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Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon

1154 - 1208

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Sancha of Castile (21 September 1154/5 – 9 November 1208) was the only surviving child of King Alfonso VII of León and Castile by his second wife, Richeza of Poland. On January 18, 1174, she married King Alfonso II of Aragon at Zaragoza; they had at least eight children who survived into adulthood. A patroness of troubadours such as Giraud de Calanson and Peire Raymond, the queen became involved in a legal dispute with her husband concerning properties which formed part of her dower estates. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon has received more than 135,055 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon is the 460th most popular companion (down from 439th in 2019), the 597th most popular biography from Spain (down from 562nd in 2019) and the 27th most popular Spanish Companion.

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Among companions, Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon ranks 460 out of 784. Before her are Catherine of Poděbrady, Mette-Marit, Crown Princess of Norway, Aelia Flaccilla, Aspasia Manos, Adela of Flanders, and Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg. After her are Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria, Violant of Bar, Maria of Portugal, Queen of Castile, Princess Luisa Carlotta of Naples and Sicily, Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg, and Queen Saleha of Brunei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1154, Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon ranks 7. Before her are Constance, Queen of Sicily, Sancho I of Portugal, Minamoto no Yoshinaka, Maria Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem, Vsevolod the Big Nest, and Sancho VII of Navarre. After her are Robert II, Count of Dreux, and Benoît de Sainte-Maure. Among people deceased in 1208, Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon ranks 5. Before her are Philip of Swabia, Hoelun, Irene Angelina, and Maria Komnene, Queen of Jerusalem. After her are Emperor Zhangzong of Jin, and Pierre de Castelnau.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon ranks 597 out of 3,355. Before her are Emilia Pardo Bazán (1851), Rodrigo de Triana (1469), Manuel Santana (1938), Abd al-Rahman IV (1000), Muhammad II of Córdoba (980), and Juande Ramos (1954). After her are Elisenda of Montcada (1292), Álvaro de Bazán, 1st Marquess of Santa Cruz (1526), Ignacio Zuloaga (1870), Juan Carreño de Miranda (1614), Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga (1806), and Gerard Piqué (1987).

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Among COMPANIONS In Spain

Among companions born in Spain, Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon ranks 27. Before her are Isabella of Castile, Queen of Aragon (1283), Dulce of Aragon (1160), Violant of Aragon (1236), Maria of Aragon, Queen of Castile (1403), Berengaria of Barcelona (1116), and Aelia Flaccilla (356). After her are Fernán González of Castile (910), Muniadona of Castile (995), Beatrice of Castile (1242), Luisa de Guzmán (1613), Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Navarre (1363), and Margaret of Prades (1395).

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