Henry II (13 January 1334 – 29 May 1379), called Henry of Trastámara or the Fratricidal (''el Fratricida''), was the first
King of Castile
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Kings and Queens of Castile
Jiménez dynasty
House of Ivrea / Burgundy
...
and
León from the
House of Trastámara
The House of Trastámara (Spanish, Aragonese and Catalan: ) was a royal dynasty which first ruled in the Crown of Castile and then expanded to the Crown of Aragon from the Late Middle Ages to the early modern period.
They were an illegitimate ...
. He became king in 1369 by defeating his half-brother
Peter the Cruel
Peter (; 30 August 133423 March 1369), called Peter the Cruel () or the Just (), was King of Castile and List of Leonese monarchs, León from 1350 to 1369. Peter was the last ruler of the main branch of the House of Ivrea. He was excommunicated ...
, after numerous rebellions and battles. As king he was involved in the
Fernandine Wars and the
Hundred Years' War
The Hundred Years' War (; 1337–1453) was a conflict between the kingdoms of Kingdom of England, England and Kingdom of France, France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duchy ...
.
Biography
Henry was the fourth of ten illegitimate children of King
Alfonso XI of Castile
Alfonso XI (11 August 131126 March 1350), called the Avenger (''el Justiciero''), was King of Castile and León. He was the son of Ferdinand IV of Castile and his wife Constance of Portugal. Upon his father's death in 1312, several disputes ...
and
Eleanor de Guzmán
Leonor (Eleanor) de Guzmán y Ponce de León (1310–1351) was a Castilian noblewoman. After about 1330, she became the long-term mistress and favourite of Alfonso XI, with whom she had the illegitimate son Henry "the Fratricidal", future first ...
, a great-granddaughter of
Alfonso IX of León
Alfonso IX (15 August 117123 or 24 September 1230) was King of León from the death of his father Ferdinand II in 1188 until his own death.
He took steps towards modernizing and democratizing his dominion and founded the University of Salaman ...
. He was born a twin to
Fadrique Alfonso, Lord of Haro
Fadrique Alfonso of Castile, 1st Señor de Haro (1334–1358), 25th Master of the Order of Santiago (1342–1358), was the fifth illegitimate child of Alfonso XI of Castile and Eleanor of Guzman. He was born in Seville.
Biography
Fadrique wa ...
, and was the first boy born to the couple that survived to adulthood.
At birth, he was adopted by Rodrigo Álvarez de las Asturias. Rodrigo died the following year and Henry inherited his lordship of Noreña. His father later made him Count of Trastámara and lord over Lemos and Sarria in
Galicia, and the towns of Cabrera and Ribera, which constituted a large and important heritage in the northwest of the peninsula. It made him the head of the new Trastámara dynasty, arising from the main branch of Burgundy-Ivrea.
While Alfonso XI lived, his lover Eleanor gave a great many titles and privileges to their sons. This caused discontent among many of the noblemen and in particular the queen,
Maria of Portugal, and her son,
Peter
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* Peter (surname), a su ...
.
They had a chance for revenge when Alfonso XI died unexpectedly from a fever in the siege of
Gibraltar
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in March, 1350. They pushed Eleanor, her sons and their supporters aside, and Henry and his brothers fled and scattered. They were fearful of what their brother, King Peter, could do to them. The late king had not even been buried.
Although Eleanor and her sons reached an agreement with Peter to live peacefully in his court, the situation remained unstable. Henry and his brothers Fadrique,
Tello and
Sancho
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staged numerous rebellions against the new king. Also, to strengthen his position and gain allies, Henry married
Juana Manuel, the daughter of
Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena
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 Lordship of Villena, receiving the titles of Lord, D ...
,
adelantado mayor of Murcia and Lord of
Villena
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, the most prosperous nobleman of the realm. In 1351, the King took counsel from
Juan Alfonso de Alburquerque, María of Portugal's right-hand man. He became convinced that his father's lover was the instigator of the uprisings, so he ordered Eleanor to be incarcerated and finally executed in
Talavera de la Reina
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.
After that, Henry fled to Portugal. He was pardoned by Pedro and returned to Castile, then revolted in
Asturias
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It is coextensive with the provinces of Spain, province of Asturias and contains some of the territory t ...
in 1352. He reconciled with his brother, only to rebel against him again in a long, intermittent war, which ended with Henry's flight to
France
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, where he entered the service of
John II of France
John II (; 26 April 1319 – 8 April 1364), called John the Good (French: ''Jean le Bon''), was King of France from 1350 until his death in 1364. When he came to power, France faced several disasters: the Black Death, which killed between a thir ...
.
Shortly after, Henry and his men spent time in
Peter IV of Aragon
Peter IV (Catalan: ''Pere IV d'Aragó;'' Aragonese; ''Pero IV d'Aragón;'' 5 September 1319 – 6 January 1387), called the Ceremonious (Catalan: ''El Cerimoniós''; Aragonese: ''el Ceremonioso''), was from 1336 until his death the king of ...
's army in their war against Castile (1358). During that conflict, he was defeated and held prisoner in
Nájera
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(1360). He was liberated (with the help of Juan Ramírez de Arellano, among others) and exiled himself to France once more.
Then Peter IV of Aragon attacked Castile again. Henry agreed to help him on condition that he would lend his support to destroying his half-brother. This became the
Castilian Civil War. The attack combined Henry's Castillian allies, the Aragonese and the French (a company of
Bertrand du Guesclin
Bertrand du Guesclin (; 1320 – 13 July 1380), nicknamed "The Eagle of Brittany" or "The Black Dog of Brocéliande", was a Breton knight and an important military commander on the French side during the Hundred Years' War. From 1370 to his ...
's mercenaries, expelled by Peter of Castile, who had taken refuge in
Guyenne
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Name
The name "Guyenne" comes from ''Aguyenne'', a popular transform ...
). Henry was proclaimed king in Calahorra (1366).
[Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp. ''The Spanish People'', D. Appleton, 1911]
/ref> In return, he had to reward his allies with titles and riches for the help they had provided. This earned him the nickname ''el de las mercedes'' ("mercedes" being Spanish for "mercies").
Peter of Castile fled north to Bordeaux
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, the capital of the English dominions in France, where Edward, the Black Prince
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held court. Edward agreed to help Peter recover his throne. Despite the fact that the army suffered so badly from dysentery that it is said that one out of every five Englishmen would not return home,[Green, David. "Masculinity and Medicine: Thomas Washington and the Death of the Black Prince." Journal of Medieval History 35.1 (2009). 34-51] on 3 April 1367 an Anglo-Gascon army, led by Edward and his younger brother, John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster
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, met the Castilian forces (supported by French mercenaries under Bertrand du Guesclin). Peter then defeated Henry in the Battle of Nájera
The Battle of Nájera, also known as the Battle of Navarrete, was fought on 3 April 1367 to the northeast of Nájera, in the province of La Rioja, Castile. It was an episode of the first Castilian Civil War which confronted King Peter of Ca ...
, but Henry escaped and returned to France under the protection of Charles V of France
Charles V (21 January 1338 – 16 September 1380), called the Wise (; ), was King of France from 1364 to his death in 1380. His reign marked an early high point for France during the Hundred Years' War as his armies recovered much of the terri ...
. King Peter and Prince Edward parted ways over the funding of the expedition, and the Black Prince returned to Bordeaux, having contracted an illness on this expedition that would ail him until his death in 1376.
They reorganised their army at Peyrepertuse
Peyrepertuse (; Languedocien: ''Castèl de Pèirapertusa'') is a ruined fortress and one of the so-called Cathar castles located high in the French Pyrénées in the commune of Duilhac-sous-Peyrepertuse, in the Aude ''département'', and has bee ...
Castle. Then, with the help of many Castilian rebels and Bertrand du Guesclin's Frenchmen, they defeated Peter at the Battle of Montiel on 14 March 1369. Henry killed "the Cruel King", now a prisoner, with his own hand. This definitively won him the Castilian throne and the name of Henry II.
Before being consolidated in his throne and being able to hand on power to his son John, Henry had to defeat Ferdinand I of Portugal
Ferdinand I (; 31 October 1345 – 22 October 1383), sometimes called the Handsome () or occasionally the Inconstant (), was the King of Portugal from 1367 until his death in 1383. He was also briefly made King of Galicia, in 1369 (a claim whi ...
. He embarked on the three Ferdinand Wars. Ferdinand's main ally in these wars was John of Gaunt
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399), was an English royal prince, military leader and statesman. He was the fourth son (third surviving) of King Edward III of England, and the father of King Henry IV. Because ...
, the husband of Peter's daughter Constance
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. Henry was allied with Charles V of France
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. He put the Castilian navy at Charles' disposal and they played a key part in the siege
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of La Rochelle
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, and the Battle of La Rochelle
The Battle of La Rochelle was a naval battle fought on 22 and 23 June 1372 between a Castilian fleet commanded by the Castilian Admiral Ambrosio Boccanegra and an English fleet commanded by John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke. The Castilian ...
where the admiral Ambrosio Boccanegra Ambrosio Boccanegra (died 1373) was a Castilian sailor of Genoese origin from the Boccanegra family. He was the nephew of Simone Boccanegra, the first Doge of Genoa, son of Egidio Bocanegra, who in 1341 went to Castile with a fleet in support of K ...
completely defeated the English side.
Henry recompensed his allies, but he still had to defend his interests in the kingdom of Castile and León. Consequently, he denied the King of Aragon
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the territories that he had promised him in the difficult times.
Henry then went to war against Portugal
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and England
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in the Hundred Years' War
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. For most of his reign he had to fight off the attempts of John of Gaunt
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399), was an English royal prince, military leader and statesman. He was the fourth son (third surviving) of King Edward III of England, and the father of King Henry IV. Because ...
, a son of Edward III of England
Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), also known as Edward of Windsor before his accession, was King of England from January 1327 until his death in 1377. He is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after t ...
, to claim the Castilian throne in right of Constance. In his domestic policy he started to rebuild the kingdom, sped up the transformation of the royal administration; and held numerous courts. He also permanently set up the Lordship of Biscay
The Lordship of Biscay (, Basque language, Basque: ''Bizkaiko jaurerria'') was a region under feudal rule in the region of Biscay in the Iberian Peninsula between 1040 and 1876, ruled by a political figure known as the Lord of Biscay. One of the ...
after the death of his brother Tello. In foreign policy, he favoured France over England
England is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and List of islands of England, more than 100 smaller adjacent islands. It ...
.
He died on 29 May 1379 in Santo Domingo de la Calzada. His son John I of Castile
John I (; 24 August 1358 – 9 October 1390) was King of Castile and List of Leonese monarchs, León from 1379 until 1390. He was the son of Henry II of Castile, Henry II and of his wife Juana Manuel of Castile. John ascended to the throne in 137 ...
succeeded him on the throne.
Policy regarding Jews
Henry was as hostile to the Jews as Peter had been friendly. In order to pay Bertrand du Guesclin's mercenaries, he imposed a war contribution of twenty thousand gold doubloons on the already heavily oppressed community of Toledo. He issued an order to take all the Jews of Toledo as prisoners, to give them neither food nor drink and if they still refused to raise this enormous sum, to sell their property, both movable and immovable, at auction. Nonetheless, he was compelled, owing to his financial straits, to have recourse to Jewish financiers. He made Don Joseph Pichon his chief tax collector (''contador major'') and appointed several Jews "farmers of the taxes".["Henry II, or Henry de Trastamara", ''Jewish encyclopedia'']
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The demands of the Cortes in Toro (1369) and Burgos (1374 and 1377) against the Jews harmonized perfectly with Henry's inclinations. He ordered the Jews to wear the humiliating badge and forbade them to use Christian names. He further ordered that Christian debtors repay only two-thirds of the principal for short loans. Shortly before his death, Henry declared that Jews should no longer be permitted to hold public office.
Henry was potentially the first ruler since the Visigothic King Ergica
Egica, Ergica, or Egicca (''c''. 640 – 701/703), was the Visigoth King of Hispania and Septimania from 687 until his death. He was the son of Ariberga and the nephew of Wamba.
Accession
He was married (''c''. 680) to Cixilo (also known as C ...
to implement anti-Jewish policies in the Iberian Peninsula
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.
Burial
After Henry's death, his body was transported to Burgos
Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populous municipality of the province of Burgos.
Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of th ...
, then to Valladolid
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, then finally to Toledo where he was buried in Capilla de los Reyes Nuevos de Toledo His remains are still there today. His grave is in the choir stalls at one side of the church and it is in the Plateresque
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style. The box is adorned with the shields of Castille and León, and the lower interior part has three panels decorated with trophies. There are two cherubs over the panels, holding the cartouche on which the king's epitaph is displayed. The inscription translates to:
There is a recumbent statue of Henry II on top of the tomb. It is made from polychromed alabaster. It depicts the king wearing his royal robes, with his sword in his left hand and his girdle decorated with the lions of Castile. His right hand holds the sceptre, the upper end of which rests on three pillows that support the monarch's head. The king wears slippers and his feet rest on a recumbent lion.
The king's entrails are buried in the Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada.
Partners and children
On 27 July 1350, Henry married Juana Manuel, the daughter of Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena
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 Lordship of Villena, receiving the titles of Lord, D ...
, head of a younger branch of the royal house of Castile. They had three children:
* John I John I may refer to:
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Religious figures
* John I (bishop of Jerusalem)
* John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople
* John I of Antioch (died 441)
* Pope John I of Alexandria, Coptic Pope from 496 to 505
* Pope John I, P ...
(1358–1390)
* Eleanor
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(1361–1425), wife of Charles III of Navarre
Charles III (, ; 22 July 1361 – 8 September 1425), called the Noble, was King of Navarre from 1387 to his death and Count of Évreux in France from 1387 to 1404, when he exchanged Évreux for the Duchy of Nemours.
As a young man, Charles was ...
* Joanna (1372–1376), died young
He had several children outside wedlock, some of which he mentioned in his will dated 29 May 1374:
* Alfonso Enríquez
Alfonso Enríquez, also known as Alonso Enríquez (Guadalcanal, Seville, Guadalcanal, 1354 – Guadalupe (Cáceres), Guadalupe, 1429) was Lord of Medina de Rioseco and Admiral of Castile.
Background
Alfonso Enriquez de Castilla was the son o ...
, Count of Gijón and Noreña (1355), a son of Elvira Íñiguez,[Although she is called Inés Díaz de la Vega in some genealogies, King Henry II mentions her several times in his will as Elvira Íñiguez. This could be an error transmitted from one genealogy to another or perhaps it refers to another mistress and mother of one or more of his illegitimate issue.] Count of Noreña and Gijón
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. He married Isabel of Portugal, Lady of Viseu.
* Leonor de Castilla, daughter of Leonor Álvarez, from Dueñas, Palencia
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* Juana de Castilla (1367–?), daughter of Elvira Íñiguez. Her father mentioned her in his will, and said that if she did not marry Pedro de Aragón then she would inherit Urueña. Pedro was the Marquis of Villena (1362—Aljubarrota, 1385) and son of Alfonso of Aragon and Foix.[Her son from this marriage, celebrated in 1378, was ]Enrique de Villena
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, master of the Orden de Calatrava, Count of Cangas and Tineo, and husband of María de Albornoz, Lady of the Infantado.
*Constanza Enríquez de Castilla. Her father did not mention her mother's name. When he wrote the will in 1374, she was engaged to Infante Denis, Lord of Cifuentes (1354–1397). However, she eventually married his brother, Infante John, Duke of Valencia de Campos
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(1349–1387). She inherited Alba de Tormes.
* Fernando Enríquez de Castilla (1365–1438). His father describes him as the son of Beatriz Fernández.
* María de Castilla (1375– ), daughter of Beatriz Fernández. She married Diego Hurtado de Mendoza (Admiral of Castile)
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, Lord of Mendoza, and Mayordomo mayor of King John II of Castile
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* Fadrique de Castilla (1360–1394), son of Beatriz Ponce de León y Jérica. Named Duke of Benavente by his father, he died in prison in Almodóvar del Río in 1394. He married Leonor Sánchez de Castilla, illegitimate daughter of Sancho Alfonso, 1st Count of Alburquerque.
* Beatriz de Castilla (?–1409), daughter of Beatriz Ponce de León y Jérica and Lady of Niebla. She married Juan Alonso de Guzmán in 1370 or 1371. He was Lord of Sanlúcar de Barrameda Sanlúcar may refer to:
* Sanlúcar de Barrameda, a city in the Province of Cádiz, Spain
* Sanlúcar de Guadiana, a village in the Province of Huelva, Spain
* Sanlúcar la Mayor, a city in the Province of Seville, Spain
*Sanlúcar de Albaida, forme ...
and the first Count of Niebla. Later she became a nun in the San Clement Monastery in Seville, where she was buried.[She is not mentioned in her father's will.]
* Enrique de Castilla (1378–1404), son of the Cordoban Lady Juana de Sousa, daughter of Vasco Alfonso de Sousa, the mayor of Córdoba, with María Gómez Carrillo, the Duchess of Medina Sidonia and Countess of Cabra. Enrique is buried in the Cathedral of Córdoba.[He is not mentioned in his father's 1374 will.]
* Pedro Enríquez de Castilla (?–1366). He is buried in Segovia Cathedral.
* Isabel Enríquez de Castilla (?– ), daughter of Juana de Cárcamo. She married Gonzalo Núñez de Guzmán, however, this marriage was dissolved by Pope Clemente VII. Later she entered the monastery of Santa Clara la Real de Toledo where she became its abbess and was buried.
* Inés Enríquez de Castilla (?– ), daughter of Juana de Cárcamo, also an abbess of the monastery at Santa Clara la Real de Toledo where she was buried.[Both sisters feature in the monastery's documents, receiving various favours from their uncle the king ]Henry III of Castile
Henry III of Castile (4 October 1379 – 25 December 1406), called the Suffering due to his ill health (, ), was the son of John I and Eleanor of Aragon. He succeeded his father as King of Castile in 1390.
Birth and education
Henry was bor ...
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* Juana Enríquez de Castilla, daughter de Juana, Lady of Cifuentes and wife of Infante Denis, Lord of Cifuentes (1354–1397), son of Peter I of Portugal
Peter I (; 8 April 1320 – 18 January 1367), known as Peter the Just () or Peter the Cruel (), was King of Portugal from 1357 until his death in 1367. Early life
Born on 8 April 1320 in Coimbra, Peter was the fifth child of Afonso of Portuga ...
and Inês de Castro, she is buried at Santa María de Guadalupe.
Titles
By the end of his reign, he bore the titles of the King of Castile, Toledo, León, Galicia, Sevilla, Córdoba, Murcia, Jaén, the Algarve and Lord of Molina.
Notes
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