Jeanne de Castille
Jeanne de Castille , known as Beltraneja , born in 1462, died in 1530. Disputed heiress of the throne of Castille, it became queen of the Portugal by her marriage.
Supposed girl of Henri IV of Castille and Jeanne of Portugal, Jeanne was intended to inherit the throne of Castille with died of her father but a rumor according to which his/her true father is the count Beltrán of Cueva, favorite of the king, is worth the nickname of to him Beltraneja and its legitimacy is disputed by the partisans of Isabelle, half-sister of her father. Under the pressure of large of the kingdom Henri IV designates his sister like heiress of the crown during the agreements of Los Toros de Guisando in September 1468, but obtains that this one must remain unmarried and without descent.
In violation of its Isabelle agreements links itself secretly with Ferdinand, heir to the throne of Aragon and king de Sicile. In reaction, Henri then designates his daughter like heiress and the large ones of the kingdom, fearing the threat which for them the reinforcement of the monarchical capacity between the hands of Isabelle and Ferdinand could represent, reverse their alliance and line up behind the king and his daughter. This climate of confusion nothing but does worsen in last the years of the reign of Henri, who dies without to have settled the question of his succession, leaving the kingdom in front of the prospect for a civil war between the partisans of Jeanne and those of Isabelle.
To died of Henri, in 1574, Isabelle allots the throne of Castille. Jeanne marries in 1475 Alphonse V of Portugal, which takes the head of a coalition to take advantage of the rights of his wife. Its ally, the king of France, Louis XI invades the north of Castille, the troops of Alphonse, the west. The young prince Ferdinand demene to join together funds and partisans. These efforts of diplomacy ensure the catholic husbands supports it of part of large, who fear the downstream on Castille that to Portugal the sacring of Jeanne pourraît to give. The confrontation takes place with the Bataille of Toro, on March 1st, 1476, which sees the defeat of the troops of invasion. The situation turns to the profit of the catholic kings with the recognition of Isabelle by the the Cortes of Castille and, in 1479, the Portuguese troops leave Castille. Jeanne, renonçant with her rights, is locked up in a convent to finish her days there.
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