House of Castro

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The House of Castro was a prominent Galician noble family influential in medieval Iberian politics and closely connected to the royal courts of Portugal and Castile.

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House of Castro canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Galician nobility
noble family
activeInCentury 13th century
14th century
15th century
closelyConnectedTo royal court of Castile
royal court of Portugal
continent Europe
country Kingdom of Galicia
ethnicGroup Galicians
hasCoatOfArmsElement castles
lions
hasDynasticAllianceWith Castilian royal family
House of Trastámara
Portuguese royal family
hasFamilyName Castro
hasFeudalBase Galicia
historicalRegion Kingdom of Castile
linked to: Castile

Kingdom of León
Kingdom of Portugal
influenced politics of the Kingdom of Castile
politics of the Kingdom of Portugal
knownFor influence at the courts of Castile and Portugal
marriage alliances with Iberian royal houses
military leadership in medieval Iberia
languageOfEnvironment Castilian
Galician
linked to: Galician language
locatedInTime Middle Ages
nobleTitleHeld count
lord
notableMember Fernando Rodríguez de Castro
Inês de Castro
Juana de Castro
Pedro Fernández de Castro
Álvaro Pérez de Castro
originatesFrom Galicia
participatedIn Iberian medieval politics
partOf Galician nobility
powerBase northwestern Iberian Peninsula
region Galicia
religion Roman Catholicism
socialClass high nobility

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inês de Castro nobleFamily House of Castro
Pedro Fernández de Castro notableFamily House of Castro
Pedro Fernández de Castro memberOf House of Castro
João de Castro nobleFamily House of Castro