Sancho II of Portugal
September 8, 1207 –January 4, 1248
Politician
Lived 40 years
- Born in
- Coimbra
- Passed away in
- Toledo
Sancho II (Sancho Afonso; 8 September 1207 – 4 January 1248), nicknamed Sancho the Cowled or Sancho the Capuched (Sancho o Capelo), alternatively, Sancho the Pious (Sancho o Piedoso), was King of Portugal from 1223 to 1248.
Sancho was born in Coimbra, the eldest son of Afonso II of Portugal by his wife, Urraca of Castile. He ascended the throne after his father's death on 25 March, 1223.
He was succeeded on the Portuguese throne by his brother, King Afonso III, in 1248.
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