Yusuf II of Granada
Yusuf II (Arabic: أبو الحجاج يوسف الثاني) (died 1392) was the eleventh Nasrid ruler of the Moorish Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula.
| Yusuf II | |
|---|---|
| Sultan of Granada | |
| Reign | 1391 – 1392 |
| Predecessor | Muhammad V of Granada |
| Successor | Muhammad VII of Granada |
| Born | unknown |
| Died | 3 October 1392 |
| Dynasty | Nasrides |
| Father | Muhammad V of Granada |
| Religion | Islam |
By his first wife (name unknown) he was father of:
- Yusuf III, Sultan of Granada, born circa 1356.
By his second wife (name unknown) he was father of:
- Muhammad VII, Sultan of Granada, born circa 1377 and died 1408.
By his third wife, whom he married in the late 1370s and is identified in a contemporary Christian chronicle as 'Jadiya' daughter of Abu al-Abbas Ahmad II, Caliph of Ifriqiya, he was apparently father of:
- Ismail III, Sultan of Granada, died 1450.
- Ali, born before 1385, father of Sa'ad, Sultan of Granada.
- Ahmad, born before 1385, married his cousin Fatima and was father of Yusuf V (El Cojo), Sultan of Granada.
References
- Islamic Spain 1250 to 1500 by Leonard Patrick Harvey; University of Chicago Press, 1992
- Las Sultanas de la Alhambra, by Barbara Boloix Gallardo, 2013, p. 86
- Historia de la Casa Real de Granada (16th c.), ed. by Juan De Mata Carriazo, p. 33: http://www.meaharabe.com/index.php/meaharabe/article/view/813/794
- Biography of Yusuf II, Real Academia de la Historia: http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/6241/yusuf-ii
Yusuf II of Granada Cadet branch of the Banu Khazraj Died: 1392 | ||
| Regnal titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Muhammad V |
Sultan of Granada 1391–1392 |
Succeeded by Muhammad VII |
Sultans of the Emirate of Granada | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nasrid dynasty |
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