Sancho II of Portugal

Sancho II
King Sancho in the Castilian manuscript Compendium of Chronicles of Kings, c. 1312-1325
King of Portugal
Reign25 March 1223 – 4 December 1247
PredecessorAfonso II
SuccessorAfonso III
Born8 September 1207
Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
Died4 January 1248 (aged 38)
Toledo, Kingdom of Castile
Burial
SpouseMécia Lopes de Haro
(m. c. 1243-45)
HouseBurgundy
FatherAfonso II of Portugal
MotherUrraca of Castile

Sancho II (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃ʃu]; 8 September 1207 – 4 January 1248), nicknamed the Cowled or the Capuched (Portuguese: o Capelo), alternatively, the Pious (Portuguese: o Piedoso), was King of Portugal from 1223 to 1248. He was succeeded on the Portuguese throne by his brother, King Afonso III, in 1248.[1]

Sancho was born in Coimbra, the eldest son of Afonso II of Portugal by his wife, Urraca of Castile.

  1. ^ Martínez, H. Salvador (2010-03-02). Alfonso X, the Learned: A Biography. BRILL. p. 380. ISBN 978-90-04-19342-0.