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In 1231 he united Castile and Leon permanently. Fernando spent much of his reign fighting the Moors . He captured the towns of Córdoba in 1236 , Jaén in 1246 , and Seville in 1248 , and occupied Murcia in 1243 , thereby completing the reconquest of Spain excepting Granada , whose king nevertheless did homage to Fernando. He founded the University of Salamanca and the Cathedral Of Burgos . Fernando was canonized by Pope Clement X in 1671 . Several places named San Fernando were founded across the Spanish Empire . MARRIAGES AND FAMILY In 1219 , Ferdinand married Elizabeth of Hohenstaufen, a daughter of the German king Philip Of Swabia and Irene Angelina . Elizabeth was called Beatriz in Spain. Their children were: # King Alfonso X Of Castile (November 23, 1221-1284) # Infante Fadrique (September 1223-1277), secretly executed by his brother Alfonso. # Infante Fernando (March 1225-1243/1248) # Infanta Leonor (1227-died young) # Infanta Berenguela, a nun at las Huelgas (1228-1288/89). # Infante Enrique "El Senador" (March 1230-August 1304) # Infante Felipe (December 1231-1274). He was promised to the Church, but was so taken with the beauty of Princess Christine 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. # Infante Sancho, Archbishop of Toledo and Seville (1233-1261) # Infante Juan Manuel (1234-November 1283). # Infanta Maria, died an infant in November 1235. After Elizabeth died in 1235, he married Jeanne De Dammartin , Countess Of Ponthieu , before August 1237. They had four sons and one daughter: # Infante Fernando, Count of Aumale (1239-1269) # Eleanor Of Castile (1241-1290), wife of King Edward I Of England . # Infante Luis (1243-1269) # Infante Ximen (1244), died young and buried in a monastery in Toledo . # Infante Juan (1245), died young and buried at the cathedral in Cordoba . SOURCES
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