Lordship of the Canary Islands
| Lordship of the Canary Islands | |
|---|---|
| Former subdivision of Kingdom of Castile | |
| 1402–1502 | |
Map of the Canary Islands | |
| Capital | Teguise |
| • Type | Lordship |
| Historical era | Age of Discovery |
| 1402 | |
• Division among the children of Inés Peraza and her death | 1502 |
The Lordship of the Canary Islands was a late medieval Lordship of the Crown of Castile that originally included all the islands of the Atlantic archipelago of the Canary Islands. It was created in 1402 by King Henry III of Castile in favor of the French knight Jean de Béthencourt, who had begun the conquest of the Canary Islands and had paid homage to the Castilian monarch.