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Crown of Castile

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  • 1212

    Battle of Navas de Tolosa

    Battle of Navas de Tolosa
    The coalition of the Christian kingdoms won the Battle of Navas de Tolosa
  • 1230

    Definitive union of Castile and León

    Definitive union of Castile and León
    The kingdoms of Castile and León finally got united.
  • Mar 26, 1244

    Ferdinand III occupies Jaén, Treaty of Almizra

    Ferdinand III occupies Jaén, Treaty of Almizra
    James I of Aragon signed it on 26 March 1244, but Alfonso X of Castile did not affirm it until much later. According to the treaty, all lands south of a line from Biar to Villajoyosa through Busot were reserved for Castile. The treaty succeeded those of Tudilén and Cazorla, which were constantly breached.
  • 1262

    Alfonso X conquers Niebla

    Alfonso X conquers Niebla
    Taifa of Niebla. From 1053 until 1091 it was under the forcible control of Taifa of Seville, by Abbad II al-Mu'tadid. It was finally conquered by the Crown of Castile. In 1262 it was eventually absorbed by Castile.
  • 1273

    Foundation of the Mesta

    Foundation of the Mesta
    It was created in 1273 by Alfonso X el Sabio, bringing together all the Pastors of León and Castilla in a National Association and granting important prerogatives and privileges stories of how to exempt them from military service and testify in trials, rights of passage and grazing.
  • Period: Dec 6, 1285 to Sep 7, 1312

    Ferdinand IV

    Ferdinand IV of Castile (6 December 1285 – 7 September 1312) called the Summoned, was a King of Castile and León from 1295 until his death
  • 1340

    Battle of Salado

    Battle of Salado
    The Battle of Río Salado, also known as the Battle of Tarifa (30 October 1340) was a battle of the armies of King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile against those of sultan Abu al-Hasan 'Ali of the Marinid dynasty and Yusuf I of Granada.
  • Mar 26, 1344

    Alfonso XI occupies Algeciras

    Alfonso XI occupies Algeciras
    On March 26, 1344, after the defeat in the Las Vegas Palmones River of the army of the Kingdom of Granada that was to aid the city, there was the surrender of the European capital of the Merino Empire and its incorporation into the Kingdom of Castile.
  • 1369

    Begining of the Trastamara dynasty in the Crown oCastillef

    Begining of the Trastamara dynasty in the Crown oCastillef
    The line of Trastámaran royalty in Castile ruled throughout a period of military struggle with Aragon. Their family was sustained with large amounts of inbreeding, which led to a series of disputed struggles over rightful claims to the Castilian throne. This lineage ultimately ruled in Castile from the rise to power of Henry II in 1369 through the unification of the crowns under Ferdinand and Isabella.
  • Period: 1475 to 1479

    Civil war in Castile

    The First Castilian Civil War was a conflict that took place between the supporters of King Pedro I of Castile, the Cruel for the nobility or the Justiciero for the common people, and the supporters of Henry II of Castile
  • 1492

    Conquest of Granada

    Conquest of Granada
    The war of Granada was the set of military campaigns that took place between 1482 and 1492, undertaken by Queen Elizabeth I of Castile and her husband King Ferdinand II of Aragon