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During the reconquista, the siege of Córdoba (Spanish: Conquista de Córdoba, Conquest of Córdoba) was a successful investment by the forces of Ferdinand III, king of Castile and León, marking the end of the Islamic rule over the city that had begun in 711.
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The Crown of Castile [nb 1] was a medieval polity in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and, some decades later, the parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accession of the then Castilian king, Ferdinand III, to the vacant Leonese throne.
The emirate generally existed as a tributary state of the rising Crown of Castile, though it frequently warred with the latter and with other neighbouring states over control of its frontier regions. Despite its precarious position, Granada enjoyed considerable cultural and economic prosperity for over two centuries and the Nasrids became one ...
The Kingdom of Córdoba (also Kingdom of Cordova; Spanish: Reino de Córdoba) was a territorial jurisdiction of the Crown of Castile since 1236 until Javier de Burgos' provincial division of Spain in 1833.
Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. Oil portrait of Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada (Ricardo Gómez Campuzano, Colombian Academy of History, Bogotá) Born. 1509. Córdoba or Granada, Crown of Castile. Died. 16 February 1579 (aged 70) Mariquita, New Kingdom of Granada. Nationality.
Aug 16, 2022 · HISTORY MAGAZINE. Córdoba's stunning mosque-cathedral showcases Spain's Muslim heritage. Christian forces captured the Umayyad capital in 1236, but left its glorious house of worship largely...
Jul 28, 2020 · The southern Spanish city of Córdoba has a long and fascinating history. Originally thought to have been a Carthaginian settlement, it prospered under Roman rule and reached its apogee under the Moors, who seized control of Spain from the Visigoths at the start of the eighth century. Read on for a brief look at the key stages of Córdoba’s ...
