquired the titles Countess consort of Toulouse and Marquise consort of Provence until their divorce in 1241. Sancha's paternal grandparents were Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona and Petronilla of Aragon; her maternal grandparents were Alfonso VII of León and Castile and Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile. She was the sister of Peter II of Aragon and Alfonso II, Count of Provence Alfonso II (1180 – 2 February 1209) was the second son of Alfonso II of Aragon (who was Alfonso I of Provence) and Sancha of Castile. His father transferred the County of Provence from his uncle Sancho to him in 1185. Alfonso II was born in B .... She and Raymond had one child, Joan, Countess of Toulouse, who inherited the same titles upon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sancha Of Aragon (died 1097)
Sancha Ramírez (born 1045, died 1097) was an Aragonese princess, the daughter of King Ramiro I and Queen Ermesinda. She was the countess of Urgell from 1063 until 1065 as the wife of Count Ermengol III. Her brothers Sancho Ramírez and García Ramírez became king of Aragon and bishop of Pamplona, respectively. During her brother's reign she played an important role in consolidating the Kingdom of Aragon, which had been founded by her father in 1035. Marriage Around 1063, when she was only about 18 years old, Sancha married the much older count of Urgell. She was his fourth wife and he had been count since 1038. He died after only a few years of marriage in 1065. As a twenty-year-old widow, Sancha remained for a while in Urgell, appearing in acts beside her stepson Count Ermengol IV. On 12 April 1065, she made a donation for the sake of her late husband's soul. Convent When Sancha finally returned to Aragon she entered the convent Santa María of Santa Cruz de la Serós, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
