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Sancho III of Castile
d. 1158
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1158
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About
Sancho the Third of Castile reigned barely a year before his early death left his three-year-old son Alfonso the Eighth on the throne.
Research notes
(Standard, undisputed royal genealogy of the houses of Castile, Leon and Navarre, entered 29 Jul 2026 under the project's relaxed rule for standard royal accounts.) SANCHO III of CASTILE (1134-1158), 'el Deseado'; son of Alfonso VII the Emperor by Berengaria of Barcelona; m. BLANCA of Navarre; father of Alfonso VIII (our line). Direct ancestor.