Editing Ferdinand III of Castile (section)

==Family==

===First marriage===
[[File:Ferdinand III & Beatriz of Swabia.jpg|thumb|King Ferdinand and his wife, Beatrice, depicted in the Burgos Cathedral]]
In 1219, Ferdinand married [[Elisabeth of Swabia]] (1203–1235).{{efn|Elisabeth changed her name to Beatrice after her sister's death in 1212.{{sfn|Kinkade|2019|p=8}}}}{{sfn|Bianchini|2019|p=66}} She was the fourth daughter of [[Philip of Swabia|Philip]], Duke of Swabia, and [[Irene Angelina]].{{sfn|Kinkade|2019|p=8}} Their children were:

# [[Alfonso X of Castile|Alfonso X]] (1221–1284), his successor{{sfn|Houben|2023|pp=80–81}}
# [[Frederick of Castile|Frederick]] (1223–1277)
# [[Infante Ferdinand of Castile|Ferdinand]] (1225–1243/1248)
# Eleanor (born 1227), died young
# [[Berengaria of Castile (1228–1289)|Berengaria]] (1228–1288/89), a nun at [[Las Huelgas]]
# [[Henry of Castile the Senator|Henry]] (1230–1303)
# [[Philip of Castile|Philip]] (1231–1274). He was promised to the Church, but was so taken by the beauty of [[Christina of Norway, Infanta of Castile|Christina of Norway]], daughter of [[Haakon IV of Norway]], who had been intended as a bride for one of his brothers, that he abandoned his holy vows and married her. She died in 1262, childless.
# [[Sancho of Castile (archbishop)|Sancho]], Archbishop of Toledo and Seville (1233–1261)
# [[Manuel of Castile]] (1234–1283)
# Maria, died an infant in November 1235

===Second marriage===
After he was widowed, he married [[Joan, Countess of Ponthieu]], before August 1237.{{sfn|Johnstone|1914|p=436}} They had four sons and one daughter:
# [[Ferdinand of Castile (born 1238)|Ferdinand]] (1238–1264/1269), [[Count of Aumale]]
# [[Eleanor of Castile|Eleanor]] (c. 1241–1290), married [[Edward I of England]].{{sfn|Powicke|1991|p=235}}
# [[Louis of Castile|Louis]] (1243–1269)
# Simon (1244), died young and buried in a monastery in [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]]
# John (1245), died young and buried at the cathedral in [[Córdoba, Spain|Córdoba]]