King Enrique de Castile, III

1379 - 1406  (27 years)

• Name	King Enrique de Castile  [1]
  Suffix	III
  Birth	4 Oct 1379	Burgos, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Dec 1406	Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain   [1]
  Burial	Cathedral of Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain   [1]
  	Cathedral of Toledo
  Person ID	I30747	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Catalina de Lancaster Plantagenet,   b. 31 Mar 1373, Hertford, Hertfordshire, England d. 2 Jun 1418, Valladolid, Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	Mar 1390	Madrid, Madrid, Spain
  Children	1. Juan de Castilla y León, II,   b. 6 Mar 1405, Toro, Zamora, Castilla-Leon, Spain d. 20 Jul 1454, Valladolid, Valladolid, Castilla-Leon, Spain (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F13783	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Oct 1379 - Burgos, Burgos, Castilla-Leon, Spain Marriage - Mar 1390 - Madrid, Madrid, Spain Death - 25 Dec 1406 - Toledo, Toledo, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Places

  Church Window of Henry III (Segovia Alcaza) Henry of Castile III

  
  

• Sources

  [S10709] FindAGrave Old World (Famous), Henry of Castile III 1379-1406 - King of Spain. Spanish Monarch. Born the eldest son of Juan I, King of Castile and León, and Eleanor of Aragon in the capital of Castile, Burgos. As an infant, he was betrothed to the Portuguese heir, Beatrice, as a part of a peace treaty between Castile and Portugal. Beatrice, however, eventually married his father. In 1390, his father died after a fall from his horse, and Enrique was proclaimed king. He succeeded to the title of King Enrique III de Castilla y León that year. He married Katherine of Lancaster, the daughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster and Costanza of Castile, daughter of Pedro I, about 1393 (some records place the marriage five years previously). The couple would have three children including the future Juan II of Castile. During his reign, he curtailed persecution of the Spanish Jews, and passed various bills in support of this edict. He sent a naval fleet to destroy a pirate base in North Africa, and in 1402, he began the colonization of the Canary Islands, while finalizing a peace treaty with Portugal that same year. Known by the nick-name of Enrique the Sickly, he succumbed to persistent ill health at the age of 27, dying on Christmas day, leaving his brother, Ferdinand of Aragon, regent for his year old son. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8139138/henry_of_castile