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Henry II (13 January 1334 – 29 May 1379), called Henry of Trastámara or the Fratricidal (el Fratricida), was the first King of Castile and León from the House of Trastámara. He became king in 1369 by defeating his half-brother Peter the Cruel , after numerous rebellions and battles.
The illegitimate son of Alfonso XI of Castile, Henry rebelled against his younger half brother, Peter I (Peter the Cruel), invaded Castile with French aid in 1366, and was crowned king at Burgos. Peter sought English aid, and Henry was routed by Edward the Black Prince at Najera (April 3, 1367).
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Henry II (13 January 1334 – 29 May 1379), called Henry of Trastámara or the Fratricidal (el Fratricida), was the first King of Castile and León from the House of Trastámara. He became king in 1369 by defeating his half-brother Peter the Cruel, after numerous rebellions and battles.
Biography: Henry II of Castile, also known as Henry of Trastámara O. Henry the Fratricidal, was the first King of Castile and León in his line. He initiated the House of Trastámara after a lengthy conflict in which he ultimately defeated and killed his half-brother, Peter the Cruel.
John II of Castile (Spanish: Juan; 6 March 1405 – 20 July 1454) was King of Castile [1] and León from 1406 to 1454. He succeeded his older sister, Maria of Castile, Queen of Aragon, as Prince of Asturias in 1405. Regency [ edit] John was the son of King Henry III and his wife, Catherine of Lancaster. [2]
Henry II of Castile (Enrique II) (1334 - 1379), called Henry of Trastámara or the Fratricide (el Fratricida), was the first King of Castile and León from the House of Trastámara. Henry was the fourth of ten illegitimate children of King Alfonso XI of Castile and Eleanor de Guzmán, a great-granddaughter of Alfonso IX of León.
Henry II (13 January 1334 – 29 May 1379), called Henry of Trastámara or the Fratricidal (el Fratricida), was the first King of Castile and León from the House of Trastámara. He became king in 1369 by defeating his half-brother Peter the Cruel , after numerous rebellions and battles.
Henry IV, byname Henry the Impotent or Henry the Liberal, Spanish Enrique el Impotente or Enrique el Liberal, (born January 25, 1425, Valladolid, Castile [Spain]—died December 11, 1474, Madrid), king of Castile from 1454 to 1474, whose reign, though at first promising, became chaotic.
When Henry II King of England was born on 5 March 1133, in Le Mans, Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, his father, Geoffrey V Plantagenet d'Anjou, was 19 and his mother, Matilda de England Comtesse d'Anjou, was 31. He married Éléonore d'Aquitaine Queen of France and England on 18 May 1152, in Bordeaux, Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.