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1212
"Battle of las Navas de Tolosa"
At the beginning of the 13th century, the king of Castile formed an alliance with Aragón and Navarre against the Almohads, who had invaded the Peninsula and put a stop to the southward expansion of the Christian kingdoms. -
Period: 1217 to 1252
Ferdinand III
Ferdinand III king of Castile and then Castile and Leon. He was called `` Fernando el Santo´´ -
1230
"Definitive union of Castile and León"
It was not until 1065 that it was separated from León and became a kingdom in its own right. Between 1072 and 1157 it was again united with León, and after 1230 this union became permanent. -
1244
"Ferdinand III occupies Jaén Treaty of Almizra"
Ferdinand III united the kingdoms of Castile and León and conquered the cities of Jaén, Cordoba and Sevilla. -
Period: 1252 to 1284
Alfonso X
Alfonso X king of Castile and Leon.He iwas buried in the cathedral of Sevilla. -
1262
"Alfonso X conquers Niebla"
At the end of the reign of Ferdinand III, these only possessed in Andalusia the Kingdom of Niebla, Tejada and the Kingdom of Granada, the latter as a Castilian fief. -
1273
"Foundation of the Mesta"
The Honest Council of the Mesta of Alfonso X was created in 1273 by Alfonso X el Sabio, bringing together all the pastors of León and Castilla in a national association and granting them important prerogatives and privileges such as exempting them from military service and witnessing in the trials, rights of way and grazing -
Period: 1284 to 1295
Sancho IV
Sancho IV king of Castile. He was the children of Alfonso X . -
Period: 1295 to 1312
Ferdinand IV
Ferdinand IV king of Castile and Leon. He was buried nin the churc of San Hipótilo of Cordoba. -
Period: 1312 to 1350
Alfonso XI
Alfonso XI king of Castile. He was the Great-grandson of Alfonso X. -
1340
"Battle of Salado"
The battle of the Salado was one of the most important battles of the last period of the Reconquest. In it, the combined forces of Castile and Portugal decisively defeated the Benimerines, the last Maghrebi kingdom that would try to invade the Iberian peninsula through battle. -
1344
"Alfonso XI occupies Algeciras"
The site of Algeciras of 1342 was a warlike enterprise carried out by the Castilian troops of Alfonso XI next to the fleets of Aragon and Genoa during the Reconquest with the aim of conquering the Muslim city, called Algeciras. -
Period: 1350 to 1369
Peter I
Peter I king of Castile. He was named as ``El cruel´´ -
1369
"Beginning of the Tratámara dynasty in the Crown of Castile"
Following the death of Peter, a succession crisis arose between Peter's illegitimate half-brother Henry of Trastámara and the Englishman John of Gaunt, a great great grandson of Ferdinand III of Castile, who claimed the title of King of Castile and Leon by virtue of his marriage to Constance, daughter of Peter. -
Period: 1369 to 1379
Henry II of Trastámara
Henry II king of Castile.He was named as ``El fratricida´´ or ``El de las Mercedes´´ -
Period: 1379 to 1390
John I
John I king of Castile. He died because he fell of the horse. -
Period: 1390 to 1406
Henry III
Henry II king of Castile. He was the child of Juan I -
Period: 1406 to 1454
John II
John II king of Castile. He was born in Toro -
Period: 1454 to 1474
Henry IV
Henry IV king of Castile and Leon. He was named as `` El Impotente´´ -
Period: 1474 to 1504
Isabella I
Isabella I queen of Castile. She was burned in the royal chapek of Granada. -
1479
"Civil war in Castile"
The war had a marked international character because Isabel was married to Fernando, heir to the Crown of Aragon, while Juana had married King Alfonso V of Portugal. France also intervened, supporting Portugal to prevent Aragon, its rival in Italy, from joining Castile. -
1492
"Conquest of Granada"
The war in Granada was the set of military campaigns that took place between 1482 and 1492, by Queen Elizabeth I of Castile and her husband King Ferdinand II of Aragon in the interior of the Nasrid kingdom of Granada.
