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What if John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, wife of Constans, the heir to the throne of Castile and Leon, had the following daughters? Catherine (b. 1373-) Mary (b. 1376-) Joan (b. 1379-) Margaret (b. 1382-)

In 1371, John of Gaunt the third surviving son of Edward III of England married Constance of Castle. Constance was the illegitimate daughter of Pedro the Cruel, King of Castile and Leon. Pedro had been usurped and murdered by his illegitimate half brother John of Trastamara, who ascended to...

Modern Portugal traces its roots to the successful independence war waged by Afonso I, who broke free from the Kingdom of Leon in 1129. But I wonder, how could Afonso I lose this war, and what would come of it? I imagine Portugal would be in a tense situation since the Leonese themselves were a...

How much land could the Almohad realistically take with a big victory at Las navas de los Tolosa i have seen a lot of scenario were that lead to a semi Re-Reconquista were the vast majority of the peninsula end in Muslim control (wich seem a little improbable to me since Leon didn’t participated...

So after months of scrolling through TLs, I have decided to take the daunting task of writing one myself, plus I've always liked a good Castile/Spain screw and there's simply not enough of those around;) Basically I wanted to have Aquitaine, either by direct political or dynastic control, to be...

How would Iberian history turn out if the Kingdom of León (plus Galicia) gets tied to Castille & Aragon (let's say the union with Aragon still pushed through) instead of remaining its own state?

Chapter One In 1134, King Alfonso VII of León and Castile became a widower. The 29-year-old monarch had been expecting the birth of his first child. Unfortunately, his Queen, Berenguela of Barcelona, suffered from complications and gave birth to a stillborn son shortly before passing away...

CASTILLA PROTESTANTE 1369: After years of intense stalemate a treaty was reached where Enrique de Trastamara would become King Enrique de Léon, Galicsua, i Extrematuaré and Pedro el Justo would Become King Pedro de Castilla, Murcia, y La Mancha. With this treaty the Kingdom of Castilla y Léon...

So I recently found about a Succession Pact, that may have been agreed upon in 1105, between Count Raymund of Galicia and his cousin, Count Henry of Portucale. On it they decided on how to deal with the partition of lands after the death of Alfonso VI of Leon. Raymund would become King of...

Suppose that Afonso I of Portugal loses the Battle of São Marmede (1128 AD) and, thus, never forms Portugal as an independent country. How could this affect the makeup of the iberian christian kingdoms? Would Castile and León remain separate?

It all began in 1086 when Yusuf ibn Tashfin was invited by the Muslim taifa princes of Al-Andalus in the Iberian Peninsula to defend their territories from the encroachment of Alfonso IV, King of León and Castile. In that year, Yusuf ibn Tashfin crossed the Strait of Gibraltar to Algecias, and...