Sancha of León (born 1191/2) was the eldest child and daughter of Alfonso IX of León by his first queen, Theresa of Portugal. She was raised at the court of the their father, but her younger sister Dulce and her brother Fernando were raised with their mother in Portugal after their parents' divorce in 1195. Although in Castile it was customary for females to inherit, and Sancha's stepmother became queen, briefly, of Castile, in León female succession was barred, although her ancestor Queen Urraca had been the first Queen regnant of Western Europe.
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