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Sancho II | |
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![]() King Sancho in the Castilian manuscript Compendium of Chronicles of Kings, c. 1312-1325 | |
King of Portugal | |
Reign | 25 March 1223 – 4 December 1247 |
Predecessor | Afonso II |
Successor | Afonso III |
Born | 8 September 1207 Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal |
Died | 4 January 1248 (aged 38) Toledo, Kingdom of Castile |
Burial | |
Spouse | Mécia Lopes de Haro (m. c. 1243-45) |
House | Burgundy |
Father | Afonso II of Portugal |
Mother | Urraca of Castile |
Sancho II (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈsɐ̃ʃu]; 8 September 1207 – 4 January 1248),[1] nicknamed the Cowled or the Capuched (Portuguese: o Capelo), alternatively, the Pious (Portuguese: o Piedoso), was King of Portugal from 1223 to 1248. He was succeeded on the Portuguese throne by his brother, King Afonso III, in 1248.[2]
Sancho was born in Coimbra, the eldest son of Afonso II of Portugal by his wife, Urraca of Castile.