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John II of Castile Trastámara, King of Castile and León

John II of Castile Trastámara, King of Castile and León

Male 1405 - 1454  (49 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  John II of Castile Trastámara, King of Castile and León was born on 6 Mar 1405 in Toro, Zamora, Castilla-Leon, Spain (son of Henry III of Castile, King of Castile and León and Catherine of Lancaster); died on 20 Jul 1454 in Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Death: 20 Jul 1454, Valladolid, Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain

    Family/Spouse: Maria of Aragon. Maria was born on 24 Feb 1403 in Crown of Castile, Spain; died on 18 Feb 1445 in Villacastín, Segovia, Castilla-Leon, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    John married Isabella Aviz on 22 Jul 1447. Isabella (daughter of John II Aviz and Isabel of Barcelos Braganza) was born in 1428; died on 15 Aug 1496 in Arévalo, Avila, Castilla-Leon, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Isabella Trastámara, Queen of Castile I was born on 22 Apr 1451 in Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Avila, Castilla-Leon, Spain; died on 26 Nov 1504 in Medina del Campo, Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Henry III of Castile, King of Castile and León was born on 4 Oct 1379 in Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain; died on 25 Dec 1406 in Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Henry King of Castile y Leon III
    • Birth: 4 Oct 1379, Burgos, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain

    Henry married Catherine of Lancaster before 17 Sep 1388 in Segovia, Castilla-Leon, Spain. Catherine (daughter of John "of Gaunt" Plantagenet, Duke of Lancaster and Constance of Castile) was born on 31 Mar 1373 in Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; died on 2 Jun 1418 in Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain; was buried in Cathedral of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Catherine of Lancaster was born on 31 Mar 1373 in Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England (daughter of John "of Gaunt" Plantagenet, Duke of Lancaster and Constance of Castile); died on 2 Jun 1418 in Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain; was buried in Cathedral of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Catalina Plantagenet
    • Name: Catherine of Lancaster
    • Birth: 31 Mar 1373, Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England
    • Death: 2 Jun 1418, Valladolid, Castile and León, Spain

    Children:
    1. 1. John II of Castile Trastámara, King of Castile and León was born on 6 Mar 1405 in Toro, Zamora, Castilla-Leon, Spain; died on 20 Jul 1454 in Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  John "of Gaunt" Plantagenet, Duke of Lancaster was born on 6 Mar 1340 in St Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, Flanders, Belgium (son of Edward Plantagenet, King of England III and of Hainault Philippa d'Avesnes); died on 3 Feb 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 15 Mar 1399 in St. Pauls Cathedral, London, London, England.

    Notes:

    He was a Knight of the Order of the Garter. He was Prince of England, in 1342 he was Earl of Richmond, in 1361 he was Earl of Lancaster, and, in 1362 he was Earl of Derby, Earl of Leicester and Earl of Lincoln. Also he was Titular King of Castile and Leon and Duke of Aquitane. In 1377, he became Earl Palatinate.

    Duke of Lancaster, Earl of Richmond, Earl of Derby, Earl of Lincoln, Duke of Aquitaine, Lord of Beaufort and Nogent, Rey de Castilla y Leon, Seigneur de Bergerac et Roche-sur-Yon, Knight of the Garter.

    He virtually ran England during his Father's declining years. He was one of the wealthiest men in the realm. --- He had wealth and power over the lives of others of a type we find it hard to even imagine today. His progeny became rich and powerful in his train. Perhaps he mused that he would go down in History as Duke of Lancaster, honored, feared, magnificent and respected. And yet, because William Shakespeare [1564-1616], 200 years after the Duke of Lancaster's death --- writes a play called Richard II [1595-1596] and calls him John of Gaunt, an infant nickname that John enjoyed until the age of three, and not thereafter --- this sobriquet --- corrupted from his birthplace in Ghent, Flanders, Netherlands --- sticks to him forever. Ghent is now in Belgium. John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, Rey de Castilla y Leon has been dead for almost 600 years --- but Shakespeare's christening wins the historical palm and is the name he sleeps with for the eons. Scribblers are often powerful beyond belief. -- Spencer Hines

    He was only able to marry her after Constanza's death, at which time her children by him were retro-actively legitimated. -- Brant Gibbard

    The four original Beauforts were born to Katherine Roet Swynford and John of Gaunt while John's second wife was still alive. On her death in 1394 John married Katherine, and in 1397 Richard II, as a favour to John of Gaunt and in order to neutralize John's son Derby (later King Henry IV) legitimatized the children who had been born out of wedlock. Richard's Act of Parliament did not bar the Beauforts or their descendants from the throne. But Henry IV later wrote in, between the lines of the document, a clause excluding the Beauforts from the succession. This interlineation was, bluntly, a forgery of an Act of Parliament, and Henry VII's sccession confounded it. -- from Kings & Queens of England & Scotland (by Allen Andrews, Marshall Cavendish, London 1985)

    John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (1340-1399), English soldier and statesman, the fourth son of King Edward III of England, and brother of Edward, the Black Prince. John was born in March 1340 in Ghent (M.E., Gaunt), now in Belgium. In 1359 he married Blanche, daughter of Henry, duke of Lancaster; when Henry died, John became duke.

    John of Gaunt played an important part in the wars of the period between England and France and between England and Spain. He commanded a division of the English army, led by the Black Prince, that defeated the army of Henry (later Henry II, king of Castile and Leon) at N jerera in 1367. As a result of his second marriage, to Constance, daughter of Peter the Cruel (king of Castile and Leon), John laid claim to the throne ofofof Castile. . During the Hundred Years' War, he aided (1370-1371) the Black Prince against France and established English rule over most of southern France. After a severe illness forced the return of the Black Prince to England, John took command of the English armies; by 1380 he had lost much of the territory the English had previously won. In 1386 John invaded Castile, but was defeated by John I, king of Castile and Leon. John of Gaunt gave up his claim to Castile and Leon in 1387, whe when his daughter married d Henry, later Henry III, king of Castile and Leon.

    John of Gaunt was also prominent in English affairs. Together with Alice Perrers, his father's mistress, John dominated the English government. He was opposed by Parliament and by the Black Prince. In 1376 Parliament banished Alice Perrers and curtailed John's powers. The death of the Black Prince that year and the dissolution of Parliament, however, enabled John to regain his power. In 1377, on the death of Edward III and the accession of Richard II (John's nephew and son of the Black Prince), John gave up his control of the government and thereafter played the role of peacemaker; he also supported the king, by whom he was made (1390) duke of Aquitaine. In 1396, after the death of his second wife, John married his mistress Catherine Swynford, and Richard legitimized their children the following year. Saddened by the exile (1398) of his son, Henry of Lancaster (later King Henry IV of England), John died on February 3 of the following year.

    Birth:
    Abbaye De St Bavon, Ghent, Flandre Orientale, Belgium

    John married Constance of Castile on 21 Sep 1371. Constance (daughter of King of Castile III Pedro and Maria Juana de Padilla) was born in 1354; died in Jun 1394. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Constance of Castile was born in 1354 (daughter of King of Castile III Pedro and Maria Juana de Padilla); died in Jun 1394.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Constanza

    Children:
    1. 3. Catherine of Lancaster was born on 31 Mar 1373 in Hertford Castle, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; died on 2 Jun 1418 in Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain; was buried in Cathedral of Toledo, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
    2. John Plantagenet was born in 1372; died in 1375.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  Edward Plantagenet, King of England III was born on 13 Nov 1312 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England (son of King of England Edward Plantagenet, King of England II and Isabella Capet); died on 21 Jun 1377 in Shene Palace On-The-Thames, Richmond, Surrey, England; was buried in Westminster Palace, Greater London, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 20 Nov 1312

    Edward married of Hainault Philippa d'Avesnes on 24 Jan 1327 in York Minster, Deangate, Yorkshire, England. Philippa (daughter of William I "The Good" d'Avesnes, Count of Hainaut and Jeanne de Valois) was born on 24 Jun 1314 in Le Quesnoy, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died on 15 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  of Hainault Philippa d'Avesnes was born on 24 Jun 1314 in Le Quesnoy, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France (daughter of William I "The Good" d'Avesnes, Count of Hainaut and Jeanne de Valois); died on 15 Aug 1369 in Windsor Castle, Windsor, Berkshire, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Philippa of Hainault

    Notes:

    Walter of Stapeldon was bishop of Exeter, and in 1319 served on an English diplomatic mission to the Low Countries to negotiate a naval agreement. As part of their responsibilities, the emissaries also visited Hainaut and gave Philippa the once-over. It is interesting that she was even then being considered as a possible future queen of England, nearly a full decade before Queen Isabella finally closed the negotiations.

    A document from their trip gives a fairly full physical description of the young girl: she was well built, without any obvious deformity; good hair, neither light nor dark; neat head, with a somewhat bulbous forehead (considered a sign of beauty); her eyes were dark brown, almost black, and fairly close together (NOT a good sign). Her nose was all right, except the tip was a bit broad and the nostrils a tad large. The lips were full, especially the lower one. Her teeth were good, some whiter than others, and the lower row was noticeably irregular while the upper row protruded just a bit--not too much. Her skin was brownish, not the translucent white of a romance heroine. She resembled her father a good deal (a good sign as it suggested she was more masculine and might well have more sons than daughters), both parents were very fond of her, and all the courtiers of Hainaut thought well of her too, as far as the envoys were able to determine.

    According to her mother, Philippa would have her ninth birthday at the next feast of the Nativity of St John Baptist (24 June), which puts her birth on or near that day in the year 1310. She was thus about two and one-half years older than her future husband, and would have been about 45 when she bore her last child Thomas in 1355. -- John Carmi Parsons (edited)

    Children:
    1. 6. John "of Gaunt" Plantagenet, Duke of Lancaster was born on 6 Mar 1340 in St Bavon's Abbey, Ghent, Flanders, Belgium; died on 3 Feb 1399 in Leicester Castle, Leicestershire, England; was buried on 15 Mar 1399 in St. Pauls Cathedral, London, London, England.
    2. Prince of Wales Edward "The Black Prince" Plantagenet was born on 15 Jun 1330 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England; died on 8 Jun 1376 in Westminster Palace, London, Middlesex, England; was buried in Canterbury Cathedral, London, England.
    3. Isabella Plantagenet was born on 16 Jun 1332 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England; died on 4 May 1379 in Grey Friars Newgate, Middlesex, England.
    4. Joan (Joanna) Plantagenet was born in Feb 1333 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England; died on 2 Sep 1348 in Bayonne, Aquitaine, France.
    5. Lionel "of Antwerp" Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence was born on 29 Nov 1338 in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium; died on 17 Oct 1368 in Alba, Cuneo, Piemonte, Italy.
    6. 1st Duke of York Edmund "of Langley" Plantagenet, Duke of York was born on 5 Jun 1341 in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England; died on 1 Aug 1402 in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Kings Langley, Dacorum Borough, Hertfordshire, England.
    7. Thomas "of Woodstock" Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Gloucester 1st Earl of Buckingham 1st Earl of Essex was born on 7 Jan 1354 in Woodstock Palace, Oxfordshire, England; died on 9 Sep 1397 in Calais, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; was buried in Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London, England.

  3. 14.  King of Castile III Pedro was born on 30 Aug 1334 in Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain; died on 22 Mar 1369 in Montiel Ciudad Real, Spain.

    III married Maria Juana de Padilla. Maria was born about 1334 in Seville, Andalucia, Spain; died in Jul 1361 in Seville, Andalucia, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Maria Juana de Padilla was born about 1334 in Seville, Andalucia, Spain; died in Jul 1361 in Seville, Andalucia, Spain.
    Children:
    1. Isabella Perez, Princess of Castile and Leon was born in 1355 in Morales, Tordesillas, Spain; died on 23 Dec 1392 in Langley, Hertfordshire, England; was buried in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire, England.
    2. 7. Constance of Castile was born in 1354; died in Jun 1394.