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Period: 718 to 910
Kingdom of Asturias
From the proclamation of Pelayo as king by the Asturians in 718 until the death of Alfonso III in 910. -
722
Battle of Covadonga
Pelayo's army defeat the Muslims in this battle in Covadonga, Asturias. This began the Reconquista:the reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims -
Period: 824 to 1162
KINGDOM OF PAMPLONA
Iñigo Arista gained control of his territory from the Franks. The kingdom of Pamplona experienced its greatest expansion under the rule of Sancho III. -
Period: 910 to 1230
Kingdom of Leon
Alfonso III took the control of Muslims territories from the River Duero to the kingdom of Asturias . -
Period: 1035 to 1230
Kingdom of Castile
Castile was governed by counts under the control of the king of León. Fernan Gonzalez, gained independence from the kingdom of León.
Later, Castile became part of kingdom of Pamplona. When Sancho III died in 1035, his kingdom was divided in his sons. One son, Ferdinand I made himself king of Castile. -
Period: 1035 to 1137
Kingdom of Aragon
Some Aragónese counties in the Hispanic Marches freed themselves from Frankish rule.Ramiro I the son of Sancho III, proclaimed himself king of Aragon -
1137
Union for the Crown of Aragon
The Crown of Aragon is the political formation born of the union in 1137 between the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona, established by the marriage of Petronila, daughter and heir of Ramiro II, King of Aragon, and Ramón Berenguer, Count of Barcelona. -
Period: 1137 to
Crown of Aragon
The hereditary union of the kingdom of Aragon and the county of Barcelona unificated this territory to start the Crown of Aragon -
Period: 1139 to
Kingdom of Portugal
Alfonso I proclaimed himself king of Portugal, making the county of Portugal independent and therefore from the Kingdom of León. -
Period: 1162 to
Kingdom of Navarre
The kingdom of Navarre its the kingdom of Pamplona but in 1162 Sancho VI changed the name.
The kingdom of Navarre was located between the Christian kingdoms of Castile and Aragon. This made it impossible for Pamplona to exted its territory, as it did not share any borders with the Muslims -
1212
Battle of Navas de Tolosa
On 16 July 1212, an allied Christian army made up largely of Castilian troops under Alfonso VIII of Castile, Aragonese troops under Pedro II of Aragon, Navarrese troops under Sancho VII of Navarre and volunteers from the kingdom of Leon and the kingdom of Portugal faced off against the numerically superior Muslim army. -
1230
Definitive union of Castile and León. The Crown of Castile was formed.
The Crown of Castile is considered the beginning of the final and definitive union of the two kingdoms.
Ferdinand III, King of Castile from 1217, became King of León after the resignation of Teresa of Portugal, uniting the two kingdoms once and for all. -
Period: 1230 to
Crown of Castile
Ferdinand III inherited the kingdom of Castile from his mother and the kingdom of Leon from his father. Two kingdoms were definitively united to form the Crown of Castile -
1492
The end of the Reconquest
The Christian kingdoms finally expell Muslims of the Iberian Peninsula.
They can expell before but the Muslims paid Parias so they can invaded and the other reason was the big crisis in the Middle Ages (Black death, Civil wars...)