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Ferdinand I of León

Type Figure Region León Time c. 1016–1065 Also known as Ferdinand I

Ferdinand I (c. 1016–1065), first Count of Castile, also took the León throne after Bermudo III fell in battle in 1037 and is known as 'the Great'.…

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  1. c. 1016–1037Castile · CastileSon of Sancho III of Castile and a Navarrese princess, he acted as Count of Castile before 1037, taking part in wars of expansion against León.
  2. 1037–1065León–Castile · CastileAfter inheriting the León throne in 1037 he gradually unified the Christian polities of the peninsula's northwest, launched offensives against the taifa states of al-Andalus to the south, and enfeoffed his sons, forming the pattern of Castilian hegemony in later ages.

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