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28-451: Barcarrota was the location of the Battle of Villanueva de Barcarrota (1336), in which Castilian troops decisively defeated a Portuguese army. It was claimed by Inca Garcilaso de la Vega , likely incorrectly, to be the birthplace of Hernando de Soto . 38°30′53″N 06°50′55″W  /  38.51472°N 6.84861°W  / 38.51472; -6.84861 This article about

56-614: A nobleman of his kingdom, to go to Villanueva de Barcarrota and apprehend the Castilian-Leonese under Enrique Enríquez, and to destroy and burn the town. When the Portuguese troops came in sight of Barcarrota, Enrique Enríquez the Younger and his men sortied from the town, despite being outnumbered. They did not have the opportunity, as the Portuguese made camp on a nearby hill and from there began to make minor attacks against

84-584: A place in the Province of Badajoz is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Battle of Villanueva de Barcarrota The Battle of Villanueva de Barcarrota was fought in 1336 near the town of Villanueva de Barcarrota in Extremadura between troops of the Kingdom of Portugal led by Pedro Afonso de Sousa , and troops of the Kingdom of Castile led by Enrique Enriquez the Younger , who led

112-889: The Marinid sultan of Morocco, Abu Al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman . He participated in the siege of Algeciras in 1342 , which he led his retinue in the company of Martín Fernández de Gres , Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela . Pedro Fernandez de Castro died in 1342, being a victim of an epidemic during the siege of Algeciras . His first wife was, Beatrice of Portugal, Lady of Lemos , youngest daughter of Afonso of Portugal, Lord of Portalegre and Violante Manuel , granddaughter of King Ferdinand III of Castile and León . There were no children from this marriage. His second wife was, Isabel Ponce de Leon , daughter of Pedro Ponce de Leon, Lord of Cangas and Tineo , and his wife, Sancha Gil de Braganza. Their children were: From his mistress, Aldonza Lorenzo de Valladares were born: At his death,

140-538: The Order of Alcántara . These united their forces with those of Pedro Fernández de Castro, and promptly left for Badajoz to aid the besieged town. According to the Chronicle of Alfonso XI , the indiscipline of the troops of Pedro Fernández de Castro was remarkable and his men caused serious damage in the places through which they passed on the way to the city of Badajoz. When other noblemen and councils were informed that

168-525: The 1336 war in which King Afonso IV of Portugal and his Castilian allies, Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena , and Juan Núñez III de Lara , opposed King Alfonso XI of Castile . In 1335 a dispute arose between Juan Manuel of Villena and Alfonso XI, King of Castile, in which Juan Núñez III de Lara , lord of Lara and Vizcaya was involved. Some years earlier a marriage had been arranged between Constanza Manuel , daughter of Juan Manuel of Villena, and Prince Pedro of Portugal , son of Afonso IV of Portugal . However,

196-441: The Extremadura town of Barcarrota Villanueva, 49 kilometres (30 mi) from Badajoz. He began to harass the Portuguese, preventing them from obtaining supplies. He made inroads into the kingdom of Portugal where he seized much property, livestock and captives. When Afonso IV of Portugal, who was still besieging Badajoz, learned of the raids that Enrique Enríquez the Younger had made into Portugal, he commanded Pedro Afonso de Sousa,

224-588: The Order, was criticized for his lack of courage against the Portuguese troops. Pedro Fern%C3%A1ndez de Castro Pedro Fernández de Castro ( c.  1290  – Algeciras , 1342), nicknamed el de la Guerra ('of the War'), was a powerful Galician noble and military figure of the House of Castro , descended by illegitimate lines from the kings of Castile - Leon - Galicia . Pedro Fernandez de Castro

252-473: The Portuguese infantry were killed, and many knights also died. At nightfall the Castilian-Leonese troops returned to Barcarrota. There they learned that troops sent by the council of Cordoba were on the way to Barcarrota. When Afonso IV of Portugal, who was still besieging the city of Badajoz, was informed of the defeat of the Portuguese troops in Barcarrota he was disheartened, because the defeat added to

280-509: The Spaniards, who, because of their numerical inferiority, did not dare to engage with the Portuguese. While the Portuguese and Spaniards remained at a stalemate, the forces of Seville commanded by Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán, lord of Sanlúcar de Barrameda , and Pedro Ponce de León the Elder, Lord of Marchena and Bailén , reached the vicinity of Villanueva de Barcarrota. They did not know of

308-465: The besieged in Lerma. He did not ask Peter IV to become involved in the conflict, but wrote him a letter in which he recounted all the wrongs done by Alfonso XI of Castile and León to him and his family. When Afonso IV of Portugal learned that Alfonso XI of Castile refused to lift the siege of Lerma, his troops invaded Castile and laid siege to the city of Badajoz, hoping this would force Alfonso XI to lift

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336-543: The body of Pedro Fernandez de Castro was taken to Galicia and buried in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela . His remains were buried in the choir of the Cathedral. During 19th century his tomb was examined and found next to his remains were some pieces of silk, a brooch and gold spurs, which are supposedly those of Sultan of Morocco Abu Al-Hasan Ali ibn Othman , of which Pedro Fernandez de Castro had seized during

364-524: The city of Badajoz was being besieged by the Portuguese, they readied their troops and prepared to help, even though they had not yet received the messages sent by the King Alfonso XI of Castile. Enrique Enríquez the Younger, lord of Villalba de los Barros and great-grandson of King Ferdinand III of Castile , left the city of Seville accompanied by the men of the Bishopric of Jaén , and went to

392-451: The command of Juan Alonso Perez de Guzman and Pedro Ponce de León the Elder were sent to deal with the Portuguese troops, who promptly fled. The troops of Enrique Enríquez the Younger, who were near the Portuguese, joined the chase before the troops of Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán had entered combat. The Portuguese army began to be slaughtered. The Chronicle of Alfonso XI says they were pursued for more than 10 kilometres (6.2 mi). Almost all

420-504: The controversial Inês de Castro (consort King Peter I of Portugal ) and Álvaro Pires de Castro . Pedro Fernandez de Castro ( el de la Guerra ) was the son of Fernando Rodríguez de Castro and his wife Violante Sánchez of Castile , an illegitimate daughter of Sancho IV , King of Castile and Leon . He was the paternal grandson of Esteban Fernández de Castro , Lord of Lemos and Sarria, and his wife, Aldonza Rodríguez de León, granddaughter of Alfonso IX of Leon . On his mother's side, he

448-491: The difficulties of conquering the city of Badajoz. Badajoz was well fortified and well defended by war-hardened men unlike the Portuguese knights, who were not accustomed to fighting. Moreover, the king of Portugal received messengers that told him that Pedro Fernández de Castro "the Warrior" was approaching with his troops to succor Badajoz and that the forces of the council of the city of Córdoba were approaching Badajoz, while

476-462: The forces of the Bishop of Jaén, assisted by Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Coronel and Pedro Ponce de León the Elder , who led forces sent by the city of Seville . The Portuguese were defeated. As a result, Afonso IV of Portugal , who was besieging the city of Badajoz , ordered the siege to be lifted and returned with his troops to Portugal. The Battle of Villanueva de Barcarrota took place during

504-470: The king's troops on condition that the king would not return it to Juan Núñez III de Lara, who had denied his vassalage to the king during the siege of the town of Lerma. Pedro Fernandez de Castro and Juan Alfonso de Haro with troops under his command then went to assist in the siege of Lerma. Afonso IV of Portugal threatened Alfonso XI of Castile and León with war if he did not lift the siege of Lerma. Juan Manuel of Villena asked king Peter IV of Aragon to help

532-600: The lands of Galicia . However, Pedro Fernandez de Castro refused to fight against him, due to the favors he received in the past at the court of Portugal. Alfonso XI gave him the County of Trastámara , which the sovereign had intended to give his son Henry . Due to his military skills, Alfonso XI sent Pedro Fernandez to fight Muslims in Andalusia , where he fought at the Battle of Salado in 1340, where tradition refers to Pedro Fernandez de Castro grabbed his spurs of gold from

560-568: The possessions that had belonged to her father and grandparents, or if he attacked any of their lands. In June 1336 King Alfonso XI of Castile and Léon besieged Juan Núñez III de Lara in the town of Lerma, Burgos , while his other armies besieged Torrelobatón , Busto and Villafranca Montes de Oca . Alfonso XI also ordered the Masters of the Orders of Santiago and Calatrava to take their troops to Peñafiel Castle , where Juan Manuel of Villena

588-447: The presence of Portuguese troops and were not ready for combat. An individual who had climbed the tower of the church of Villanueva de Barcarrota observed their arrival, realized by the banners they were carrying that they were Castilian-Leonese, and communicated this to Enrique Enríquez the Younger and his men. He told them that if they hurried to attack the troops of Pedro Afonso de Sousa, they could defeat them. Combat-ready troops under

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616-575: The siege of Lerma. However, Alfonso XI continued besieging Lerma and sent messengers to Pedro Ponce de León the Elder, Alvar Pérez de Guzmán the Elder and Enrique Enríquez the Younger, noblemen of Castile, asking them to send troops to join Pedro Fernández de Castro "the Warrior", whom he had ordered to go to the aid of Badajoz. Alfonso XI also asked for help from the councils of the cities of Córdoba , Seville , Trujillo , Plasencia , Coria and Cáceres , and from Ruy Pérez Maldonado, Master of

644-813: The union was opposed by the kings of Castile and Aragon, as they considered Prince Peter of Portugal was still betrothed to Blanche of Castile , daughter of the late Peter of Castile, Lord of Cameros (1290-1319) and Maria of Aragon . Due to a malady of Blanche of Castile, neither Afonso IV of Portugal nor his son Pedro wanted to be held to that marriage. King Afonso IV of Portugal made an alliance with Don Juan Manuel, Pedro Fernández de Castro, Juan Núñez III de Lara and Juan Alfonso de Alburquerque to bring Juan Manuel's daughter to Portugal. They pledged to make war on King Alfonso XI of Castile if he did not break his relationship with Eleanor de Guzmán , as this offended his lawful wife, Maria of Portugal , if he did not reinstate to María Díaz de Haro (wife of Juan Núñez III de Lara)

672-484: The victorious troops of Enrique Enriquez the Younger, Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán and Pedro Ponce de León the Elder remained in Barcarrota. Given the number of enemy troops approaching him, Afonso IV of Portugal decided to lift the siege of Badajoz and return with his army to Portugal. During his return journey, Afonso IV of Portugal attacked the lands of the Order of Alcántara, since they had opposed him. They defended their territories, but Ruy Pérez Maldonado, Master of

700-462: The year 1319, Pedro Fernandez de Castro returned to Galicia and Alfonso XI of Castile gave him his ancestral manor of Lemos and Sarria and appointed him Lord Steward of the realm. In 1330, Pedro accompanied King Alfonso on his campaign into Granada and led the Christian attack at the Battle of Teba In 1334, Afonso IV of Portugal invaded the kingdom of Castile and León, entering through

728-489: Was Lord ( Señor ) of Lemos and Sarria and served as mayordomo mayor (lord steward) of Alfonso XI of Castile , adelantado de la frontera (governor) of Andalusia , Galicia and Murcia and pertiguero mayor (a title similar to the French Vidame ) of the lands of Santiago . He was the father of Fernando Ruiz de Castro ( toda la lealtad de España ), Queen Juana de Castro (wife of Peter of Castile ),

756-559: Was a grandson of Sancho IV of Castile , King of Castile and León, and his mistress María Alfonso Téllez de Meneses. His father, Fernando Rodríguez de Castro , was killed in battle in 1304, while fighting against Infante Philip of Castile, son of Sancho IV of Castile . On the death of his father, Pedro was sent by his mother to the Kingdom of Portugal , where he was raised and educated along with Infante D. Pedro , Count of Barcelos , an illegitimate son of King Denis of Portugal . Around

784-419: Was based, to prevent him from helping Juan Núñez III de Lara. Pedro Fernández de Castro , who had promised King Alfonso XI to help in the fight against Juan Manuel, went with his troops to Peñafiel and challenged Juan Manuel to fight. Juan Manuel refused to leave the safety of the citadel. Given this, Pedro Fernandez de Castro joined Alfonso XI in his siege of Lerma. The town of Torrelobatón soon capitulated to

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