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Castile
Castile , Span. Castilla , historic region and former kingdom, central and N Spain, traditionally divided into Old Castile and New Castile, and now divided into Castile-La Mancha and Castile-Leon. Castile is generally a vast, sparsely populated region surrounding the highly industrialized Madrid ar... Read more
Pedro López de Ayala
Pedro López de Ayala , 1332-1407, Spanish statesman, poet, and chronicler. As a royal official in Castile, he served Peter the Cruel, Henry II, John I, and Henry III, rising to become chancellor of Castile (1398-1407). He is best known for his chronicle of the reigns of the four kings he serv... Read more
Edmund of Langley York, duke of
Edmund of Langley York, duke of 1341-1402, fifth son of Edward III of England. He was made (1362) earl of Cambridge, served on expeditions to Spain and France, and married (1372) Isabel, daughter of Peter the Cruel, king of Castile. He became (1377) a member of the council of regency for his nephew... Read more
John of Gaunt
John of Gaunt [Mid. Eng. Gaunt =Ghent, his birthplace], 1340-99, duke of Lancaster; fourth son of Edward III of England. He married (1359) Blanche, heiress of Lancaster, and through her became earl (1361) and duke (1362) of Lancaster. The Lancaster holdings made him the wealthiest and one of the... Read more
Isabella I
Isabella I or Isabella the Catholic, 1451-1504, Spanish queen of Castile and León (1474-1504), daughter of John II of Castile. In 1469 she married Ferdinand of Aragón (later King Ferdinand II of Aragón and Ferdinand V of Castile). At the death (1474) of her half brother ... Read more
Joanna
Joanna (Joanna the Mad), 1479-1555, Spanish queen of Castile and León (1504-55), daughter of Ferdinand II and Isabella I. She succeeded to Castile and León at the death of her mother. Ferdinand II briefly assumed the regency until he was replaced by Joanna's ambitious husband, Philip... Read more
Eleanor of Castile
Eleanor of Castile , d.1290, queen consort of Edward I of England and daughter of Ferdinand III of Castile. At her marriage (1254) she brought to Prince Edward the territories of Ponthieu and Montreuil and claims to Gascony. She went with Edward on the crusade of 1270-72 to the Holy Land, where ... Read more
Philip I
Philip I (Philip the Handsome), 1478-1506, Spanish king of Castile (1506), archduke of Austria, titular duke of Burgundy, son of Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I and Mary of Burgundy . Heir to his mother's Burgundian dominions (which included the Low Countries), he was held prisoner after her dea... Read more
Burgos
Burgos , city (1990 pop. 163,507), capital of Burgos prov., N Spain, in Castile-Leon, on a mountainous plateau c.2,800 ft (850 m) above sea level, overlooking the Arlanzón River. Normally it has among the coldest winters of any Spanish city. It is an important trade and tourist center with so... Read more
house of Aragón
house of Aragón family that ruled in Aragón, Catalonia, Majorca, Sicily, Naples, Sardinia, Athens, and other territories in the Middle Ages. It was descended from Ramiro I of Aragón (1035-63), natural son of Sancho III of Navarre. Under Ramiro's successors— Sancho I ,... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Peter I of Castile"

Castile
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...oacute;n was first united with Castile in 1037, but complex dynastic...from whom they wrested New Castile. They also had to struggle...civil war (see Alfonso X ). Peter the Cruel limited the vast...Beltraneja, a personal union of Castile and Aragón was established...
Peter the Cruel
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Peter the Cruel 1334-69, Spanish king of Castile and León (1350-69), son and...oacute;n, which was already at war with Castile, and France, and in 1366 he invaded Castile with French mercenaries under Du Guesclin...
Peter I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Peter I (Pierre Mauclerc), d. 1250...crusade against the Albigenses. Peter was a leader in the rebellions of...against the regency of Blanche of Castile . Upon his son's majority (1237) Peter ceded Brittany to him. Peter joined...
Peter IV
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Peter IV (Peter the Ceremonious), 1319?-1387, king...Alfonso IV. He supported Alfonso XI of Castile at the battle of Tarifa (1340), recovered...granted to the nobles by Alfonso III, Peter later (1348) defeated the troops of the...
Peter II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Peter II 1174-1213, king of Aragón (1196-1213...n and Catalonia. In 1212 he helped Alfonso VIII of Castile defeat the Moors at Las Navas de Tolosa. In 1213, Peter went to the assistance of his brother-in-law Raymond...
Ferdinand I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...83), son and successor of Peter I. His ambitions and his private...s desire for the throne of Castile involved him in three wars with Castile. The first (1369-71) ended...Leonor, daughter of Henry II of Castile. Instead he fell in love with...
house of Aragón
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...successors— Sancho I , Peter I , and Alfonso I &mdash...his marriage with Isabella of Castile became joint king of Castile as Ferdinand V or Ferdinand...houses of Aragón and Castile with that of Hapsburg . Through...
Pedro López de Ayala
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...spans the reigns of six kings of Castile: Alfonso XI, Peter the Cruel, Henry II, John I...brother, crowned himself king of Castile in 1369. L ó pez now...chained in an iron cage. Back in Castile, he received new honors, and...
John of Gaunt
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...1367) on his campaign to aid Peter the Cruel of Castile. After the death of Blanche...Castilian claims against John I of Castile. John of Gaunt finally agreed...his daughter by Constance of Castile, and married her to the future...
Spain
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...reality until the marriage of Isabella of Castile (1474 – 1506) to Ferdinand...x2013; 1516) united the kingdom of Castile and Le ó n with the crown of Arag ó n. Castile added the Canary Islands during the fifteenth...

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Najerá, battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...the renown of Edward , the Black Prince. He had intervened in Castile to assist Peter II (the Cruel), deposed by his half‐brother, Henry of Trastamara. The victory on 3 April restored Peter to power.
Power, Tyrone
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Nightmare Alley (Goulding) (as Stan Carlisle); Captain from Castile (King) (as Pedro de Vargas) 1948 The Luck of the Irish...as Tom Owens); I'll Never Forget You (Baker) (as Peter Standish) 1952 Diplomatic Encounter (Hathaway) (as Mike...

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The church of Castile-Leon and the Cortes of 1295
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...including Cesar Gonzalez Minguez, Peter Linehan, Jose Manuel Nieto...relationship between the Church of Castile-Leon and the state, no comprehensive...with regard to the Church of Castile-Leon and the cortes of 1295...not unique to the Kingdom of Castile-Le6n but reflected the escalating...
The mechanics of monarchy: knighting Castile's king, 1332. (Alfonso XI)
Magazine article from: History Today; 3/1/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...knights, but who knights kings? Peter Linehan looks at how Alfonso...year-old Alfonso XI of Castile dismissed his tutors and assumed...years earlier the kingdom of Castile had stood poised to assume...rebuffed there, he came back to Castile crestfallen, and at that point...
The Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century Leon and Castile. (book reviews)
Magazine article from: History Today; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...able to present the aristocracy of twelfth-century Leon and Castile in much the same terms as J.C. Holt has presented their...s England. Oh for a Spanish Walter Map on Alfonso VII's Castile! The picture he has created, by a sort of stippling process...
Premonitia Taps Industry Veteran Peter Vicars as New President and CEO.
Business Wire; 6/12/2002; 700+ words ; ...management, today announced that Peter Vicars has joined the Company...experience as President or CEO, Peter will be instrumental in providing...position in network management. Peter has a diversity of industry...Lazard Technology Partners, Castile Ventures, Paul Severino and...
St. Croix Country Club marks 75th year Twelve high school players win $1,000 Maine State Golf Association scholarships
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 5/8/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...another $8,000," said Castile. "They wanted to do something...national association," said Castile. "The original board was...largest turnout ever," said Castile. One special feature of the...job at Hawaii last fall, and Peter DeVos moved up to the top job...
The Mozarabic Cardinal: The Life and Times of Gonzalo Pérez Gudiel
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Francisco J. Hernndez and Peter Linehan. (Florence: Sismel...Sancho IV (1284-1295) of Castile, the son of the more famous...IV and Alfonso X. Back in Castile he was most active in the court...finally becoming royal notary for Castile in 1270. Similar royal and...
`THE FINEST CASTLE IN THE WORLD'.(history of city and castle of Jativa)
Magazine article from: History Today; 11/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...imitative memoir of his descendant Peter the Ceremonious. The collapse...rival Christian kingdom of Castile. While Ibn Hud called upon...Islamic Spain. Fernando III of Castile had conquered Cordoba in 1236...emir of the East' in 1239. Castile was moving purposefully into...
The Chicago Tribune Philip Hersh Olympic Sports column: International Skating drops the ball in Japan.(Column)
Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); 3/21/2007; 700+ words ; ...become their strength," Peter Oppegard, coach of Inoue...last," Zhao said. Brooke Castile and Ben Okolski, surprise...their first worlds because Castile came down with stomach flu and a fever. Castile waited to see how she felt...
Spain, 1157-1300. A Partible Inheritance
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 10/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...A Partible Inheritance. By Peter Linehan. (Maiden, MA: Blackwell...kingdoms in Christian Iberia; Castile, Len, Portugal, Navarra...chroniclers of thirteenth-century Castile for neglecting the richness...actions of rulers in Portugal, Castile, Len, Navarra, and Aragn...
Davies, Wendy, Guy Halsall, and Andrew Reynolds, eds, People and Space in the Middle Ages.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Parergon; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Bassett argues strongly that St Peter's Wootton Wawen (Warwickshire...tenth and eleventh-century Castile was more complex than is often...in Early Medieval Northern Castile' by Inaki Martin Viso presents a more convincing article on Castile with an examination of the...