Everything about John Ii Of Castile totally explained
John II (
March 6 1405 –
July 20 1454) was
King of Castile from
1406 to 1454. He was the son of
Henry III of Castile and his wife
Katherine of Lancaster, daughter of
John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster by
Constance of Castile, daughter of King
Pedro of Castile (known as 'Pedro the Cruel'). He was thus great-grandson of King
Edward III of England through the maternal line.
He succeeded his father on
December 25,
1406, at the age of a year and ten months, and united in his person the claims of Pedro the Cruel and of
Henry of Trastamara. His mother Katherine and his uncle, Ferdinand, were co-regents during his minority. When Ferdinand died in 1416, his mother was sole regent until she died as well, in 1418.
It was one of the many misfortunes of
Castile that the long reign of John II—forty-nine years—should have been granted to one of the least capable of her kings. Juan was amiable, weak, and dependent on those about him. He had no taste except for ornament and no serious interest except in amusements such as verse-making, hunting, and tournaments.
He was entirely under the influence of his
favourite,
Álvaro de Luna, until his second wife,
Isabella of Portugal, obtained control of his feeble will. At her instigation, he dismissed his faithful and able favorite, an act which is said to have caused him much remorse. He died on
July 20,
1454, at
Valladolid.
John II of Castile, declared the Valladolid laws, which restricted the social rights of
Jews. Among many other restrictions the laws forced Jews to wear distinctive clothes and denied from them any administrative positions.
Ancestors
Family and children
In 1418, John married his cousin
Maria of Aragon, daughter of
Ferdinand I of Aragon and
Eleanor of Alburquerque. The marriage produced four children but only one son, the future
Henry IV of Castile, survived infancy. John widowed in 1445 and remarried to
Isabel de Portugal, daughter of
Infante João of Portugal, with whom he'd two children: the future Queen
Isabella of Castile and the
Infante Alfonso (1453-1468).
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