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John II of Castile
Duke + Prince
Male
Born
Mar 6, 1405
Hometown
Toro, Zamora
Died
Jul 20, 1454
Death Place
Valladolid
John II was King of Castile and Le%C3%B3n from 1406 to 1454. He was the son of Henry III of Castile and his wife Catherine of Lancaster, daughter of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster by Constance of Castile, daughter of King Peter of Castile.
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CHILDHOOD
1405
Birth
Born on March 6, 1405.
1406
1 Year Old
He succeeded his father on 25 December 1406, at the age of a year and ten months, and united in his person the claims of Peter the Cruel and of Henry II.
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TEENAGE
1418
13 Years Old
In 1418, John married his cousin Maria of Aragon, the oldest daughter of the king Ferdinand I of Aragon and his wife Eleanor of Alburquerque.
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FORTIES
1445
40 Years Old
Of all their children, only the future Henry IV of Castile survived infancy. John was widowed in 1445 and remarried to Isabella of Portugal, daughter of Infante John of Portugal, with whom he had two children:
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