Catherine, Dowager Queen, Mother of the King, and Co-Regent of Castile
摘要
When Enrique III died, he left Catherine of Lancaster a widowWidow with a one-year-old child-king in her charge. Catherine of Lancaster had to respond quickly, when her husband died, to the high-rankingNobilityhigh-ranking nobles who came to her in SegoviaSegovia to perform the customary obeisance to the new king and she did this by ensuring she maintained control of the child-heir.