Ferdinand IV of Castile

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Ferdinand IV
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Statue of Fernando IV in Madrid's Parque del Buen Retiro.
King of Castile and León
Reign 25 April 1295 – 7 September 1312
Predecessor Sancho IV
Successor Alfonso XI
Born (1285-12-06)6 December 1285
Seville
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Jaén
Burial Real Colegiata de San Hipólito
Consort Constance of Portugal
Issue Eleanor, Queen of Aragon
Alfonso XI, King of Castile
House House of Ivrea Burgundy
Father Sancho IV, King of Castile
Mother María de Molina
Religion Roman Catholicism

Ferdinand IV, El Emplazado or "the Summoned," (6 December 1285 – 7 September 1312) was a king of Castile (1295–1312) and León and Galicia (1301–1312). He was a son of Sancho El Bravo and his wife Maria de Molina.

Life

His strange title is given to him in the chronicles because of a story in which he tyrannically puts to death two brothers named Carvajal, and was given a time (plazo) by them in which to answer for his crime in the next world. But the tale is not contemporary, and is an obvious copy of the story told of Jacques de Molay, grand-master of the Temple, and Philip IV of France.

His reign came at a time of anarchy.[1] From 1296 to 1301 the Kingdom of León was independent under Juan I of León, being crowned as King of León, Galicia and Seville. He owed his escape from the violence of competitors and nobles, partly to the tact and undaunted bravery of his mother Maria de Molina, and partly to the loyalty of the citizens of Ávila, who gave him refuge within their walls. As a king he proved ungrateful to his mother, and weak as a ruler.

In 1302 he married Constance, daughter of King Denis of Portugal. Their children were:

  1. Eleanor (1307–1359), married King Alfonso IV of Aragon
  2. Constance (1308–1310)
  3. Alfonso XI of Castile (1311–1350)

In 1309 he captured Gibraltar from the Moors[1] (who had held it since 711) with the help of Alonso Pérez de Guzmán of Aragón. He died suddenly in his tent at Jaén when preparing for a raid into the Emirate of Granada on 7 September 1312.

Ancestry

Family of Ferdinand IV of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Alfonso IX of León
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Ferdinand III of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Berengaria of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Alfonso X of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Philip of Swabia
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Irene Angelina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Sancho IV of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Peter II of Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. James I of Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Maria of Montpellier
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Violant of Aragon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Andrew II of Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Violant of Hungary
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Yolanda de Courtenay
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Ferdinand IV of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Ferdinand II of León
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Alfonso IX of Leon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Urraca of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Alfonso of Molina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Alfonso VIII of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Berengaria of Castile
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Eleanor of England
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. María de Molina
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Alfonso Téllez II de Menezes, 2nd Lord of Menezes, 1st Lord of Albuquerque
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Alfonso Téllez de Meneses, 4th Lord of Meneses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Teresa Rodríguez Girón
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Mayor Alfonso Tellez, 6th Lady of Menezes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Joao Fernandes de Lima
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Maria Anes de Lima
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Maria Pais Ribeira
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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Ferdinand IV of Castile
Born: 6 December 1285 Died: 7 September 1312
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Castile and León
1295–1312
Succeeded by
Alfonso XI