# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-iv-of-castile
# Generated: 2026-09-01T14:12:13.369Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-iv-of-castile"
name: "Henry IV of Castile"
slug: "henry-iv-of-castile"
description: "A medieval king remembered less for what he built than for what slipped through his hands — and for a nickname that shadowed every claim to his throne."
tagline: "King of Castile"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ENRIQUEIV.jpeg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
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profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1425-01-05"
deathDate: "1474-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           59.13
  momentum:             11.12984822934233
  historical:           22.630916
  currentAttention:     61.83249016301293
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Henri IV (roi de Castille)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Enrique IV na Caistíle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Henrique IV de Castiella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Henry IV became King of Castile and León on 5 January 1425, inheriting a throne he would struggle to hold. His reign marked the final chapter of Castile's weak late-medieval monarchy, a period when royal power drained steadily into the hands of the nobility. While he wore the crown, the kingdom fractured: centralized authority collapsed, rival lords rose, and the state he ruled grew less cohesive by the year. He died on 11 December 1474, closing an era defined by the slow unraveling of the throne itself.