Sancho IV of Castile and Leon
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| Title: | 2nd Monarch of Castile and Leon |
| Term in office: | 1284–1295 |
| Predecessor: | King Alfonso X |
| Successor: | King Ferdinand IV |
| Birth: | |
| Date: | 1257 |
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| Death: | |
| Date: | 1295 |
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| Profession: | ... |
| Relgious Affiliation: | Catholic |
Sancho IV "the Brave" (1257/58 - April 25, 1295) was a king of Castile and Leon (1284 - 1295). He was the son of Alfonso X. His elder brother, Ferdinand de la Cerda, died in November 1275, and in 1282 Sancho assembled a coalition of nobles to declare for him against Ferdinand's son Alfonso, then took control of the kingdom when Alfonso X died in 1284.
In 1291, Sancho led an expedition that captured the port of Tarifa from the Moors.
Just before succumbing to a fatal illness in 1295, he appointed his queen Maria de Molina to act as regent for his son Ferdinand. He died in Toledo.
| Preceded by: Alfonso X |
King of Castile and Leon | Succeeded by: Ferdinand IV |
