Kingdom of Castile

Overview

The Kingdom of Castile was a polity in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. It traces its origins to the 9th-century County of Castile, as an eastern frontier lordship of the Kingdom of León. During the 10th century, the Castilian counts increased their autonomy, but it was not until 1065 that it was separated from the Kingdom of León and became a kingdom in its own right. Between 1072 and 1157, it was again united with León, and after 1230, the union became permanent.

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Borders & accuracy

Solid borders are reconstructed from canonical historical-basemap data or hand-crafted from scholarly atlases.

• SOURCEaourednik / historical-basemaps
• DETAILhistorical-basemaps (Ourednik)
• SNAPSHOT1500
• POLITY TYPEstate

Wars of this empire40

Conflicts whose belligerents name this polity, best-documented first.

• Portuguese-Spanish Colonial Rivalry1492–1750
  Major conflict · 1.0M dead
• Reconquista - Granada War1482–92
  Major conflict · 100K dead
• Battle of Aljubarrota1385
  Major conflict
• Battle of Rio Salado1340
  Significant
• Spanish Conquest of Oran1509
  Significant
• Columbus Expeditions to the Americas1492–1504
  Regional · 250K dead
• War of the Three Sanchos1065–67
  Regional
• Battle of Viana1067
  Regional
• Battle of Lantada1068
  Regional
• Battle of Toledo1084
  Regional
• Battle of Zallaka1086
  Regional
• Battle of Alarcos1195
  Regional
• Battle of Navas de Tolosa1212
  Regional
• Battle of Cordova1236
  Regional
• Battle of Seville1248
  Regional
• Battle of Algeciras1309
  Regional
• Battle of Genil1319
  Regional
• Battle of Vega1319
  Regional
• Battle of Alcala1340
  Regional
• Battle of Algeciras1340
  Regional
• Battle of Quimperle1342
  Regional
• Battle of Algeciras1343
  Regional
• Battle of Winchelsea1350
  Regional
• Battle of La Rochelle1372
  Regional

+ 16 more in the atlas.