Peter of Castile, Lord of Ledesma

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

1. 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