Pact of Cazorla
Spain [1179]
Also known as: Treaty of Cazorla
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Alfonso II
- In Alfonso II
…Valencia; and, in 1179, the pact of Cazorla with his ally, Alfonso VIII of Castile, fixed the future zones of reconquest for the two countries. In his will Alfonso followed the Spanish custom of dividing his kingdom; Provence was thus lost to the Aragonese crown.
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Alfonso VIII
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…in 1179 he concluded the Pact of Cazorla, which settled the future line of demarcation between Castile and Aragon when the reconquest of Moorish Spain was completed. From 1172 to 1212 he was engaged in resistance to the Muslim Almohad invaders, who defeated him in 1195. In the same year…
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