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The two kingdoms of León and Castile were split in 1157, when a major defeat for Alfonso VII of Castile weakened the authority of Castile. A map of the Kingdom of León in 1210. The last two kings of an independent Kingdom of León (1157–1230) were Ferdinand II and Alfonso IX.
The Kingdom of Castile ( / kæˈstiːl /; Spanish: Reino de Castilla: Latin: Regnum Castellae) was a polity in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. It traces its origins to the 9th-century County of Castile ( Spanish: Condado de Castilla, Latin: Comitatus Castellæ ), as an eastern frontier lordship of the Kingdom of Asturias.
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In 1029 Sancho III the Great of Navarre, the son of a Castilian mother, detached Castile from Leon and on his death (1035) awarded it to his second son, who was the first to assume the title of king of Castile, as Ferdinand I (1037–65). Later, Castile was again united with Leon (1072–1157), but thereafter the two kingdoms again separated.
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Henceforth Castile and León were permanently united. Using the combined resources of the two kingdoms, Ferdinand conquered Cordoba in 1236, Murcia in 1243, Jaén (Jayyān) in 1246, and Sevilla in 1248. The Muslims retained only the kingdom of Granada, whose rulers were obliged to pay an annual tribute to Castile.
Ferdinand IV has been king of Castile and king of Leon through a personal union since 1295. Now the two kingdoms are united under a single crown with a single cortes. The unified kingdom is called 'Castile & Leon' or more simply as Castile. The Basques are still within the boundaries of the kingdom. 1312 - 1350.
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.
Jan 15, 2022 · By the 14th century, the two kingdoms of Castile and Aragon had the dominant role in Spain. However, great changes would occur over the next century. Kingdoms of Aragon and Castile Map of Medieval Spain, via Maps-Spain.com The Christian states that formed in the Iberian Peninsula were aristocratic monarchies.
