Ferdinand de la Cerda
Ferdinand de la Cerda (* 1255 ; † 1275 in Ciudad Real ) was Crown Prince of Castile as the eldest son of Alfonso X of Castile and German King , and Violante of Aragón . The nickname de la Cerda (Cerda = bristle or horsehair) refers to the claim that he was born with chest hair.
In November 1268 he married Blanche of France , a daughter of King Louis IX. the saint . The couple had two sons:
- Alfonso (* 1270; † 1324), ∞ Mafalda von Narbonne , mistress of Lunel , daughter of Aimerico VI. from Narbonne and Sibila from Foix .
- Ferdinand (* 1275; † 1322), ∞ Juana Núñez de Lara , called "la Palomilla", mistress of Lara and Herrera, daughter of Juan Núñez de Lara "el Mayor" and Teresa Álvarez de Azagra. One of her daughters became the mother-in-law of King Henry II of Castile.
Ferdinand died before his father; he was buried in the church of the Las Huelgas monastery near Burgos .
After Ferdinand's death, Alfonso X determined his younger son Sancho to be his successor, thereby overriding the claims of Ferdinand's children, which triggered a war with France, since the French King Philip III. whose side took it. Castile won the dispute, but when Alfonso X then wanted to divide the empire in order to resolve the domestic political dispute, Sancho and the Castilian grandees revolted against him and deposed him in 1282.
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| SURNAME | Ferdinand de la Cerda |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Crown Prince of Castile |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1255 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1275 |
| Place of death | Ciudad Real |