Constable of Castile ( es, Condestable de Castilla) was a title created by

John I John I may refer to: People * John I (bishop of Jerusalem) * John Chrysostom (349 – c. 407), Patriarch of Constantinople * John of Antioch (died 441) * Pope John I, Pope from 523 to 526 * John I (exarch) (died 615), Exarch of Ravenna * John ...

, King of Castile in 1382, to substitute the title ''Alférez Mayor del Reino''. The constable was the second person in power in the kingdom, after the King, and his responsibility was to command the military in the absence of the ruler. In 1473

Henry IV of Castile Henry IV of Castile ( Castilian: ''Enrique IV''; 5 January 1425 – 11 December 1474), King of Castile and León, nicknamed the Impotent, was the last of the weak late-medieval kings of Castile and León. During Henry's reign, the nobles became ...

made the title hereditary for the Velasco family and the

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. After these changes, the title ceased to have any military or administrative connotations, and was simply an honorific title.

List of constables of Castile

Alfonso of Aragon and Foix Alfonso de Aragón y Foix (1332 - Gandia, 5 March 1412) Iglesias Costa, Manuel (2001) ''Historia del condado de Ribagorza'' . p. 267. Huesca: Instituto de Estudios Altoaragoneses: Diputación de Huesca. . also called Alfonso I of Gandía "the old ...

Alonso de Aragón Alonso de Aragón or Alfonso de Aragón (1468 – 24 February 1520) was Archbishop of Zaragoza, Archbishop of Valencia and Lieutenant General of Aragon. Born in Cervera, he was an illegitimate son of Ferdinand II of Aragon by a Catala ...

, natural son of Ferdinand II of Aragon * Pedro Enrique de Trastámara, son of Fadrique Alfonso of Castile * Ruy López Dávalos *

Álvaro de Luna Álvaro de Luna y Fernández de Jarava (between 1388 and 13902 June 1453), was a Castilian statesman, favourite of John II of Castile. He served as Constable of Castile and as Grand Master of the Order of Santiago. He earned great influence in ...

Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Count of Haro Pedro Fernández de Velasco, 2nd Count of Haro (in full, es, Don Pedro Fernández de Velasco y Manrique, segundo conde de Haro, sexto Condestable de Castilla, señor de los valles de Saba y Ruesga, y de las villas de Briviesca, Puebla de Arganz� ...

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