Hayes & Dand Ancestors and related families - Castilian House of Burgundy - Cadet branch of House of Ivrea (or Anscarids)
- Medieval Rulers of the Iberian Peninsula (Spain)
Catedral de Santa Maria - a UNESCO World Heritage Site (Burgos, Spain)
Statues of early Kings of Castile (11th to 13th Century) on upper section of main façade
Includes Early Kings of the Castilian House of Burgundy to 1252.
Alcázar of Segovia (Segovia Fortress, Spain) - a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Alfonso VIII “the Noble”, King of Castile & Toledo (d.1214) and his
wife Eleanor of England (d.1214) - made the Alcázar their principal
residence and started to replace the former wooden fortress with a
stone fortress.
Real Monasterio de Santa Maria de las Huelgas (Burgos, Spain)
Founded in 1187 by Alfonso VIII “the Noble”, King of Castile & Toledo (d.1214)
Alfonso VIII and his wife Eleanor of England and other members of royalty are buried in the monastery.
Dand Ancestors and Hayes Cousins
Paseo de las Estatuas in the El Retiro Park in Madrid, Spain
Statue of Berengaria (Berenguela) (d.1246) wife of Alfonso IX, King of Leon (d.1230)
Site of the Retiro and the Prado in Madrid was admitted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2021.
Dand Ancestors and Hayes Cousins
Saint Fernando - Patron Saint of Seville & Patron Saint of Engineers
(Feast Day - May 30)
Fernando (Ferdinand) III, King of Castile, Leon, Toledo & Galicia (died 1252)
Married (2nd) Jeanne de Dammartin Countess de Ponthieu (died 1279)