Pedro the Cruel
King of Castile and Leon; born in 1334. He succeeded his father, Alfonso XI., in 1350, and in 1353 married Blanche de Bourbon, sister of the King of France, but in PEEBLESSHIRE PEELE three days deserted her, and devoted was hopeless. He became prime minishimself to his mistress, Donna Maria ter in 1841. The position was that of Padilla. Subsquently he poisoned his queen, and cruelly persecuted members of his own family and Castilian grandees, till an insurrection was raised against him under the lead of Harry of Trastamara, who finally defeated and slew him in the battle of Montiel, March 14, 1369.