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	John II of Castile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Juan 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 by Constance of Castile, daughter of King Pedro I of Castile (aka.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_II_of_Castile (283 words)

	JOHN II., KING OF CASTILE - LoveToKnow Article on JOHN II., KING OF CASTILE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		John was a chivalrous and romantic personage, who enjoyed a great reputation for valour both before and after his death; but as a ruler he was careless and extravagant, interested only in his kingdom when seeking relief from his constant pecuniary embarrassments.
		JOHN I. (1358-1390), king of Castile, was the son of Henry II.
		King John was killed at Aicali on he gth of October 1390 by the fall of his horse, while he was iding in a, fantasia with some of the light horsemen known as the arfanes, who were mounted and equipped in the Arab style.
	www.1911ency.org /J/JO/JOHN_II_KING_OF_CASTILE.htm (1303 words)

	Isabella of Castile - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Isabella was great-great-granddaughter of both Henry II of Castile and his half-brother Peter I of Castile and their respective wives (Joan of Villena and Maria de Padilla).
		Through John of Gaunt she was great-great-granddaughter of King Edward III of England and his wife Philippa of Hainault and through his first wife of Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster and his wife Isabel de Beaumont.
		She was great-granddaughter of John I of Castile and his wife Eleanor of Aragon, a sister of Kings John I of Aragon and Martin I of Aragon.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Isabella_of_Castile (2530 words)

	Glossary: New Monarchies
		John II of France was captured by Edward, the Black Prince, at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356.
		John II (Juan II) of Aragón and Navarre
		John II is reputed to have died of remorse for this treacherous act.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/endmiddle/glossary/monagloss3.html (5851 words)

	Castiles & Leon
		John I (Juan I) of Castile and León (1358-1390), king of Castile and León (1379-1390), he attacked Portugal in an attempt to break the alliance between Portugal and John of Gaunt, duke of Lancaster, who was claiming the Castilian throne through marriage.
		John II, 1405—54, Spanish king of Castile and León (1406—54), son and successor of Henry III.
		Spanish queen of Castile and León (1474—1504), daughter of John II of Castile.
	medievalcoins.ancients.info /castiles__leon_history.htm (2329 words)

	Queen Isabella was born in 1451
		She was the Queen of Castile and Aragon, and was the daughter of John II, King of Castile, by his second wife, Isabella of Portugal.
		She was the daughter of John II of Castile and León by his second wife, Isabella of Portugal.
		She was extremely solicitous for the education of her five children (Isabella, John, Joan, Maria, and Catherine), and in order to educate Prince John with ten other boys, she formed in her palace a school similar to the Palatine School of the Carlovingians.
	volweb.utk.edu /Schools/bedford/harrisms/brittany.htm (1150 words)

	Henry II of Castile: bio and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Became Henry II of Castile in 1366 when, as head of a host of soldiers of fortune, and with the aid of Bertrand du Guesclin (Bertrand du Guesclin: bertrand du guesclin (c....
		Married to Joan, daughter of John Manuel of Villena, head of a younger branch of the royal house of Castile.
		Their son was John I of Castile (John I of Castile: more facts about this subject).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/henry_ii_of_castile1 (234 words)

	AllRefer.com - Isabella I (Spanish And Portuguese History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Isabella I or Isabella the Catholic, 1451–1504, Spanish queen of Castile and LeOn (1474–1504), daughter of John II of Castile.
		In 1469 she married Ferdinand of AragOn (later King Ferdinand II of AragOn and Ferdinand V of Castile).
		At the death (1474) of her half brother Henry IV of Castile, the succession to Castile was contested between Isabella and Juana la Beltraneja, who was supported by Alfonso V of Portugal.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/I/Isabella1.html (429 words)

	Henry III of Castile (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Henry was born in Burgos (Burgos: a city of northernwestern spain, at the edge of the central plateau, burgos has 166,000...
		John I (John I: john i (august 24 1358 - 1390) (in spanish: juan i) was the king...
		John II (John II: john ii (march 6, 1405 - july 20, 1454) was king of castile from 1406...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/henry_iii_of_castile2 (462 words)

	RUY DE PINA - LoveToKnow Article on RUY DE PINA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		to Castile in the spring of 1482, and in.
		Following the arrival of Columbus from his first voyage in 1493, Pina was one of the commissaries despatched to Barcelona by John II.
		King Manoel confirmed his pension and appointed him in 1497 chronicler of the kingdom, keeper of the archives and royal librarian, with a suitable salary.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PI/PINA_RUY_DE.htm (450 words)

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		Upon the death of John II of Aragon in the same year, the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon came together in the persons of their rulers.
		John II was careful about Ferdinand's education and took personal charge of it, making sure that Ferdinand learned as much as possible from experience.
		She quickly bore him children: the infanta Isabella was born in 1470; the heir apparent, John, in 1478; and the infantas Juana (called Juana la Loca--Joan the Mad), Catalina (later called--as the first wife of Henry VIII of England--Catherine of Aragon), and María followed.
	www.richmond.edu /~ahermida/catolica.doc (4165 words)

	European Voyages of Exploration: Isabella I
		Isabella I, Queen of Castile, was born in the town of Madrigal de las Altas Torres April 22, 1453 and died a little before noon November 26, 1504 in the castle of La Mota, which still stands at Medina del Campo (Valladolid).
		She was the daughter of John II, King of Castile, by his second wife, Isabella of Portugal.
		The year before Isabella had been living at Segovia, apart from the court, which resided at Toledo; after the conclusion of the pact she was at odds with her brother, the king on account of his plans for her marriage.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/eurvoya/isabella.html (1478 words)

	Tomb of Juan II of Castile and Isabel of Portugal by SILOE, Gil de
		Tomb of Juan II of Castile and Isabel of Portugal
		Don Juan II and Doña Isabel of Portugal were the parents of Isabel the Catholic, their tomb is the masterpiece of Diego de Siloe.
		The sepulcher group, whose contours form an eightpointed star, constitutes an impressive work of art, in which remarkable are the expressive naturalness of the king's faces, which reflect their sleeping state, the lovely modeling of the jewels and vestments, the splendid execution of the sculptures which represent numerous allegorical figures.
	www.wga.hu /html/s/siloe/gil/juanisa.html (106 words)

	Isabella I on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		ISABELLA I [Isabella I] or Isabella the Catholic, 1451-1504, Spanish queen of Castile and León (1474-1504), daughter of John II of Castile.
		In 1469 she married Ferdinand of Aragón (later King Ferdinand II of Aragón and Ferdinand V of Castile).
		Archive Photos 01-01-1900 King Edward II of EnglandSeptember 21, 1327 King Edward II was murdered on this day in 1327 by forces loyal to his wife Isabella which had forced him to abdicate during the previous year.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/I/Isabella1.asp (924 words)

	John II, Spanish king of Castile and Leon. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		John II, Spanish king of Castile and Leon.
		1405–54, Spanish king of Castile and León (1406–54), son and successor of Henry III.
		John was succeeded by his son Henry IV.
	www2.bartleby.com /65/jo/John2Sp.html (123 words)

	Ferdinand V and Isabella I (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		called The Catholic (1452-1516), King of Castile (1474-1504); as Ferdinand II he was also King of Sicily (1468-1516) and of Aragón (1479-1516); as Ferdinand III, King of Naples (1504-1516).
		He was the son of King John II of Aragón.
		The union of the Spanish kingdoms of Aragón and Castile was effected in 1469 by Ferdinand's marriage to his cousin Isabella I, Queen of Castile.
	www.sonhex.dk /fandi.htm (617 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Lopez de Barrientos
		He soon became known as one of the greatest theologians of Spain, and was appointed to the first chair of theology in that famous university.
		In 1433, John II of Castile and Leon called him to his court, to be his confessor and tutor to their heir presumptive, afterwards Henry IV.
		John II, in his last will and testament, 1454, also named him tutor to Prince Alphonsus, a younger son.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02308d.htm (324 words)

	Isabella of Castille
		Isabella I (14511504), queen of Castile, called la Catolica ("the Catholic"), and a sponsor of the voyages of Christopher Columbus.
		She was the daughter of John II of Castile and Leon by his second wife, Isabella of Portugal.
		Alfonso attacked Castile and León but was defeated by the Castilian army in 1476.
	www.blackstudies.ucsb.edu /antillians/isabella.html (232 words)

	Life and Times of Isabella of Castile.
		Isabella of Castile was born in the little city of Madrigal on the 27th of April, 1451.
		From the foot of the mountains that separate it from Castile, the valleys and plains of Granada extended to the Mediterranean.
		Isabella met his objections by saying that Castile would be able when at peace to furnish the means for the expedition without any help from Aragon, and she gave Columbus her protection and a sufficient income for his support until the state of her kingdom should justify her in more active measures in his behalf.
	digital.library.upenn.edu /women/eagle/congress/bucklin.html (4634 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: History of the Jews
		Under Ptolemy II (Philadelphus), the Hebrew Pentateuch was first rendered into Greek; and this, in turn, led in the course of time to the complete translation of the Old Testament known as the Septuagint.
		The strife which soon arose after her death (69 B.C.), between her two sons Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II, who were favoured by the Pharisees and the Sadducees respectively, was skilfully kept up by Antipater, the ambitious Governor of Idumea and father of Herod the Great.
		In 165, Rabbi Juda I succeeded Simon II as president of the Sanhedrin and patriarch of the West.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08386a.htm (12633 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: John of Segovia
		In 1432 the University of Salamanca and King John II of Castile sent him as their representative to the Council of Basle, where he was one of the ablest defenders of the superiority of the council over the pope.
		He took part in the twenty-eighth session (1 October, 1437) at which Eugene IV was declared contumacious, and in the thirty-third session (16 May, 1439) at which the pope was declared a heretic.
		After Eugene IV was deposed by the council on 25 June, 1439, John of Segovia was appointed one of the committee whose duty it was to select a number of theologians to elect the new pope.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/08479a.htm (394 words)

	Isabella I
		Isabella I or Isabella the Catholic,1451–1504, Spanish queen of Castile and León (1474–1504), daughter of John II of Castile.
		Ferdinand II of Aragón and Ferdinand V of Castile).
		Henry IV, Spanish king of Castile and León - Henry IV, 1425–74, Spanish king of Castile and León (1454–74), son and successor...
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0825544.html (330 words)

	Queen Isabella
		Isabella, surnamed la Catolica, the Catholic, Queen of Castile, was the second child and only daughter of John II of Castile by his second wife Isabella, granddaughter of John I of Portugal (thus being through both parents a descendant of John of Gaunt), and was born at Madrigal on the 22nd of April 1451.
		Already more than one suitor had made application for her hand, Ferdinand of Aragon, who ultimately became her husband, being among the number; for some little time she was engaged to his elder brother Charles, who died in 1461.
		After an offer of the crown of Castile, made by the revolutionary leaders in the civil war, had been declined by her, she was in 1468 formally recognized by her brother as lawful heir, after himself, to the united crowns of Castile and Leon.
	www.nndb.com /people/221/000092942 (263 words)

	QueenIsabella
		Isabella of Castile was born in Madrigal, April 22, 1451, the daughter of John II of Castile by his second wife, Isabella of Portugal.
		After the death of her brother, Henry IV, in 1474, Isabella ascended the throne of Castile, to the exclusion of her elder sister, Joanna, who had the rightful claim to the crown.
		During the lifetime of her brother, Isabella had gained the favor of the estates of the kingdom to such a degree that the majority, on his death, declared her queen.
	www.historyswomen.com /womenwhoruled/QueenIsabella.html (535 words)

	Late Middle Ages, Knox - Tiimeline Iberia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Joanna II, daughter of Louis X and Joanna I, and wife of Philip of Évreaux, is crowned Queen of Navarre (-1349), thus separating Navarre from France
		John of Castile defeats Granada at La Higuera; Muhammad VIII is deposed and is succeeded by Yusuf IV June
		Duke Ferdinand II of Braganza is executed by King John II of Portugal for conspiring to rebel
	history.boisestate.edu /hy309/iberia/timelineiberia.htm (967 words)

	Queen Isabella
		Isabella I of Castile (1451-1504) (queen regnant), wife of Ferdinand II of Aragon, mother of Catherine of Aragon, patron of Christopher Columbus
		Isabella of Portugal, or Isabella of Asturias, (1470-1498) (queen consort), daughter of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon, wife of Manuel I of Portugal
		Isabella II of Spain (1830-1904) (queen regnant), daughter of Ferdinand VII of Spain, mother of Alfonso XII of Spain
	www.fastload.org /qu/Queen_Isabella.html (235 words)

	Isabella I, the Catholic, of Castile and Leon (1451-1504)
		Isabella I, the Catholic, of Castile and Leon (1451-1504)
		The daughter of John II of Castile and León by his second wife, Isabella of Portugal, Princess Isabella married Ferdinand of Aragón in 1469.
		On the death of her brother, Henry IV, Isabella and Ferdinand jointly succeeded (1474) to the throne of Castile and León, a succession which was contested by Alfonso V of Portugal who supported the claim of Henry's daughter, Juana la Beltraneja.
	www.pinn.net /~sunshine/whm2001/isabella.html (546 words)

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