Sancho II of Portugal

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Sancho II
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 1209 Coimbra, Kingdom of Portugal
Died	4 January 1248 (aged 38) Toledo, Kingdom of Castile
Burial	Cathedral of Toledo, Toledo, Province of Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain
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 1209 – 4 January 1248), 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.^[1]

Sancho was born in Coimbra, the eldest son of Afonso II of Portugal by his wife, Urraca of Castile.