Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen ¹

   Other names for Elisabeth were Beatriz de Suabia and Elizabeth of Hohenstaufen.

  Research Notes:

First wife of Ferdinand III.

From Wikipedia - Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen :

Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen (called Beatriz de Suabia in Spanish) (1203 - 5 November 1235[1] in Toro, Spain ), Queen of Castile 1219-1235, Queen of Leon 1230-1235. She was the fourth daughter of Philip , Duke of Swabia and King of Germany, and Irene Angelina , daughter of Emperor Isaac II Angelos of the Byzantine Empire .

After the death of her father Philip, she became the ward of her cousin, Frederick, King of Sicily (later Emperor Frederick II); he later married her to Ferdinand III , King of Castile and Leon (called the Saint). The marriage was celebrated at the end of November of 1219 or 1220 in the Royal Monastery of San Zoilo in Carrión de los Condes (Palencia). In Castile, she was known as Beatriz.

Children of Elisabeth and Ferdinand
Alfonso X (called the Wise)
Fadrique of Castile
Fernando, died without issue.
Enrique
Felipe. Married Princess Kristina of Norway .
Enrique "the Senator", Lord of Ecija.
Sancho, Archbishop of Toledo from 1251-1261.
Manuel
Leonor, died in infancy.
Berenguela, nun in Las Huelgas, died in 1279.
Lucas de Tuy affirms that there was another daughter:
Maria, died in infancy.

Elisabeth was buried in the Royal Monastery of Huelgas de Burgos, next to King Enrique I . Her son Alfonso transferred her body to Seville, where that of her husband rested.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Queen of Castile, 1219-1235.

• Queen of Léon, 1230-1235.

Elisabeth married Fernando III of Castile King of Castile and Leon, son of Alfonso IX King of Léon and Berengaria of Castile, in Nov 1219 in Royal Monastery of San Zoilo, Carrión de los Condes (Palencia), Spain. (Fernando III of Castile King of Castile and Leon was born on 5 Aug 1199 in Monastery of Valparaíso (Peleas de Arriba, Zamora), (Spain) and died on 30 May 1252 in Seville, Spain.)