John of Gaunt claims the Castilian throne
1371
The Duke of Lancaster, married to Pedro the Cruel's daughter, declared himself king of Castile and spent a decade trying to make the claim stick. His Iberian ambition drained English resources, distracted from the French war, and ultimately produced nothing but a diplomatic marriage. Yet it entangled England and Spain for generations.
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Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.