Fernando III

Japanese: フェルナンド[3世]（英語表記）Fernando III

1201‐52
King of Castile. Reigned 1217-52. Father of Alfonso X (the Wise). He ascended to the throne after his mother gave him the right to succeed to the throne of Castile, and when his father, Alfonso IX of Leon, died, he took the throne as well. In 1230, he finally united the two kingdoms of Castile and Leon. After suppressing the movements of some of the nobles who resisted the unification, Ferdinand devoted all his efforts to promoting the War of Reconquest. The small states of Al-Andalus (Islamic Spain), which had lost their fighting spirit after the earlier defeat at Las Navas de Tolosa (1212), surrendered one after another to the Castilian army, which had been strengthened by the unification with Leon, and when the king died, only the Kingdom of Granada remained.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1201‐52
カスティリャ王。在位1217‐52年。アルフォンソ10世(賢王)の父。母からカスティリャの王位継承権を譲渡されて即位，やがて父でレオン王のアルフォンソ9世が死ぬとその王位も継いで，1230年カスティリャとレオン2国を最終的に統合した。統合に抵抗する一部の貴族の動きを封じた後，フェルナンドは国土回復戦争の推進に全力を傾けた。これよりさきにラス･ナバス･デ･トロサの戦(1212)に敗れて戦意を失っていたアル･アンダルス(イスラム･スペイン)の小国群は，レオンとの統合で強化されたカスティリャ軍の前に相次いで降伏し，王が死去したときにはグラナダ王国のみが残った。

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