See also List of Castilian consorts

This is a list of counts, kings, and queens of Castile.

It is, in part, a continuation of the list of Asturian monarchs and the list of Leonese monarchs.

Contents 1 Counts of Castile 1.1 Elective Counts 1.1.1 Castile 1.1.2 Burgos 1.1.3 Castile & Burgos 1.1.4 Cerezo & Lantarón 1.1.5 Alava 1.2 House of Lara 1.3 Jiménez Dynasty 2 Kings of Castile 2.1 Jiménez Dynasty 2.2 House of Burgundy 2.3 Claimants as King of Castile and Léon 2.4 House of Trastámara 3 Suggested Reading 4 See also

[edit] Counts of Castile

[edit] Elective Counts

These counts were not hereditary, being appointed as representatives of the Asturian king in the eastern march of his realm. From as early as 867, with the creation of the county of Alava, Castile was subdivided into several smaller counties that were not reunited until 931.

• Rodrigo (860–873), briefly count of Alava
• Diego Rodríguez Porcelos (873–885)

[edit] Castile

(diminished territory)

• Munio Núñez of Castrogeriz (c.899–c.901), brother-in-law of García I of León
• Gonzalo Téllez (c.901–c.904), also count of Cerezo and Lantarón
• Munio Núñez of Castrogeriz (again, c.904–c.909)
• Gonzalo Fernández of Lara (c.909–915), cousin of Munio Núñez

[edit] Burgos

• Gonzalo Fernández of Lara (c.899–915)

His acquisition of Castile resulted in reunion of Burgos with Castile, the two titles being used interchangeably thereafter

[edit] Castile & Burgos

• Ferdinand Ansúrez (915–920), married Muniadona, widow of García I of León and sister of Munio Núñez.
• Nuño Fernández of Amaya (920–926), brother of Gonzalo Fernández
• Ferdinand Ansúrez (again, 926–c.929)
• Gutier Núñez (c.929–931), probably son of Nuño Fernández

[edit] Cerezo & Lantarón

• Gonzalo Téllez (c.897–913), also briefly count of Castile
• Ferdinand Díaz (913–c.921), son of Diego Porcelos
• Álvaro Herrameliz (c.921–931), also count of Alava, married Sancha, widow of Ordoño II of León and daughter of Sancho I of Pamplona

[edit] Alava

• Rodrigo (c.867–870), count of Castile
• Vela Jiménez (870–c.887), (said by some to have been brother of García Jiménez of Pamplona)
• Munio Velaz (c.887–c.921), son of Vela Jiménez
• Álvaro Herrameliz (c.921–931), also count of Cerezo and Lantarón

[edit] House of Lara

Following the appointment of Fernán González in 931 to succeed both Gutier Núñez and Álvaro Herrameliz, he reunited the divided counties of Castile, Burgos, Alava, Cerezo and Lantarón into what would become a single semi-autonomous hereditary county of Castile.

• Fernán González (931–970), son of Gonzalo Fernández, married Sancha Sánchez, widow of Álvaro Herrameliz
  • Ansur Fernández (944–947), son of Ferdinand Ansúrez, in opposition to Fernán González during the latter's rebellion, father-in-law of Sancho I of León
• García Fernández (970–995), son of Fernán González
• Sancho García (995–1017), son of García Fernández
• García Sánchez (1017–1029), son of Sancho García

[edit] Jiménez Dynasty

With the death of Garcia, Sancho III of Navarre, the feudal overlord, appointed his own son by Mayor, sister of Garcia Sánchez, as count.

• Ferdinand I the Great (1029–37), on acquisition of the Kingdom of León in 1037, he took the royal title

[edit] Kings of Castile

[edit] Jiménez Dynasty

Monarch	Name in Spanish	Nickname	Began	Ended	Notes
Ferdinand I	Fernando I	The Great	1037	27 December 1065	also King of León
Sancho II	Sancho II	The Strong	27 December 1065	5 October 1072
Alfonso VI	Alfonso VI	The Brave	6 October 1072	30 June 1109	also King of León
Urraca	Urraca		30 June 1109	8 March 1126	also Queen of León

[edit] House of Burgundy

The follow dynasts are descendants, in the male line, of Urraca's first husband, Raymond of Burgundy.

Monarch	Name in Spanish	Nickname	Began	Ended	Notes
Alfonso VII	Alfonso VII	The Emperor	10 March 1126	21 August 1157	also King of León
Sancho III	Sancho III	The Desired	21 August 1157	31 August 1158
Alfonso VIII	Alfonso VIII	The Noble	31 August 1158	6 October 1214
Henry I	Enrique I		6 October 1214	6 June 1217
Berenguela	Berenguela	The Great	6 June 1217	30 August 1217	abdicated in favor of her son, Ferdinand III; died 1246
Ferdinand III	Fernando III	The Saint	30 August 1217	30 May 1252	also King of León from 1230; all later kings were King of León as well
Alfonso X	Alfonso X	The Learned	30 May 1252	4 April 1284	elected King of the Romans in 1257, a title which he claimed until he renounced it in 1275
Sancho IV	Sancho IV	The Brave	4 April 1284	25 April 1295
Ferdinand IV	Fernando IV	The Summoned	25 April 1295	7 September 1312
Alfonso XI	Alfonso XI	The Just	7 September 1312	26 March 1350
Pedro	Pedro	The Cruel	26 March 1350	23 March 1369

[edit] Claimants as King of Castile and Léon

John of Gaunt claimed the title of King of Castile and Léon by virtue of his marriage to Constance, daughter of Pedro of Castile. He conducted several military actions, borrowing heavily from London merchants, to solidify his title, without success.

[edit] House of Trastámara

Henry II was the illegitimate son of Alfonso XI. He was made duke of Trastámara.

Monarch	Name in Spanish	Nickname	Began	Ended	Notes
Henry II	Enrique II	of Trastámara	23 March 1369	29 May 1379	also claimed the throne from 1366
John I	Juan I		29 May 1379	9 October 1390
Henry III	Enrique III	The Infirm	9 October 1390	25 December 1406
John II	Juan II		25 December 1406	21 July 1454
Henry IV	Enrique IV	The Impotent	21 July 1454	14 December 1474
Isabella I	Isabel I	The Catholic	14 December 1474	26 November 1504	reigned jointly with her husband, Ferdinand V
Ferdinand V	Fernando V	The Catholic	14 December 1474	26 November 1504	jure uxoris king, jointly with his wife Isabella I
Joanna	Juana	The Mad	26 November 1504	12 April 1555	jointly with her husband, Philip I (1506) and then with her son, Charles I (1516–1555)
Philip I	Felipe I	The Handsome	12 July 1506	25 September 1506	jure uxoris king ruling jointly with his wife, Joanna
Charles I	Carlos I		13 March 1516	16 January 1556	jointly with his mother, Joanna to 1555; abdicated in favor of his son, died 21 September 1558

For later monarchs of Castile, see List of Spanish monarchs. The first monarch to style himself King of Spain was Philip II, son of Charles, who was King of Castile and Aragon, among other possessions. Nevertheless the kingdom of Castile existed on its own right within the Spanish crown and with its own law until the arrival of the Bourbon dynasty after the War of Spanish Succession.

[edit] Suggested Reading

• Barton, Simon. The Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century León and Castile. Cambridge University Press, 1997. Appendix I: "The Counts of Twelfth Century León and Castile", pp. 235–302.

[edit] See also

• List of Aragonese monarchs
• List of Asturian monarchs
• List of Galician monarchs
• List of Leonese monarchs
• List of Navarrese monarchs
• List of Spanish monarchs
• List of Castilian Queen Consorts
• Kings of Spain family tree
• Lists of incumbents