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In 1231 he united Castile and Leon permanently.

Ferdinand spent much of his reign fighting the Moors. He captured the towns of Córdoba in 1236, JaénJaen is a city in south-central Spain, the capital of the province of Jaen in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its population is 112,921 (2002), about 1/6 of the population of the province. Jaen is a city in the rice-growing region of northern Peru. in 1246Events End of the reign of Emperor Go-Saga of Japan. Emperor Go-Fukakusa ascends to the throne of Japan. Sainte-Chapelle built. Births Deaths Monarchs/Presidents Aragon James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Castile Ferd, and SevilleThis article is about the city in Spain. For the place in the U. state of Ohio see Seville, Ohio and for the automobile see Cadillac Seville. Seville ( Spanish: Sevilla is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain, crossed by the riv in 1248Events Louis IX of France departs on the Seventh Crusade for Egypt Kingdom of Castile captures city of Seville from Muslims Cologne cathedral: old cathedral burns down April 30; foundation stone to current cathedral laid August 15 Births Deaths January 4, and occupied MurciaMurcia is a city in southeastern Spain, and is the capital of the Autonomous Community of Murcia, on the Segura river. As of the 2003 census, the population of the city of Murcia proper was 391,146, and the population of the entire urban area was estimate in 1243Events Innocent IV was elected pope. Castile captures the city of Murcia from the Moors. Births Emperor Go-Fukakusa of Japan Deaths Monarchs/Presidents Aragon James I King of Aragon and count of Barcelona (reigned from 1213 to 1276) Castile Ferdinand III,, thereby completing the reconquest of SpainThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc excepting Granada, whose king nevertheless did homage to Ferdinand.

In 1219, Ferdinand married the daughter of the German king Philip of Swabia, Elizabeth, by whom he had seven sons ( Alfonso, Frederick, Ferdinand, Phillip, Henry, Sancho and Manuel) and three daughters (Eleonor, Berenguela and Mary). After Elizabeth died in 1235, he married Joan of Dammartin (or Ponthieu). They had two sons, Ferdinand and Louis, and one daughter, Eleanor of Castile, wife of King Edward I of England.

He founded the University of Salamanca and the Cathedral of Burgos.

Ferdinand was canonized by Pope Clement X in 1671.