Ferdinand III of Castile
Ferdinand III (Spanish: Fernando III), 1199/120130 May 1252, called the Saint ("el Santo"), was King of Castile from 1217 and King of León from 1230 as well as King of Galicia from 1231.
He was the son of Alfonso IX of León and Berenguela of Castile.
Through his second marriage he was also Count of Aumale.
Ferdinand III was one of the most successful kings of Castile, securing not only the permanent union of the crowns of Castile and León, but also masterminding the most expansive campaign of Reconquista yet.
By military and diplomatic efforts, Ferdinand greatly expanded the dominions of Castile into southern Spain, annexing many of the great old cities of al-Andalus, including the old Andalusian capitals of Córdoba and Seville, and establishing the boundaries of the Castilian state for the next two centuries.
Ferdinand was canonized in 1671 by Pope Clement X and, in Spanish, he is known as "Fernando el SantoSan Fernando" or "San Fernando Rey".
Places such as the cities of San Fernando, Pampanga and San Fernando, La Union; the Diocese of Ilagan and the San Fernando de Dilao Church in Paco, Manila in the Philippines; and in California, United States, the City of San Fernando and the San Fernando Valley, were all named after him (namesakes) and placed under his patronage.
Infanta Catherine, Duchess of Villena
Infanta Catherine of Castile( 1403 – 1439) was suo jure Duchess of Villena and, by marriage, Infanta of Aragon, Countess of Alburquerque and Countess of Ampurias.
Catherine was the second child born to King Henry III of Castile and Catherine of Lancaster.
In 1418, she was married off to her first cousin and brother- in- law, Infante Henry of Aragon.
The marriage was a part of an agreement by which Henry's older brother Alfonso married Catherine's older sister Maria and by which Henry's sister Maria married Catherine's brother, King John II of Castile.
The Infanta was forced to follow her husband into exile after he failed to take the power away from her brother's favourite, Álvaro de Luna, in 1420.
They did not receive all of her dowry until 1427.
Her dowry included the Dukedom of Villena.
Their marriage was childless.
The Duchess of Villena died following a miscarriage in 1439.
After her death, her brother confiscated the dukedom.
John I, Lord of Polanen
John I, Lord of Polanen( – 26 September 1342) was Lord of Polanen, Lord of De Lek and Lord of Breda.
Manuel of Castile
Manuel of Castile (1234 – 25 December 1283, The first Lord of Villena and Peñafiel, Cuéllar, and Escalona, was an "Infante", son of Ferdinand III of Castile and his wife Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen.
Anna Xylaloe
Anna Xylaloe( Άννα) was the first Empress consort of Manuel I of Trebizond.
Charles II Henri van de Werve, Lord of Schilde
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John II, Lord of Polanen
John III, Lord of Polanen( – 3 November 1378 in Breda) was Lord of Polanen, Lord of De Lek and Lord of Breda.
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Don Juan Manuel
Don Juan Manuel( 5 May 128213 June 1348) was a Spanish medieval writer, nephew of Alfonso X of Castile, son of Manuel of Castile and Beatrice of Savoy.
He inherited from his father the great Seigneury of Villena, receiving the titles of Lord, Duke and lastly Prince of Villena.
He married three times, choosing his wives for political and economic convenience, and worked to match his children with partners associated with royalty.
Juan Manuel became one of the richest and most powerful men of his time, coining his own currency as the kings did.
During his life, he was criticised for choosing literature as his vocation, an activity thought inferior for a nobleman of such prestige.
Some confusion exists about his names and titles.
Juan Manuel often refers to himself in his books as" Don Juan, son of infante don Manuel".
But some 19th and early 20th century scholars started calling him infante, a title he did not possess, as in medieval Castile only the sons of kings were called infantes( and he was the grandson of Fernando III).
The same applies for the title of Duke and Prince of Villena, that he received from Alfonso IV and Pedro IV of Aragón.
While these titles follow the Aragonese nobiliary traditions, they were of little interest to the Castilian author, to the point that he never used them in his writings or correspondence, and they have only been associated to him by a handful of scholars.

Question: Where was the place of death of Manuel Of Castile's father?
Answer: Seville