Overview
John I (; 24 August 1358 – 9 October 1390) was King of Castile and León from 1379 until 1390. He was the son of Henry II and of his wife Juana Manuel of Castile.
Biography
His first marriage, to Eleanor of Aragon on 18 June 1375, produced his only known issue :
Henry (4 October 1379 – 25 December 1406), succeeded his father as King of Castile.
Ferdinand (27 November 1380 – 2 April 1416), became King of Aragon in 1412.
Eleanor (b. 13 August 1382), died young.
In 1379, John I formed the short lived military order of the Order of the Pigeon, known for its large feasts which included eating the organization's namesake, the pigeon. Unlike his father, John I seems to have been more tolerant towards Jews, even making legal exemptions for some, such as Abraham David Taroç.
He ransomed Leo V of the House of Lusignan, the last Latin king of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, from the Mamluks and out of pity granted him the lifetime lordship of Madrid, Villa Real and Andújar in 1383.
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