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Peter , called the Cruel or the Just ,[a] was King of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369. Peter was the last ruler of the main branch of the House of Ivrea. He was excommunicated by Pope Urban V for his persecutions and cruelties committed against the clergy.[1]

Peter of Castile, also known as Peter the Cruel and the Just, was the Spanish king of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369. His contemporaries accused him of being an extremely cruel ruler while later historians came to view him as a strong executor of justice and nicknamed him "Peter the Lawful".

Peter of Castile, in Spanish Pedro de Castilla (1290 – 25 June 1319), was an infante of Castile, a younger son of King Sancho IV and his wife María de Molina. He held the lordships ( señoríos) of Cameros, Almazán, Berlanga, Monteagudo and Cifuentes and was the majordomo of his brother, King Ferdinand IV of Castile.

Peter sometimes called the Cruel was the king of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369. He was the son of Alfonso XI of Castile and Maria of Portugal, daughter of Afonso IV of Portugal. Peter was the last ruler of the main branch of the House of Burgundy. Peter was born in the defensive tower of the Monasterio de Santa...

English: Peter I of Castile (Spanish: Pedro; 30 August 1334 – 23 March 1369), also known as the Cruel or the Just, was the king of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369. He was the son of Alfonso XI of Castile and Maria of Portugal. Peter I of Castile was the last ruler of the main branch of the House of Ivrea.

PETER, "the Cruel," king of Castile (1333-1369), son of Alphonso XI. and Maria, daughter of Alphonso IV. of Portugal, was born in 1333. He earned for himself the reputation of monstrous cruelty which is indicatd by the accepted title.