Ferdinand II of León
King of Leon and Galicia
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Ferdinand II , was a member of the Castilian cadet branch of the House of Ivrea and King of León and Galicia from 1157 until his death. Life Family Born in Toledo, Castile, Ferdinand was the third but second surviving son of King Alfonso VII of León and Castile and Berenguela of Barcelona. His paternal grandparents were Count Raymond of Burgundy and Queen Urraca of León and his maternal grandparents were Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, and Douce I, Countess of Provence. He had seven full-siblings, of whom only three survived infancy: the later King Sancho III of Castile, Constance and Sancha , and two half-siblings from his father's second marriage with Richeza of Poland, of whom only survive Sancha .
