for nearly ten years. His remains were transferred subsequently to Alcobaça Monastery, as he had stipulated in his will. He and his wife, Queen Urraca, were buried at its Royal Pantheon. Marriage and descendants In 1206, he married Urraca, daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England. The couple were both descendants of King Alfonso VI of León. The offspring of this marriage were: Sancho II (8 September 12074 January 1248), king of Portugal; Afonso III (5 May 121016 February 1279), king of Portugal; Eleanor (1211–1231), queen of Denmark Ferdinand (1218–1246), lord of Serpa Out of wedlock, he had two illegitimate sons: João Afonso (d. 9 October 1234), buried in the Alcobaça monastery; Pedro Afonso (d. after 1249), who accompanied his brother King Afonso in the conquest of Faro in 1249. He had an illegitimate daughter named Constança Peres. Ancestry References Bibliography Portuguese infantes House of Burgundy-Portugal People excommunicated by the Catholic Church 1185 births 1223 deaths People of the Reconquista People from Coimbra 12th-century Portuguese people 13th-century Portuguese monarchs