Sancho IV of Castile

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Image:Sancho IV de León y Castilla.jpgSancho IV "the Brave" (1257/58 – April 25, 1295) was a king of Castile and León (1284 - 1295). He was the second son of Alfonso X. His elder brother, Ferdinand de la Cerda, died in November 1275, and in 1282 Sancho assembled a coalition of nobles to declare for him against Ferdinand's son Alfonso, then took control of the kingdom when Alfonso X died in 1284.

Sancho IV married Maria de Molina in 1282 and they had the following children:

• Isabella (1283-1328). Married and divorced James II of Aragon.
• Ferdinand IV (1285-1312).
• Alfonso (1286-1291)
• Enrique (1288-1299)
• Pedro (1290-1319).
• Felipe (1292-1327). Married his cousin Margarita de la Cerda, daughter of Alfonso de la Cerda.
• Beatrice (1293-1359). Married Afonso IV of Portugal

In 1291, Sancho led an expedition that captured the port of Tarifa from the Moors and his uncle don Juan.

Just before succumbing to a fatal illness , he appointed his queen Maria de Molina to act as regent for his 9 year old son Ferdinand IV of Castile and Leon. He died in 1295 in Toledo.

Preceded by: Alfonso X

King of Castile 1284–1295

Succeeded by: Ferdinand IV