November 8, 1067 death of Sancha of Leon.
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Sancha was born in 1018. Her father was Alfonso V of Leon. Her father had come to the throne of Leon when he was 5. Alfonso's mother Elvira Garcia had been named regent along with Menendo Gonzalez, the Count of Portugal (eventual Duke of Galacia). Sancha's mother was Menendo's daughter Elvira. Her mother bore Alfonso two children, Sancha and her brother Bermudo. Her mother would die in 1022.
Her father remarried to Urraca Garces, a sister of Sancho III of Pamplona. There is some record of Urraca bearing him a daughter Jimena.
Her father was killed in 1028 when she was 10. He had been visiting the Muslim occupied town of Viseu and was shot with an arrow.
Her brother Bermudo took the throne as Bermudo III but it was not simple. He married Jimena, who was the niece of his stepmother Uracca, a daughter of her brother Sancho.
in 1029 a marriage was arranged for Sancha to Garcia Sanchez of Castile. Garcia was Sancho of Pamplona's brother in law, Sancho married to Garcia's eldest sister Munidona. During Garcia's minority, Castile had fallen under the protection of Sancho. Garcia came to Leon to meet his bride but unfortunately he was assassinated by disgruntled vassals.
Castile was claimed by Sancho in the name of his wife. And they installed their son Ferdinand as the new count of Castile. He was their younger son, his older brother Garcia stood to inherit Pamplona. Sancho arranged the marriage of his son to Garcia's intended bride, Sancha, and they were married in 1032.
Sancho and later Ferdinand drove Bermudo from his lands and power. Bermudo departed Leon for Galacia but when Sancho died he returned. He came into conflict with his brother in law. Ferdinand killed Bermudo in 1037 and assumed the throne of Leon.
Sancha was a devout catholic. Her husband commisioned the crucifix of Ferdinand and Sancha in their honor.
Crucifix of Ferdinand and Sancha - | Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte
Her husband died in 1065. His kingdom was divided between his three sons, and Sancha would spend the rest of her life trying to keep peace.
She died in Leon and was buried in the Basilica San Isidoro next to her parents, her brother, her husband and three of her children. It was the basilica their crucifix had been gifted to.
https://www.museosanisidorodeleon.com/en/the-basilica-of-st-isidoro/
Her and her husband had five children.
-Urracca: she inherited Zamora from her father. Following their father's death, her brother Sancho decided to reclaim the lands given away to his brothers and sisters. Urracca was the only sibling he failed with, the well defended city of Zamora withheld the siege of her brother and he was assassinated during it. She never married and eventually retreated to a convent dying in 1101. She was one of the three children buried with her parents.
-Sancho: inherited King of Castile from his father. He later seized Leon and Galicia from his younger brothers. He was married to a woman named Alberta but nothing is known of her or her origins. He was assassinated in Zamora. He was succeeded by his younger brother Alfonso (who he had taken the throne of Leon from previously). Unlike some of his siblings, he was not buried with his parents but in San Salvador de Ona.
-Elvira: inherited the city of Toro. Unlike Urraca, Toro did fall to the hands of Sancho. She was burried like Urraca with their parents.
-Alfonso: named King of Leon when his father died. He lost his throne to Sancho but after Sancho's death he became Alfonso VI of Leon and Castile. He had five wives and three concubines. He had six children, his titles inherited by his daughter Urracca.
-Garcia: was given the county of Galicia which was elevated to a kingdom, and its lands extended. He was in conflict with Alfonso before Alfonso was driven from the throne of Leon. He was later captured and imprisoned for a short time by Sancho before he managed to flee to Muslim controlled Toledo. Galicia at that time was swallowed back up by his brother's kingdom. After Sancho died he was convinced to come back to a conference with Alfonso but he was imprisoned. He spent the last 17 years of his life in prison, and demanded to be buried in chains like he lived those last years. Burried with his parents and sisters at the basilica.