13. The Murder of Peter of Castile, Montiel, Spain, 1369

Peter of Castile gets murdered
Pedro of Castile is murdered by his half-brother Enrique, who will then be the next King of Castile. From Froissart’s Chronicles, 15th C. All that armor is a total exaggeration, but a nice addition to the composition.

On the 23rd of March, 1369, the noble, worthy Pedro of Castile, the glory of Spain (we’re quoting Chaucer here) was treacherously murdered by Henry of Trastámara, his half brother and rival for the throne. And that is what we were planning on talking about. Promise. But we got sidetracked, Anne by the interesting litany of the murders that Pedro himself committed, and Michelle by the interesting rabbit-hole of a play written in 1818 by Ann Doherty. We cover the murder of Pedro, we really do. It’s in there someplace.

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