Yusuf IV of Granada explained

Yusuf IV
Succession:Sultan of Granada
Reign1:1432
Predecessor1:Muhammad IX of Granada
Successor1:Muhammad IX of Granada
House:Nasrides
House-Type:Dynasty
Birth Date:Unknown
Death Date:1432
Religion:Islam

Yusuf IV (died 1432) was the sixteenth Nasrid ruler of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula in 1432. He was known as Yusuf Ibn al-Mawl, or in Spanish, Abenalmao. A maternal grandson of Muhammad VI,[1] Yusuf IV was placed on the throne of Granada on 1 January 1432 with the support of the Catholic King John II of Castille, in return for tribute and vassal status. He may be identical to Abenamar in the Romance of Abenamar, a medieval frontier romance describing the meeting with John II.

In 1431, there were several claimants to the throne of Granada. King Muhammad IX had entered Iberia from Tunisia in 1428 or 1429, with the promise of Castilian support in overthrowing Muhammad VIII. However, the Castilian Catholic King John II did not decisively support either, instead playing them against each other to obtain greater tribute and the concession of Granada as a vassal of Castile. Muhammad VIII surrendered in 1429 and was killed in March 1431, leaving Muhammad IX on the throne, but without having reached an agreement with Castile. John II continued to demand greater concessions, and would not offer a permanent peace. Instead, he supported another candidate, Yusuf IV. Yusuf agreed to tribute and to be John's vassal.[2]

His son Aben Celim was the father of Cidi Hiaya Alnayar, later renamed Pedro de Granada, who married Cetimerien Venegas, later renamed María de Venegas, and had issue, including the Marquesses of Campotéjar[3] (including Alessandro Grimaldi, Doge of Genoa) and the Marquesses of Casablanca and the Lords of the Majorat of la Torre Marquesses of Torre Alta.

Descendants

Notes and References

  1. Book: Harvey, Leonard Patrick . Islamic Spain, 1250 to 1500 . University of Chicago Press . 1992 . 0-226-31962-8.
  2. Harvey, p.251
  3. https://archive.today/20120804084602/http://www.genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00477621&tree=LEO Titulos Nobiliarios Andaluces, Genealogia y Toponimia, Granada, Editorial Andalucia 1991, Valverde Fraikin, Jorge
  4. Web site: Yusuf IV | Real Academia de la Historia.
  5. ‘Un personaje almeriense en las crónicas musulmanas y cristianas. El infante Cidi Yahya Alnayar (1435?-1505)’, p. 58, by Manuel Espinar Moreno and Juan Grima Cervantes, Boletín del Instituto de Estudios Almerienses, 7 (1987)
  6. Web site: Biblioteca Virtual de Andalucía. 2003.
  7. Simposio Nobleza y Monarquía: Los linajes nobiliarios en el Reino de Granada, Siglos XV-XIX. El linaje Granada Venegas, Marqueses de Campotéjar, pp. 15-19, by José García Luján, ed. (2010)
  8. Almería y el Reino de Granada en los inicios de la modernidad (s. XV-XVI): compendio de estudios, p. 95, by Juan A. Grima Cervantes (Arráez Editores, 1994)
  9. El Linaje Granada Venegas: una Aproximación Histórica a una Familia Conversa, p. 10, José Manuel Soriano Fernández (2008), online at: http://myslide.es/documents/el-linaje-granada-venegas.html
  10. Web site: Mis Apellidos : Apellido Mis Apellidos - Nombre Mis Apellidos : Significado de Mis Apellidos - origen de Mis Apellidos - escudo de Mis Apellidos - historia de Mis Apellidos -historia de Mis Apellidos.

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