Editing Ferdinand II of León (section)

===Family===
Born in [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]], [[Castile (historical region)|Castile]], Ferdinand was the third but second surviving son of King [[Alfonso VII of León and Castile]]{{sfn|Barton|1997|p=13}} and [[Berenguela of Barcelona]].{{sfn|McDougall|2017|p=Figure 2}} His paternal grandparents were Count [[Raymond of Burgundy]] and Queen [[Urraca of León]] and his maternal grandparents were [[Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona]], and [[Douce I, Countess of Provence]]. He had seven full-siblings, of whom only three survived infancy: the later King [[Sancho III of Castile]], [[Constance of Castile|Constance]] (wife of King [[Louis VII of France]]) and [[Sancha of Castile, Queen of Navarre|Sancha]] (wife of King [[Sancho VI of Navarre]]), and two half-siblings from his father's second marriage with [[Richeza of Poland, Queen of Castile|Richeza of Poland]], of whom only survive [[Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon|Sancha]] (wife of King [[Alfonso II of Aragon]]).