Third Fernandine War

Third Fernandine War
	Part of the Fernandine Wars
	; Coat of arms of the King John I of Castile.
Date	1381–1382
Location	Portugal, Spain and Atlantic Ocean
Result	Decisive victory of John I of Castile; Castilian supremacy in the Atlantic Ocean; Treaty of Elvas; 1383–1385 Crisis;
Belligerents
Kingdom of Portugal; Kingdom of England	Crown of Castile
Commanders and leaders
Ferdinand I of Portugal; João Afonso Telo; Richard II of England; Duke of Lancaster	John I of Castile; Fernando Sánchez de Tovar

The Third Fernandine War was the last conflict of the Fernandine Wars, and took place between 1381–1382, between the Crown of Castile and the Kingdoms of Portugal and England. When Henry II of Castile (Henry of Trastamara) died in 1379, John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster claimed their rights of the throne of the Kingdom of Castile, and found an ally Ferdinand I of Portugal.

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