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Sancho III of Castile

1134 - 1158

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Sancho III (c. 1134 – 31 August 1158), called the Desired (el Deseado), was King of Castile and Toledo for one year, from 1157 to 1158. He was the son of Alfonso VII of León and Castile and his wife Berengaria of Barcelona, and was succeeded by his son Alfonso VIII. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sancho III of Castile has received more than 200,461 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Sancho III of Castile is the 3,918th most popular politician (down from 3,232nd in 2019), the 351st most popular biography from Spain (down from 279th in 2019) and the 122nd most popular Spanish Politician.

Sancho III of Castile is most famous for his role in the Reconquista. He was the son of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.42

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sancho III of Castile ranks 3,918 out of 19,576. Before him are Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba, Ovadia Yosef, Childebert the Adopted, Uldin, Jean Bart, and Orestes. After him are Julia Maesa, Phraates IV, Dadabhai Naoroji, Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, and Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1134, Sancho III of Castile ranks 3. Before him are Yesugei, and Basava. After him are Raymond V, Count of Toulouse, Conrad, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Margaret of Navarre, Theodora Komnene, Duchess of Austria, and Geoffrey, Count of Nantes. Among people deceased in 1158, Sancho III of Castile ranks 2. Before him is Otto of Freising. After him are Geoffrey, Count of Nantes, Ludwig I, Count of Württemberg, and Helen of Sweden.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Sancho III of Castile ranks 351 out of 3,355. Before him are Joan Laporta (1962), Severo Ochoa (1905), Miguel López de Legazpi (1502), Martín Alonso Pinzón (1441), Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (1926), and Andoni Zubizarreta (1961). After him are Ricardo Bofill (1939), Al-Bakri (1014), Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907), Queen Letizia of Spain (1972), Garcilaso de la Vega (1501), and Ruy González de Clavijo (1400).

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Among POLITICIANS In Spain

Among politicians born in Spain, Sancho III of Castile ranks 122. Before him are Ferdinand II of León (1137), Pedro Sánchez (1972), Berengaria of Castile (1180), Juan Negrín (1892), Miguel López de Legazpi (1502), and Cayetana Fitz-James Stuart, 18th Duchess of Alba (1926). After him are Alfonso, Prince of Asturias (1907), José María Aznar (1953), Ramiro I of Aragon (1008), Achila II (695), Ordoño II of León (873), and Erwig (642).

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