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Fernandine Wars
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House of Burgundy Supported by: Legitimist forces of Castile Kingdom of Portugal Emirate of Granada Kingdom of Aragon Kingdom of Navarre House of Lancaster Kingdom of England |
House of Trastámara Supported by: Forces of the Crown of Castile Kingdom of France |
The Fernandine Wars (Guerras Fernandinas) were a series of conflicts between the Kingdom of Portugal and the Crown of Castile, from 1369 to 1382.
They were launched after the assassination of Peter I of Castile by his illegitimate half-brother Henry of Trastámara in 1369, at the end of the Castilian Civil War. The King Ferdinand I of Portugal, backed by the "legitimist" party in Castile and other Iberian monarchs (Granada, Aragon, Navarre), refused to recognize the claims of the bastard House of Trastámara and laid claim to the throne of Castile for himself. The kingdoms of England and France backed opposing parties as a side-interest of the Hundred Years' War.
The conflict can be divided into were three distinct wars, 1369-1370 (settled in the Treaty of Alcoutim, 1371), 1372-73 (settled in the Treaty of Santarém, 1373) and 1381-82 (settled in the Treaty of Elvas, 1382). It culminated in a victory for Henry of Trastámara, who succeeded in obtaining recognition as King Henry II of Castile by the other Iberian kingdoms. After Ferdinand I bowed out, the "legitimist" cause was taken up by John of Gaunt (Duke of Lancaster).