Daughter of Alfonso VII and Ryska, Princess of Poland, daughter of Vladislav II, Duke of Silesia.
She was the wife of Alfonso II, King of Aragon and Pamplona. They married January 18, 1174, in Zaragoza, and had many children, at least eight who survived childhood including:
* Constance, married King Imre of Hungary & Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
* Eleanor, married Count Raymond VI of Toulouse
* Peter II of Aragon 1174-1213 killed at the Battle of Muret
* Dolça, nun
* Alfonso II, Count of Provence 1180-1209
* Ferdinand, Abbot of Montearagon, died after 1227
* Ramon Berenguer, died in the 1190s
* Sancha, married Raymond VII of Toulouse
Sancha fought her husband for lands that were included in her dowry, and was involved in the taking of Ribagorza. Once her husband died, Peter took the throne and she was forced to take a back seat, withdrew from court, and retired to the abbey of Nuestra Senora, at Sijena, which she had founded by 1208, the monastery being constructed for nuns from the richest families in Aragon. Sancha took the cross of the Order of St John of Jerusalem which she wore till the end of her life. When her daughter, Constance became a widow having lost her husband, the King of Hungary, Sancha arranged a marriage with Frederick II, the Emperor of the Holy Empire, and died soon after. She is interred with her son, Peter at the high alter in the church at Sigena, the Monastery of Santa María de Sigena.
Daughter of Alfonso VII and Ryska, Princess of Poland, daughter of Vladislav II, Duke of Silesia.
She was the wife of Alfonso II, King of Aragon and Pamplona. They married January 18, 1174, in Zaragoza, and had many children, at least eight who survived childhood including:
* Constance, married King Imre of Hungary & Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor
* Eleanor, married Count Raymond VI of Toulouse
* Peter II of Aragon 1174-1213 killed at the Battle of Muret
* Dolça, nun
* Alfonso II, Count of Provence 1180-1209
* Ferdinand, Abbot of Montearagon, died after 1227
* Ramon Berenguer, died in the 1190s
* Sancha, married Raymond VII of Toulouse
Sancha fought her husband for lands that were included in her dowry, and was involved in the taking of Ribagorza. Once her husband died, Peter took the throne and she was forced to take a back seat, withdrew from court, and retired to the abbey of Nuestra Senora, at Sijena, which she had founded by 1208, the monastery being constructed for nuns from the richest families in Aragon. Sancha took the cross of the Order of St John of Jerusalem which she wore till the end of her life. When her daughter, Constance became a widow having lost her husband, the King of Hungary, Sancha arranged a marriage with Frederick II, the Emperor of the Holy Empire, and died soon after. She is interred with her son, Peter at the high alter in the church at Sigena, the Monastery of Santa María de Sigena.