Peter of Castile, Lord of Ledesma

Not to be confused with Peter of Castile, Lord of Cameros.

Peter of Castile (June 1260, in Seville – 10 October 1283, in Ledesma), was an infante of Castile. He was a son of Alfonso X of Castile and Violant of Aragon who was also called Yolanda or Yolante.

He was Lord (señor) of Ledesma, Alba de Tormes, Salvatierra, Miranda del Castañar, Galisteo and Granadilla.

Biography

He received from his father the command of the Christian troops during the failed Siege of Algeciras (1278–79).
In 1281, Peter participated in his father's campaign against the Kingdom of Granada.

When his eldest brother, Crown Prince Ferdinand de la Cerda, died before his father, Peter supported his brother Sancho IV of Castile, against the wishes of his father, who had appointed Ferdinand's son Alfonso de la Cerda as his successor. For this, Peter was disinherited by his father.

Marriage and issue

He married Margaret of Narbonne, daughter of Aimery IV of Narbonne (of the House of Lara) in 1281.^[1] They had one son

Sancho de Castilla el de la Paz, died 1312 without issue.

He also had an illegitimate son called Sancho Pére.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Peter of Castile, Lord of Ledesma

16. Ferdinand II of León

8. Alfonso IX of León

17. Urraca of Portugal

4. Ferdinand III of Castile

18. Alfonso VIII of Castile

9. Berengaria of Castile

19. Eleanor of England

2. Alfonso X of Castile

20. Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor

10. Philip of Swabia

21. Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy

5. Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen

22. Isaac II Angelos

11. Irene Angelina

23. Unknown Palaiologina?, afterwards Irene

1. Peter of Castile, Lord of Ledesma

24. Alfonso II of Aragon

12. Peter II of Aragon

25. Sancha of Castile

6. James I of Aragon

26. William VIII of Montpellier

13. Marie of Montpellier

27. Eudokia Komnene

3. Violant of Aragon

28. Béla III of Hungary

14. Andrew II of Hungary

29. Agnes of Antioch

7. Violant of Hungary

30. Peter II of Courtenay

15. Yolanda de Courtenay

31. Yolanda of Flanders

Notes

↑ Jiři Louda, Michael Maclagan (1991). "Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe". Table 47. Publisher: Macmillan. ISBN 9780028972558. https://books.google.com/books?id=kGdmAAAAMAAJ

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