John II of Castile

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15th-century monarch King of Castile human monarch

John II of Castile was a 15th-century king whose long but politically weak reign was dominated by powerful nobles and favorites, notably Álvaro de Luna, during a turbulent period in Iberian history.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
John II, King of Castile and León	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	15th-century monarch ⓘ King of Castile ⓘ human ⓘ monarch ⓘ
ascendedToThroneAsMinor	true ⓘ
associatedWith	Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
birthDate	1405-03-06 ⓘ
birthPlace	Toro ⓘ
burialPlace	Cartuja de Miraflores ⓘ
child	Henry IV of Castile ⓘ Isabella I of Castile ⓘ surface form: Isabella of Castile
conflictWith	Castilian high nobility ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Crown of Castile ⓘ
deathDate	1454-07-21 ⓘ
deathPlace	Valladolid ⓘ
era	15th century ⓘ Late Middle Ages ⓘ
father	Henry III of Castile ⓘ
givenName	John ⓘ
governmentTypeDuringReign	feudal monarchy ⓘ
grandchild	Isabella I of Castile ⓘ
historicalRegionRuled	Castile ⓘ León ⓘ
house	Henry II of Castile ⓘ surface form: Trastámara
mother	Catherine of Lancaster ⓘ
motherLanguage	Castilian ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Trastámara ⓘ
notableCourtFavorite	Álvaro de Luna ⓘ
notableEventDuringReign	internal noble conflicts in Castile ⓘ struggle for control between crown and nobility ⓘ
notableRelative	Isabella I of Castile ⓘ
positionHeld	King of Castile ⓘ King of León ⓘ
predecessor	Henry III of Castile ⓘ
regency	Catherine of Lancaster ⓘ Ferdinand I of Aragon ⓘ
regnalName	John II ⓘ
reignCharacterization	politically weak ⓘ
reignDominatedBy	powerful nobles ⓘ Álvaro de Luna ⓘ
reignEnd	1454 ⓘ
reignStart	1406 ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse	Isabella of Coimbra ⓘ surface form: Isabella of Portugal Maria of Aragon ⓘ
successor	Henry IV of Castile ⓘ
title	John II of Castile self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John II, King of Castile and León

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry IV of Castile → father → John II of Castile ⓘ

Isabella I of Castile → father → John II of Castile ⓘ

Crown of Castile → monarch → John II of Castile ⓘ

House of Trastámara → notableMember → John II of Castile ⓘ

Henry IV of Castile → predecessor → John II of Castile ⓘ

John II of Castile → title → John II of Castile self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: John II, King of Castile and León