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This is a list of kings and queens of the Kingdom and Crown of Castile. For their predecessors, see List of Castilian counts.
The following dynasts are descendants, in the male line, of Urraca's first husband, Raymond of Burgundy.
Henry II was the illegitimate son of Alfonso XI. He was made count of Trastámara.
The Crown of Castile existed in its own right within the Spanish crown and with its own law until the arrival of the
This is a list of kings and queens of the Kingdom and Crown of Castile. For their predecessors, see List of Castilian counts.
Kings and Queens of Castile
Jiménez dynasty
House of Ivrea
The following dynasts are descendants, in the male line, of Urraca's first husband, Raymond of Burgundy.
Succession crisis
Following the death of Peter, asuccession crisis A succession crisis is a crisis that arises when an order of succession fails, for example when a king dies without an indisputable heir. It may result in a war of succession.
Examples include (see List of wars of succession):
*Multiple periods du ...
arose between Peter's illegitimate half-brother Henry of Trastámara and the Englishman John of Gaunt, a great great grandson of Ferdinand III of Castile
Ferdinand III ( es, Fernando, link=no; 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 Berenguel ...
, who claimed the title of King of Castile and Léon by virtue of his marriage to Constance, daughter of Peter. Henry took the throne by force, and faced several military actions by John of Gaunt, who had forged an alliance with John I of Portugal in an attempt to enforce his claim, however John of Gaunt was unsuccessful in his campaigns, and Henry established the House of Trastámara
The House of Trastámara ( Spanish, Aragonese and Catalan: Casa de Trastámara) was a royal dynasty which first ruled in the Crown of Castile and then expanded to the Crown of Aragon in the late middle ages to the early modern period.
They wer ...
as the new ruling dynasty of Castile.
House of Trastámara
Henry II was the illegitimate son of Alfonso XI. He was made count of Trastámara.
House of Habsburg
House of Bourbon
The Crown of Castile existed in its own right within the Spanish crown and with its own law until the arrival of the Bourbon dynasty
The House of Bourbon (, also ; ) is a European dynasty of French origin, a branch of the Capetian dynasty, the royal House of France. Bourbon kings first ruled France and Kingdom of Navarre, Navarre in the 16th century. By the 18th century, memb ...
after the War of Spanish Succession
The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict that took place from 1701 to 1714. The death of childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700 led to a struggle for control of the Spanish Empire between his heirs, Phil ...
.
See also
* List of Castilian consorts * *List of Aragonese monarchs
This is a list of the kings and queens of Aragon. The Kingdom of Aragon was created sometime between 950 and 1035 when the County of Aragon, which had been acquired by the Kingdom of Navarre in the tenth century, was separated from Navarre i ...
* List of Leonese monarchs
* List of Navarrese monarchs
*List of Spanish monarchs
This is a list of Spanish monarchs, that is, rulers of the country of Spain. The forerunners of the monarchs of the Spanish throne were the following:
* Kings of the Visigoths
*Kings of Asturias
*Kings of Navarre
* Kings of León
* Kings of G ...
Further reading
*Barton, Simon. ''The Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century León and Castile''. Cambridge University Press, 1997. Appendix I: "The Counts of Twelfth Century León and Castile and Aragon, pp. 235–302. {{DEFAULTSORT:Castilian monarchs 01 Lists of Spanish monarchs .