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NamePeter The Cruel King of Castile and Leon 
[74, No 1326, p.62], [125]
[74, No 1326, p.62], [125]Birth30 Aug 1334, Burgos, Castile
Death22 Mar 1369, Murdered at Montiel, France by brother
GeneralKing 1350-1369. Warred, bitterly, with king of Aragon.
FatherAlphonso XI (of Castile and Leon) King of Castile and Leon (1311-1350)
MotherMaria of Portugal Queen? (1313-1357)
Notes for Peter The Cruel King of Castile and Leon
Note that he only had four great-grandparents.
Arms Generally notes for Peter The Cruel King of Castile and Leon
Quarterly gules and argent, in the first and fourth quarters a tower or.and in the second and third quarters, a lion rampant purpure.
TFPL, April 2009: The College of Arms allows us to quarter these arms. But English heraldry does not allow anyone to quarter the undifferenced royal arms; so why does the College ignore this rule when it comes to the royal arms of another country?
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Spanish sites today say that the arms of Castile (Quarter 1 above) are:
Gules, a three towered castle Or, masoned Sable and ajouré Azure.
But the College of Arms shows the Castile quarter as a simple, single tower.
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Leon is consistently blazoned as: Argent, lion Purpure, though more modern renditions give:
Argent, a lion rampant purpure (sometimes blazoned gules) crowned Or, langued and armed gules.
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TFPL, April 2009: The College of Arms allows us to quarter these arms. But English heraldry does not allow anyone to quarter the undifferenced royal arms; so why does the College ignore this rule when it comes to the royal arms of another country?
______________
Spanish sites today say that the arms of Castile (Quarter 1 above) are:
Gules, a three towered castle Or, masoned Sable and ajouré Azure.
But the College of Arms shows the Castile quarter as a simple, single tower.
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Leon is consistently blazoned as: Argent, lion Purpure, though more modern renditions give:
Argent, a lion rampant purpure (sometimes blazoned gules) crowned Or, langued and armed gules.
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Armorial Blazon notes for Peter The Cruel King of Castile and Leon
Quarterly gules and argent, in the first and fourth quarters a tower or; and in the second and third quarters, a lion rampant purpure.
Blazon source notes for Peter The Cruel King of Castile and Leon
RCLPL’s Achievement of 1927 by C of A in 1927.