Juan Yáñez "el Tuerto" de Castilla y Haro, Señor de Vizcaya

don JUAN de Castilla "el Tuerto" (after 1293[761]-murdered Toro 2 Dec 1326). The mid-14th Century Nobiliario of don Pedro de Portugal Conde de Barcelós names “don Juan” who was blind in one eye as son of “el infante don Juan” and his wife María[762]. He succeeded as Señor Soberano de Vizcaya, by right of his mother. He disputed power with the Infantes don Felipe and don Juan Manuel, on the accession of King Alfonso XI. The Chronicon Domini Joannis Emmanuelis records that “Dns Joannes filius Infantis Dni Emmanuelis et Dns Joannes filius Infantis Dni Joannis” renounced their tutorship over King Alfonso XI in Aug 1325[763]. Supported by the powerful Haro family, he acquired a position of such power in Castile that the king eventually imprisoned him and ordered his death. The Chronicon Domini Joannis Emmanuelis records that the king ordered the death of “Dnm Joannem, filium Infantis Dni Joannis” in 1326[764]. m dona ISABEL de Portugal Senhora de Pinella e Miranda, daughter of Infante dom AFONSO de Portugal Señor de Portoalegre & his wife doña Violante Manuel [de Castilla-Peñafiel] ([1292]-shortly before 1367). The mid-14th Century Nobiliario of don Pedro de Portugal Conde de Barcelós records that “don Juan el Tuerto” married “doña Isabel, hija del infante don Alonso de Portugal é de doña Violante, hija del infante don Manuel de Castilla é de la infanta doña Constanza de Aragon”[765]. Juan & his wife had one child:

a) doña MARÍA Díaz de Haro ([1320]-[1348/49]). The mid-14th Century Nobiliario of don Pedro de Portugal Conde de Barcelós names “doña Maria” as daughter of “don Juan el Tuerto” and his wife, adding that she married “don Joan Nuñez, hijo de don Fernan Guidella é de doña Juana de Lara”[766]. She succeeded her father in 1326 as Señora Soberana de Vizcaya. “D. Juan Nuñez Señor de Vizcaya y Doña Maria su muger” founded chapels in Burgos Cathedral by charter dated 1346[767]. m (Bayonne 1331) don JUAN Núñez de Lara Señor de Lara, son of Infante don FERNANDO de Castilla Señor de Lara & his wife doña Juana Núñez de Lara ([1314/15]-Burgos 28 Nov 1350, bur San Pablo de Burgos). He succeeded in 1331 as Señor Soberano de Vizcaya, by right of his wife.