Don Juan Manuel facts for kids

Don Juan Manue - one of the largest writers of medieval Spain . He is best known as the author of the book " Count Lucanor " (1335).

Titles

• 2nd Senior de Villena (1283–1330)
• 1st Duke and Prince de Vilhena (1330–1348)
• 2nd Senior de Escalona (1283–1348)
• 2nd lord de Peñafiel (1283–1348)
• Royal Mayord (1311-1314, 1318-1319)

Literary activity

The literary work of Juan Manuel falls on the last 25 years of his life.

Juan Manuel did not write in Latin, but in Spanish .

"Count Lucanor"

</br> The main literary achievement of Juan Manuel was the “Book of Examples of Count Lucanor and Patronio” (1335), better known as “ Count Lucanor ”.

The book consists of five parts. The first, most voluminous part, is 51 short stories.

Marriages and children

Juan Manuel de Villena was married three times.

An illegitimate daughter from an unknown woman:

• Guillaume Manuel de Villena, husband - Juan Martinez de Leiva, seigneur de Baños .

Translations

• Juan Manuel . Count Lucanor. - М. .; Л., 1961.

Images for kids

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  Extension of the Seigneury of Villena at the time of Juan Manuel, around the year 1340.

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  Castle of Villena, capital of Seigneury of Villena.

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  Blanca de La Cerda and Don Juan Manuel, in a 17th-century Portuguese painting series depicting the ancestors of the Manuel family (Ficalho Palace, Serpa, Portugal)

See also

In Spanish: Don Juan Manuel para niños