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Castile

historical kingdom, Spain

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history of Reconquista

  • The Alhambra, a palace and fortress in Granada built between 1238 and 1358 at the end of Muslim rule in Spain.
    In Reconquista

    …between the Christian kingdoms of Castile and León in the 10th century.

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  • The Alhambra, a palace and fortress in Granada built between 1238 and 1358 at the end of Muslim rule in Spain.
    In Reconquista

    …Aragon and Alfonso VIII of Castile concluded the Pact of Cazorla, an agreement whereby the task of reconquering the Moorish kingdom of Valencia was reserved to the Aragonese crown. In exchange Aragon relinquished all claims to other Moorish-held territory in the peninsula.

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  • The Alhambra, a palace and fortress in Granada built between 1238 and 1358 at the end of Muslim rule in Spain.
    In Reconquista

    …who was already king of Castile. Castile and León were thus reunited, and the new sovereign at once embarked on a great series of campaigns to subdue Andalusia. Those began with the capture of Córdoba (1236) and culminated in the surrender of Sevilla (1248). Influenced by the crusading zeal instilled…

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  • The Alhambra, a palace and fortress in Granada built between 1238 and 1358 at the end of Muslim rule in Spain.
    In Reconquista

    The kingdoms of Aragon, Castile, and Portugal spent the next century consolidating their holdings, until the marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile in 1469 united the Spanish crown. The Catholic Monarchs, as Ferdinand and Isabella came to be known, completed the conquest of Granada…

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