Trastamara assassinates Pedro the Cruel
1367
In a tent outside Montiel after the Black Prince had returned to Aquitaine, Henry of Trastamara wrestled his half-brother Pedro and stabbed him in the face. Henry became king of Castile, tied France permanently as an ally, and founded the dynasty that would merge crowns with Aragon a century later.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.