Sancho IV, Spanish king of Castile and León

Sancho IV (Sancho the Brave), 1257?-1295, Spanish king of Castile and León (1284–95), son and successor of Alfonso X Alfonso X (Alfonso the Wise), 1221–84, Spanish king of Castile and León (1252–84); son and successor of Ferdinand III, whose conquests of the Moors he continued, notably by taking Cádiz (1262).
..... Click the link for more information. . On the death (1275) of his elder brother, Ferdinand de la Cerda, Sancho was designated as Alfonso's successor by a coalition of nobles. Throughout his reign Sancho was forced to defend his throne against the claims of Ferdinand de la Cerda's heirs, who at times received the support of Aragón. He conquered (1292) Tarifa from the Moors. His son, Ferdinand IV, succeeded him under the regency of Sancho's widow, María de Molina.

Sancho IV

known as Sancho the Brave

(born 1257—died April 25, 1295, Toledo, Castile) King of Castile and Leon (1284–95). The second son of Afonso X, he won the backing of nobles and military orders in his effort to gain recognition as heir, and he usurped the throne on his father's death. Sancho defeated an invasion of Andalusia by the king of Fès (1290) and won the support of Aragon by marrying his son to the daughter of James II. He depended greatly on his warrior-queen, María de Molina (d. 1321).

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Primera cronica general de Espana que mando componer Alfonso el Sabio y se continuaba bajo Sancho IV en 1289.

A true mirror of princes: defining the good governor in Miguel de ... by Kerlin, Gioia Marie / Hispanofila

The bar occupies the first floor of the Hotel Misiona (C/ Sancho IV el Bravo, [telephone] 95 662 70 83, fax 95 662 70 83, reserves@misiana.

Costa de la Luz by Lipscomb, Kelly / Spain Adventure Guide

The fact that Alfonso X died before the Estoria de Espanna was completed caused further discontinuity: the work was completed under his son, Sancho IV, without the supervision of the wise king himself.

On royal infallibility by De Barros Dias, Isabel / Portuguese Studies