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« on: August 27, 2015, 07:48:50 PM » |
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Ferdinand III (1199 or 1201-1252) was King of Castile from 1217 to 1252.
He had the Cathedral of Burgos erected.
He was a patron of the mendicant orders. Mendicant orders are religious orders
which depend directly on charity for their livelihood.
Ferdinand III's feast day is May 30.
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CyrilSebastian
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« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2015, 07:44:47 PM » |
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Ferdinand III founded the University of Salamanca. He founded hospitals and monasteries.
Sometimes he pardoned former offenders to his throne.
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Shin
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« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2015, 08:18:02 PM » |
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A King and a Saint of the Reconquista!
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'Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra. . . Fulcite me floribus. (The flowers appear on the earth. . . stay me up with flowers. Sg 2:12,5)
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CyrilSebastian
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« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2018, 08:08:12 PM » |
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In 1236 King Ferdinand III arrived with a royal army to take the Medina, the religious and administrative center of Cordoba.
Ferdinand set up a council of partidores to divide the conquests.
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« Reply #4 on: January 04, 2019, 06:02:08 PM » |
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Ferdinand III's maternal grandmother, Princess Eleanor of England was a daughter
of King Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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CyrilSebastian
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« Reply #5 on: March 28, 2020, 08:47:03 PM » |
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When Ferdinand's uncle Henry I died in 1217, his mother became the heiress to the throne of Castile.
She resigned her rights in favor of Ferdinand. She served as Regent for a time. |
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Shin
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« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2020, 05:01:48 PM » |
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St. Ferdinand III, pray for us!
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'Flores apparuerunt in terra nostra. . . Fulcite me floribus. (The flowers appear on the earth. . . stay me up with flowers. Sg 2:12,5)
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CyrilSebastian
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« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2021, 06:34:49 PM » |
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Through his second marriage Ferdinand III was also Count of Aumale. His second wife was Joan, Countess of Ponthieu. |
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CyrilSebastian
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« Reply #8 on: October 06, 2021, 07:19:30 PM » |
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Ferdinand III followed his mother Berengaria's advice in the choice of a wife, Elisabeth of Swabia. Elisabeth was the daughter of Philip of Swabia, King of Germany.
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CyrilSebastian
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« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2022, 06:45:10 PM » |
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By his will King Alfonso IX of Leon tried to disinherit his son Ferdinand.
However, the will was set aside. Castile and Leon were permanently united in 1230. |
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CyrilSebastian
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« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2025, 04:40:49 PM » |
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King Ferdinand III's son Sancho was Archbishop of Toledo and Seville from 1233 to 1261. |
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