Ferdinanad, King of Castile (1217-1252) by virtue of inheritance of his mother, and of Léon (1230-1252) succeeding his father. He faught against the Moors in Spain conquering Córdoba in 1236, Murcia in 1243, Jaén in 1246, and Seville in 1248, leaving only the Kingdom of Granada under Muslim control, but it was subject to the payment of annual tribute to Castile. He was canonized a saint of the Roman Church in 1671. He was succeeded by his son Alfonso X.