“ferdinand de la cerda”

(’23 october 1255′ – ‘1275’)
(died @ ‘age 20’)
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(“ferdinand de la cerda” was the heir apparent to the “Crown of Castile” as the eldest son of “Alfonso X” and “Violant of Aragon”)

(his nickname, de la cerda, means “of the bristle” in ‘spanish’, a reference to being born with a full head of hair)

(in ‘November 1268’ he married ‘Blanche’, the daughter of ‘King Louis IX’ of ‘France’)

(they had 2 sons:)

(“Alfonso de la Cerda” (1270-1333), who was believed to have married ‘Matilde of Narbonne’, daughter of ‘Viscount Aimery VI’ of ‘Narbonne’))

(recent research showed that ‘Alfonso de la Cerda’ married ‘Matilde of Brienne’, daughter of ‘John I’ of ‘Brienne’)

(they had 4 sons and 3 daughters)

(“Fernando de la Cerda” (1275-1322), who married ‘Juana Núñez de Lara’, called “la Palomilla”, ‘Lady of Lara & Herrera’, daughter of ‘Juan Núñez de Lara “el Mayor”’ and ‘Teresa Álvarez de Azagra’)

(they had 1 son and 3 daughters)

(one daughter, ‘Blanca Núñez de Lara’, was the mother-in-law to ‘King Henry II’ of ‘Castile’)

(‘Ferdinand’ predeceased his father in 1275 at ‘Ciudad Real’ from wounds received at the ‘Battle of Écija’)

(his sons did not inherit the throne of their grandfather, since their ‘uncle sancho’ usurped the throne)
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(“uncle sancho”…ha!…what a great name for a villain!)
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