# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-of-castile
# Generated: 2026-09-02T00:28:32.112Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-of-castile"
name: "Peter of Castile"
slug: "peter-of-castile"
description: "A 14th-century Castilian king who earned two nicknames — the Cruel and the Just — depending on who was keeping score. The Pope excommunicated him for what he did to the clergy."
tagline: "King of Castile and León from 1350 to 1369"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Estatua_de_Pedro_I_el_Cruel_(M.A.N.)_01.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1334-08-30"
deathDate: "1369-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.38
  momentum:             3.392857142857143
  historical:           23.21713866666667
  currentAttention:     18.84920634920635
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
tags:
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  - name: "Singer / Musician"
    slug: "singer-musician"
  - name: "Classical"
    slug: "classical"
  - name: "Politics"
    slug: "politics"
  - name: "Medieval Era"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "I Pedro (Kastiliya kralı)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pedro Iañ Kastilha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pere_I_de_Castella"
    title: "Pere I de Castella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Petr I. Kastilský"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter I. (Kastilien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Πέτρος Α΄ της Καστίλης"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pedro la 1-a (Kastilio)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pedro I de Castilla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Petri I.a Gaztelakoa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pietari I Julma"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "I. Péter kasztíliai király"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pedro dari Kastilia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pietro I di Castiglia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "პედრო I მრისხანე"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيدرو ملك قشتالة"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Peter became King of Castile and León in 1350, at fifteen, and ruled for nineteen years. His reign split opinion so sharply that history handed him opposing labels: some called him the Cruel, others the Just. His treatment of the clergy grew severe enough that Pope Urban V excommunicated him. He was the last king of the main branch of the House of Ivrea. On 23 March 1369, his rule ended — he died at thirty-four.