Royal side, arch 4
John I of Castile
IOANNES I
- Sculptor
- Alejandro Carnicero
- Year
- 1731
- Where it is
- Royal side, arch 4
Who he was
1358–1390 King of Castile and León from 1379 to 1390
John I was King of Castile and León from 1379 until 1390. He was the son of Henry II and Juana Manuel of Castile. John ascended to the throne in 1379, and in 1383, he married Beatrice, the daughter of King Ferdinand I of Portugal. When Ferdinand died that same year, John, aiming to enforce his claim on the Portuguese crown through his wife, brought the country into the 1383–1385 Crisis.
Opening paragraph from the Wikipedia article on John I of Castile, in the revision we consulted, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Birth and death dates come from Wikidata.
Photograph: Tamorlan · CC BY 3.0 · file page on Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and colour-matched to sit with the rest.
