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List of Monarchs of Castile
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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.
Counts of Castile
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.
Castile
(diminished territory)
Burgos
His acquisition of Castile resulted in reunion of Burgos with Castile, the two titles being used interchangeably thereafter
Castile & Burgos
Cerezo & Lantarón
Alava
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.
With the death of Garcia, Sancho III of Navarre, the feudal overlord, appointed his own son by Mayor, sister of Garcia Sánchez, as count.
Kings of Castile
The follow dynasts are descendants, in the male line, of Urraca's husband, Raymond of Burgundy.
All kings hereafter were also kings of León.
Henry II was the illegitimate son of Alfonso XI. He was made duke of Trastámara.
The first monarch to style himself King of Spain was Philip II, son of Charles, who was King of Castile, Aragon and Portugal, among other possessions. Nevertheless the kingdom 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.
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.
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