Portuguese Interregnum
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Was a civil war in Portugal that began when King Ferdinand I died without a male heir and ended when King John I was crowned in 1385 after his victory during the Battle of Aljubarrota.
Chronology
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November 1384: The Castilian fleet also abandoned the Tagus, and Lisbon avoided conquest.
April 1384: The Battle of Atoleiros took place on 6 April 1384, between a Portuguese force and a expedition from Castile sent by King John I.
May 1384: After its defeat in the Battle of Atoileros, the Castilian Army left Portugal.
May 1384: John I of Castile marched to Lisbon in May and besieged the capital.
August 1384: The city of Almada on the south bank of the Tagus surrendered to Castile.
September 1384: A plague outbreak forced the Castilian Army to end the siege of Lisbon.
June 1385: The Castilian army led by Juan I invaded again Portugal in June 1385 through the central north, from Celorico da Beira to Coimbra and Leiria.
August 1385: The defeat of the Castilian forces by the Anglo-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Aljubarrota led to the failure of the Castilian invasion of Portugal, and also prevented future invasions. The Castilian army left Portugal.
Selected Sources
Atoileros 1384. site da Câmara Municipal de Fronteira. Retrieved on 6 April 2024 on https://web.archive.org/web/20130506231549/http://atoleiros1384.cm-fronteira.pt/
Carlos Fiolhais, José Eduardo Franco, José Pedro Paiva (2021): The Global History of Portugal: From Pre-History to the Modern World, Liverpool University Press, p. 157
Francesca Canale Cama, Daniela Casanova, Quadri Rosa M. Delli (2009): Storia del Mediterraneo moderno e contemporaneo, Guida Editori, p. 54
Gams, P.B. (1876): Die Kirchengeschichte von Spanien, Dritter Band, Regensburg Druck und Verlag von Georg Joseph Manz., p. 341
Gams, P.B. (1876): Die Kirchengeschichte von Spanien, Dritter Band, Regensburg Druck und Verlag von Georg Joseph Manz., pp. 341-342
José Luis Martín, José María Mínguez Fernández, Gregorio del Ser Quijano (2006): La Península en la Edad Media: treinta años después. Estudios dedicados a José Luis Martín, Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca, p. 139
