Pedro I de Castilla y León, King of Castile and León^{[1, 2]}

1333 - 1369  (~ 36 years)

• Name	Pedro I de Castilla y León
  Suffix	King of Castile and León
  Nickname	The Cruel
  Born	ca. 1333	Burgos, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain
  Gender	Male
  Church Affiliation	1357  [3]
  	Pedro was excommunicated by Pope Innocent VI for continuing hostilities with Aragón.
  Military	3 Apr 1367	Nájera, La Rioja, Spain   [4, 5]
  		Battle of Nájera Castilian king Pedro I was deposed in 1366 by his bastard half-brother, Enrique of Trastamara, a feat that was accomplished with the backing of the French. Pedro turned to the Prince of Wales, now installed in Aquitaine, but found him cool to the idea of assisting an excommuniced ally of Muslim Grenada and known tyrant. Realpolitik intervened. The contest for throne of Castile provided yet another venue for Edward III to prosecute his ongoing conflict-by-proxy with the French; thus the king eventually rallied the English to Pedro's cause. The fighting (and the bill) fell to Wales. After an inauspicious start in February, Wales thrashed the Spanish at Nájera. The Castilians, advantaged with with superior numbers, were spread on the plain before the town but Wales hit their flank and, once again, the longbow was the difference. Victory was not complete, however. Trastamara made good an escape to France. For the English, the campaign was a tactical success but a strategic failure: Enrique returned after a short respite to topple Pedro and Wales was saddled with the debt of an inconclusive campaign and a fractious nobility that was receptive to the lure of Charles V.
  House	Ivrea
  Died	22 Mar 1369	Montiel, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain   [7]
  	Murdered by Enrique Trastamara. [6]
  Buried	Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See, Seville, Andalusia, Spain
  Person ID	I14269	Dickinson
  Last Modified	27 May 2018

  
  

  Father	Alfonso XI de Castilla y León, King of Castile and León,   b. 13 Aug 1311, Salamanca, Castile and Leon, Spain ,   d. 26 Mar 1350, Gibraltar  (Age 38 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Maria de Portugal, Queen consort of Castile and León,   b. 1313,   d. 18 Jan 1357, Évora, Portugal  (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	1328
  Family ID	F4324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joan of England,   b. Feb 1335, Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire ,   d. 2 Sep 1348, Loremo, Bordeaux, France  (Age ~ 13 years)
  Betrothal	2 Jan 1345
  Last Modified	11 May 2018
  Family ID	F6836	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Blanche de Bourbon,   b. 1339,   d. 1361, Medina-Sidonia, Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain  (Age 22 years)
  Married	3 Jun 1353	Valladolid, Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain
  	"Pedro Castile's treatment of his wife, Blache of Bourbon, was atrocious. When she travelled to Valladolid for their marriage, Pedro first kept her waiting there for several months before joining her for a hurried ceremony, and then immediately abandoned her for his mistress, Maria de Padilla. The unfortunate Blanche was first kept in close captivity, then subjected to solitary confinement and finally murdered, most likely at Pedro's instigation." [8]
  Divorced	1354
  Last Modified	25 May 2018
  Family ID	F6883	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Maria de Padilla,   d. Jul 1361, Seville, Andalucia, Spain
  Married	Mistress.
  Children	1. Beatriz de Castilla y León,   b. 1353, Cordoba, Cordoba, Andalucia, Spain ,   d. 1369, Tordesillas, Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain  (Age 16 years)  [Birth] + 2. Constanza de Castilla y León,   b. 1354, Castrojerez, Spain ,   d. 24 Mar 1394, Leicester Castle, Leicestershire  (Age 40 years)  [Birth] + 3. Isabel de Castilla y León, Duchess of York,   b. 1355, Tordesillas, Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain ,   d. 1392, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire  (Age 37 years)  [Birth]   4. Alfonso de Castilla y León,   b. 1359, Tordesillas, Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain ,   d. 19 Oct 1362, Seville, Andalucia, Spain  (Age 3 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F4323	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 4	Juana de Castro,   d. 21 Aug 1374, Galicia, Spain
  Married	Mistress.
  Children	1. Juan de Castilla,   b. 1355,   d. 1405, Soria, Spain  (Age 50 years)  [Birth]
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F3601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - ca. 1333 - Burgos, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain Married - 3 Jun 1353 - Valladolid, Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain Military - 3 Apr 1367 - Nájera, La Rioja, Spain Died - 22 Mar 1369 - Montiel, Ciudad Real, Castile-La Mancha, Spain Buried - - Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See, Seville, Andalusia, Spain  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

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