[Illustration: The Darro and Torre de Comares.] [Illustration: decoration] OLD COURT LIFE IN SPAIN BY FRANCES ELLIOT AUTHOR OF “OLD COURT LIFE IN FRANCE,” ETC. [Illustration: colophon] _ILLUSTRATED_ VOLUME II. G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK AND LONDON The Knickerbocker Press The Knickerbocker Press, New York CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I.--FIESTA OF THE CORPUS DOMINI 1 II.--DON PEDRO.--MARIA DE PADILLA.--ALBUQUERQUE 9 III.--BLANCHE DE BOURBON 22 IV.--DON FADIQUE’S DECLARATION OF LOVE 31 V.--MARRIAGE AT VALLADOLID 38 VI.--CLOISTER, VALLADOLID.--CASTLE OF TALAVERA 57 VII.--DON PEDRO AND MARIA DE PADILLA 69 VIII.--DON FADIQUE GOES TO SEVILLE 80 IX.--MURDER OF DON FADIQUE 84 X.--DON PEDRO.--ALCAZAR.--THE QUEEN-MOTHER.--MARIA DE PADILLA 95 XI.--A NEW KING.--ENRIQUE DE TRASTAMARE 108 XII.--DON ENRIQUE AND ALBUQUERQUE IN COUNCIL 116 XIII.--QUEEN BLANCHE IN SANCTUARY 126 XIV.--DON ENRIQUE WELCOMES QUEEN BLANCHE TO TOLEDO 131 XV.--TAKING OF TOLEDO BY DON PEDRO.--DEATH OF QUEEN BLANCHE 137 XVI.--DEATH OF MARIA DE PADILLA.--DON JUAN DE MAÑARA 149 XVII.--DON ENRIQUE AGAIN CROWNED KING.--FLIGHT OF DON PEDRO 168 XVIII.--DON PEDRO APPEALS TO EDWARD THE BLACK PRINCE TO REPLACE HIM ON THE THRONE 175 XIX.--THE BLACK PRINCE DEFEATS DON ENRIQUE AND REINSTATES DON PEDRO.--DON ENRIQUE MURDERS DON PEDRO.--DEATH OF DON ENRIQUE 190 XX.--JUAN I.--ENRIQUE EL ENFERMO 203 XXI.--JUAN II. AND DOÑA ISABEL OF PORTUGAL.--EXECUTION OF THE CONDE DE LUNA 234 XXII.--ENRIQUE IV. EL IMPOTENTE 268 XXIII.--FERDINAND AND ISABEL 288 XXIV.--LOS REYES CATOLICOS 302 XXV.--THE SIEGE OF GRANADA 311 XXVI.--THE END OF THE MOORS 330 XXVII.--DEATH OF ISABEL 339 ILLUSTRATIONS IN PHOTOGRAVURE