Valencia de Don Juan

Valencia de Don Juan is a Spanish municipality in the province of León and Castile -Leon region.

History

Valencia de Don Juan was known until the end of the 14th century Valencia de Campos and was a rule that was in the possession of the royal house of Burgundy - Ivrea. As Señor de Valencia de Campos Juan Infante is witnessed by Castile, a son of King Alfonso X, who fell on June 25, 1319 before Granada. His descendants owned the place until their extinction middle of the 16th century.

1379 was Valencia de Campos for John of Portugal ( 1349-1397 ) - in addition - raised to a duchy, who built the Castillo de Valencia de Don Juan. John of Portugal was the son of King Pedro and Inês de Castro, who, occurred after the death of King Ferdinand I, his half-brother as a pretender to the throne, although he legitimized while but was excluded from the succession, and finally another half-brother, the illegitimate John of Aviz, had to give way. His daughter and heiress bore the title of Countess of Valencia, called since Valencia de Don Juan. For Juan de Acuña y Portugal, the third Count of Valencia de Don Juan, the Duchy of 1465 was renewed.

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