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Enrique III King of Castilla & León

Male 1379 - 1406  (27 years)


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  • Name Enrique III King of Castilla & León  [1, 2
    Born 4 Oct 1379  Burgos, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1385 
    Alférez mayor for his father 
    Occupation 1388 
    Proclaimed Principe de Asturias 
    Occupation 1390 
    King of Castile and León (succeeded his father under a Council of Regency headed by Juan García Manrique, Archbishop of Santiago) 
    Occupation 1393 
    Established the first Spanish contact with the Canary Islands 
    Occupation 2 Aug 1393 
    Declared of age 
    Occupation 1396 
    Portugal captured Badajoz in revenge for which Castilian troops under Ruy López Dávalos burned Viseu 
    Occupation 1402 
    Peace with Portugal was restored 
    Died 25 Dec 1406  Toledo, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Toledo Cathedral, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4814  Godbout
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 

    Father Juan I King of Castilla & León,   b. 24 Aug 1358, Epila, Zaragoza, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1390, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 32 years) 
    Mother Leonor de Aragón,   b. 20 Feb 1358, Santa María del Puig, Valencia, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Sep 1382, Cuellar, Segovia, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years) 
    Married 18 Jun 1375  Soria, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2431  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Catherine Plantagenêt of Lancaster,   b. 1373, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jun 1418, Valladolid, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years) 
    Married Sep 1388  Palencia, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Info. Feb 1393  Madrid, España Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage Info. Feb 1393  Consummated Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. María de Castilla & León,   b. 14 Nov 1401, Segovia, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Sep 1458, Valencia, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)
     2. Juan II King of Castilla & León,   b. 6 Mar 1405, Toro, Zamora, España Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jul 1454, Valladolid, Castilla, España Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 49 years)
    Last Modified 18 Apr 2017 
    Family ID F2438  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S7] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, George Edward Cokayne; Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand & Howard de Walden, editors, (Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume VII, p. 413 (h).

    2. [S728] A General and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerages of England, Ireland and Scotland, John Burke, Esq., (Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington Street, London, 1831), 425.
      Also: Histoire de la fortification, La citadelle et la place de Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, de la Renaissance à l'Époque Contemporaine, Gérard Folio, général de division, Centre d'études d'histoire de la Défense, Cahier n° 25, 2005, Tome 2, p. 25.