Juan Fernández de Tovar

The Battle of Aljubarrota by Jean d'Wavrin (Chronique d'Angleterre)

Juan Fernández de Tovar ( 1340 - August 14, 1385 in Aljubarrota , Portugal , Lord of Berlanga and Admiral of Castile ) was a Castilian seaman. He died during the Battle of Aljubarrota .

biography

In 1384, on the instructions of King John I, he succeeded his father Fernando Sánchez de Tovar as Admiral of Castile , who died of the plague during the siege of Lisbon , one of the acts of war in the Portuguese Revolution of 1383 . He was the 21st Admiral of Castile. However, he only held the title for one year, as he was hit by several arrows and killed during the Battle of Aljubarrota , in which the Castilian troops were defeated. The battle resulted in Portugal's victory over Castile in that war.

He became lord of Berlanga through his marriage to Elvira Leonor Tellez of Castile, the niece of Henry II . This marriage with the royal family was possible because Fernando Sánchez de Tovar (father of Juan), a determined defender of Henry II was. In his struggle for the throne of Castile against his stepbrother Peter I . With her he had a son.

bibliography

Díaz González, Francisco Javier; Calderón Ortega, José Manuel (2001). "Los almirantes del" Siglo de Oro "from the marina castellana medieval". En la España medieval (Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid) (24): 311-364. ISSN 0214-3038. (Spanish)

Individual evidence

↑ Battle of Aljubarrota PerliStige . Retrieved August 20, 2018.
↑ Los almir antes del "siglo de oro" de la Castellana Marina medieval; P. 348 En la España Medieval . Retrieved August 20, 2018 (Spanish) .
↑ III. LOS ALMIRANTES DE CASTILLA, SIGNIFICADOS PERSONALES DE SU ÉPOCA, SIGLOS XIII-XV S.12-13 Los almirantes de Castilla: Descripción Historica Institucional —SIGLOS XIII XVI - Retrieved August 25, 2018. (Spanish) .

personal data
SURNAME	Tovar, Juan Fernández de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Castilian sailor and admiral
DATE OF BIRTH	1340
DATE OF DEATH	August 14, 1385
Place of death	Aljubarrota , Portugal

[1] Battle of Aljubarrota PerliStige . Retrieved August 20, 2018.

[2] Los almir antes del "siglo de oro" de la Castellana Marina medieval; P. 348 En la España Medieval . Retrieved August 20, 2018 (Spanish) .

[3] III. LOS ALMIRANTES DE CASTILLA, SIGNIFICADOS PERSONALES DE SU ÉPOCA, SIGLOS XIII-XV S.12-13 Los almirantes de Castilla: Descripción Historica Institucional —SIGLOS XIII XVI - Retrieved August 25, 2018. (Spanish) .