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{{Expand Spanish|topic=bio|Jaime de Castilla y Aragón|date=July 2012}}
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| name         = James of Castile<br>Lord of Cameros
| image        = File:Royal Coat of Arms of the Crown of Castile (1284-1390).svg
| image_size   = 150px
| caption      = Arms of Castile and León
| noble family = [[Castilian House of Ivrea]]
| father       = [[Alfonso X of Castile]]
| mother       = [[Violant of Aragon]]
| spouse       =
| issue        =
| birth_date   = 11 July 1268
| birth_place  =
| death_date   = 9 August 1284 (aged 16)
| death_place  =
| religion     = [[Roman Catholicism]]
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'''James of Castile''' (11 July 1268&nbsp;– 9 August 1284), was an infante of Castile and Lord of Cameros. He was the youngest son of [[Alfonso X of Castile]] and [[Violant of Aragon]].
==Biography==
The infante was born Jaime of Castile in 1268.<ref>González Jiménez, Manuel (octubre de 2004). «IV». Alfonso X el Sabio (1ª edición). Barcelona: Editorial Ariel S. A.. pp. 126. {{ISBN|84-344-6758-5}}.</ref> On 17 February 1281, he was knighted by his father in the city of [[Burgos]], while his brothers, [[John of Castile, Lord of Valencia de Campos|John]] and [[Peter of Castile (1260–1283)|Peter]] celebrated their betrothals.<ref>González Jiménez, Manuel (octubre de 2004). «XII». Alfonso X el Sabio (1ª edición). Barcelona: Editorial Ariel S. A.. pp. 340. {{ISBN|84-344-6758-5}}.</ref> He received the lordship of the Cameros from his father in 1277, after [[Simón Ruiz de los Cameros]], Lord de los Cameros, was executed along with his uncle [[Frederick of Castile]] after the latter tried to seize the throne from James's father.<ref>Ibañez de Segovia Peralta y Mendoza, Gaspar; Marqués de Mondejar (1777). «XVIII». En Joachin Ibarra. Memorias historicas del Rei D. Alonso el Sabio i observaciones a su chronica. Madrid. pp. 535.</ref> When another civil war broke out this time between his father Alfonso X and his brother [[Sancho IV of Castile|Sancho]], James was initially allied with his brother. However, in March 1283, he left Sancho and returned to the service of his father the king.<ref>González Jiménez, Manuel (octubre de 2004). «XII». Alfonso X el Sabio (1ª edición). Barcelona: Editorial Ariel S. A.. pp. 355. {{ISBN|84-344-6758-5}}.</ref>
In 1283, with the collaboration of [[Juan Alfonso de Haro]], revolted cities of [[Soria]] and [[Ágreda]] against his brother Sancho.<ref>González Jiménez, Manuel (octubre de 2004). «XII». Alfonso X el Sabio (1ª edición). Barcelona: Editorial Ariel S. A.. pp. 355. {{ISBN|84-344-6758-5}}.</ref> Alfonso X, as a reward for his service, gave James in his will the [[kingdom of Murcia]], on condition that it was a vassal of the [[Kingdom of Castile and León]], which the king bequeathed to his grandson [[Alfonso de la Cerda]], infant son of the late [[Ferdinand de la Cerda]].<ref>Ibañez de Segovia Peralta y Mendoza, Gaspar; Marqués de Mondejar (1777). «XVIII». En Joachin Ibarra. Memorias historicas del Rei D. Alonso el Sabio i observaciones a su chronica. Madrid. pp. 535.</ref>
==Ancestry==
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|1= 1. '''James of Castile, Lord of Cameros'''
|2= 2. [[Alfonso X of Castile]]
|3= 3. [[Violant of Aragon]]
|4= 4. [[Ferdinand III of Castile]]
|5= 5. [[Elisabeth of Hohenstaufen]]
|6= 6. [[James I of Aragon]]
|7= 7. [[Violant of Hungary]]
|8= 8. [[Alfonso IX of León]]
|9= 9. [[Berengaria of Castile]]
|10= 10. [[Philip of Swabia]]
|11= 11. [[Irene Angelina]]
|12= 12. [[Peter II of Aragon]]
|13= 13. [[Marie of Montpellier]]
|14= 14. [[Andrew II of Hungary]]
|15= 15. [[Yolanda de Courtenay]]
|16= 16. [[Ferdinand II of León]]
|17= 17. [[Urraca of Portugal]]
|18= 18. [[Alfonso VIII of Castile]]
|19= 19. [[Eleanor of England, Queen of Castile|Eleanor of England]]
|20= 20. [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor]]
|21= 21. [[Beatrice I, Countess of Burgundy]]
|22= 22. [[Isaac II Angelos]]
|23= 23. ''Unknown'' Palaiologina?, afterwards Irene
|24= 24. [[Alfonso II of Aragon]]
|25= 25. [[Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon|Sancha of Castile]]
|26= 26. [[William VIII of Montpellier]]
|27= 27. [[Eudokia Komnene, wife of William VIII of Montpellier|Eudokia Komnene]]
|28= 28. [[Béla III of Hungary]]
|29= 29. [[Agnes of Antioch]]
|30= 30. [[Peter II of Courtenay]]
|31= 31. [[Yolanda of Flanders]]
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