Marriages
Sancho was married twice. The identity of his second wife is disputed. His first wife was Constance, daughter of Raymond VI of Toulouse, whom he married about 1195. He later repudiated her and was divorced (1200). His second wife was, according to some sources, Clemence, daughter of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. Other sources, however, name a daughter of Abu Yaqub al-Mustansir Yusuf II, Emir of Morocco. Some modern writers have alleged that his unsuccessful marriages were the result of homosexuality, but the chronicle of Charles of Viana acknowledges a son who predeceased his father at fifteen years of age in an accident and he had several known bastards: Ferdinand, William, and Roderick, all of unknown maternity.
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