Enrique II, King of Castile

  1. (1334-1379) Illegitimate son of Alfonso IX of Castile and his lover Leonor de Guzmán.
  2. Married Juana Manuel de Villena y Nuñez de Lara (1350), from whom was born the future Juan I of Castile.
  3. Was made the first Count of Trastámara by his father, but in 1366 during a rebellion against his half-brother, Pedro of Castile, Enrique is acclaimed king. In 1369, he killed Pedro of Castile after the battle of Montiel. 
  4. Before becoming king, Enrique Count of Trastámara spent several years in exile at the service of Jean II of France, fearing the hatred of his half-brother Pedro of Castile.
  5. Enrique II made an alliance with King Pedro of Portugal. [Pedro, ch. 41: 17-37]
  6. See Enrique, Count of Trastámara for references to events before his acclamation (1366). 
  7. Invaded Portugal in 1372, taking Almeida, Pinhel, Linhares, Celorico, and the city of Viseu. This opened a new wave of hostilities that became known in Portugal as the 2nd Guerra Fernandina. Hostilities were ended through the Treaty of Santarém signed in March 1373.
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Chronicle entries in which Enrique II, King of Castile appears:

Crónica de D. Pedro, ch. 36: 38, 57, 67, 73
Crónica de D. Pedro, ch. 37: 15, 50
Crónica de D. Pedro, ch. 38: 38, 44
Crónica de D. Pedro, ch. 39: 31, 48, 63
Crónica de D. Pedro, ch. 40: 17, 37, 42-43
Crónica de D. Pedro, ch. 41: 1, 3, 4, 16, 22, 28-29, 38, 48
Crónica de D. Fernando, ch. 3: 41
Crónica de D. Fernando, ch. 4: 4
Crónica de D. Fernando, ch. 71
Crónica de D. Fernando, ch. 80: 1, 43
Crónica de D. Fernando, ch. 81: 7, 32-33, 84, 97
Crónica de D. Fernando, ch. 82: 2, 7, 11, 21, 38, 43, 97, 104
Crónica de D. Fernando, ch. 83: 10, 26, 51, 64
Crónica de D. Fernando, ch. 84: 5, 15
Crónica de D. Fernando, ch. 85: 1, 3, 9, 11, 24-25, 34, 36
Crónica de D. Fernando, ch. 86: 4, 10, 19
Crónica de D. Fernando, ch. 96

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