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Sancho II (1036/8 - 7 October 1072), called the Strong (el Fuerte), was King of Castile (1065-72), Galicia (1071-72) and León (1072). Born at Zamora, Sancho was the eldest son of Ferdinand I of Castile and Sancha of León, the eventual heiress to the Leonese crown. He was married to Alberta, a woman, probably foreign, of unknown origin. He succeeded in Castile while his younger brother Alfonso succeeded in their mother's inheritance of León and Galicia was given to the youngest son García. In 1068, Sancho defeated his cousins Sancho IV of Navarre and Sancho of Aragón in the War of the Three Sanchos. He reconquered Bureba, Alta Rioja, and Álava, which his father had given to Sancho of Navarre's father, García, in return for aid against Bermudo III of León. In that year, he defeated Alfonso, his brother, at Llantada, but he soon teamed up with him to conquer Galicia. They succeeded (1071) and partitioned it, but Sancho then turned on Alfonso. With the aid of his alférez El Cid, he defeated Alfonso at Golpejera (1072). He then forced him into exile in Toledo and took over León as king, being crowned in the city of León on 12 January 1072.. Some Leonese resistance still persisted, and his sister, Urraca, Lady of Zamora, held that city against his rule. He had surrounded the city and begun a siege, when a Zamoran noble, named Vellido Dolfos, assassinated Sancho on 6 October 1072. Vellido had gained entry to Sancho's camp pretending to be a deserter, and sought a private conference with Sancho to tell him the weakness of the Zamoran defence. Once before Sancho, however, he used the king's own sword to impale him in the back. Fleeing, he was chased back to Zamora by El Cid but escaped into the town through a gateway since called Portillo del Traidor ("gateway of the traitor"). Sancho was succeeded in his kingdoms by the brother he had previously deposed, Alfonso. He was buried in San Salvador de Oña. Sources Reilly, Bernard F. 1988. The Kingdom of León-Castilla under King Alfonso VI, 1065-1109. Princeton: Princeton University Press. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Another version: Sancho II Fernández "el Fuerte", rey de Castilla b. circa 1037, d. 6 October 1072 Sancho II Fernández "el Fuerte", rey de Castilla also went by the name of Sancho "the Strong." He was born circa 1037. The first son. He was the son of Fernando I Sánchez "el Magno", rey de Castilla y de León and reine de Castilla Sancha Alfonsez de León. He inherited Castile in the split of his father's kingdom in 1065. He had some sixty percent of his charters confirmed by Rodrigo Díaz, the nobleman who would become famous as "El Cid" between 1065 and 1072. He is cited as ruling in Burgos in a Riojan document on 30 November 1065. King of Castile in Iberian peninsula, between 27 December 1065 and 1072. He married Alberta (?) before 1071. He usurped the Galician throne of his brother, Garcia, by force in 1071. King of Castile and Galicia in Iberian peninsula, between 1071 and 1072. He siezed León from his brother Alfonso VI, who on their sister Urraca's urging he exiled, himself to rule, for a brief time, over all three kingdoms in 1072. King of Castile, Galicia, and León in Spain, in 1072. He died on 6 October 1072 in cerca de Zamora, León, Spain. He was killed while besieging the rebel fortress-city of Zamora, held by his sister Urraca in Alfonso's name. Sancho II Fernández "el Fuerte", rey de Castilla was buried in the monastery of San Salvador de Oña, Castile. http://en.wikipedia.org
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