Enrique de la Cerda, bypassed in the Castilian succession after his father Alfonso de la Cerda died before inheriting, spent years pressing his claim with French and Aragonese backing. These dineros were struck at Sevilla during the brief window when Enrique held enough political leverage — and enough territorial footing — to issue coin in his own name, a right that cut directly to the heart of the succession dispute with Fernando IV's regency government.
Enrique de la Cerda, bypassed in the Castilian succession after his father Alfonso de la Cerda died before inheriting, spent years pressing his claim with French and Aragonese backing. These dineros were struck at Sevilla during the brief window when Enrique held enough political leverage — and enough territorial footing — to issue coin in his own name, a right that cut directly to the heart of the succession dispute with Fernando IV's regency government.