Son of Fernando III and Beatriz. Though destined for the Church, he abandoned his orders in 1258 to marry a Norwegian princess, who according to tradition came to Castile to marry one of Felipe's brothers; when she arrived he was so stunned by her beauty that he insisted upon marrying her instead. (She was Christine, daughter of Haakon IV.) She d. childless in 1262. Felipe subsequently m. Leonor de Castro, but left no issue. [John Carmi Parsons
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