* 1483 – Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile.

Finally, in 1267, a treaty was signed in Badajoz, determining that the southern border between Castile and Portugal should be the River Guadiana, as it is today.

The last part of Afonso IV's reign is marked not by open warfare against Castile, but by political intrigue.

After the indecisive < ref name =" British historian Townsend Miller "> British historian Townsend Miller: “ But, if the outcome of < nowiki > battle of </ nowiki > Toro, militarily, is debatable, there is no doubt whatsoever as to its enormous psychological and political effects ” in The battle of Toro, 1476, in History Today, volume 14, 1964, p. 270 </ ref > Battle of Toro in 1476 against King Ferdinand II of Aragon, the husband of Isabella I of Castile, he went to France to obtain the assistance of Louis XI, but finding himself deceived by the French monarch, he returned to Portugal in 1477 in very low spirits.

Generous bequests to important churches and abbeys in Castile had the effect of making the noble churchmen there beneficiaries who would be encouraged by the will to act as a brake on Alfonso VII's ambitions to break it — and yet among the magnates witnessing the will in 1131 there is not a single cleric.

This is widely reported as truth, but contemporary documents on the lives of both Rodrigo Diaz and Alfonso VI of Castile and León do not mention any such event.

In 2007 the Autonomous Community of Castile and León bought the sword for 1. 6 million Euros, and it is currently on display at the Museum of Burgos.

Similarly, standard Spanish is not based on the speech of Madrid, but on the one of educated speakers from more northerly areas like Castile and León.

The dynastic union of the crowns of the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Aragon in 1492 is seen frequently as the starting pont of the unification of the modern kingdom of Spain.

Throughout the century, Castilian ( what is also known today as Spanish ) gained a growing prominence in the Kingdom of Castile as the language of culture and communication, at the expense of Leonese and of other close dialects.

* 1252 – Alfonso X is elected King of Castile and León.

The Libro de los Juegos, (" Book of games "), or Libro de acedrex, dados e tablas, (" Book of chess, dice and tables ", in Old Spanish ) was commissioned by Alfonso X of Castile, Galicia and León and completed in his scriptorium in Toledo in 1283, is an exemplary piece of Alfonso ’ s medieval literary legacy.

* 1135 – Alfonso VII of León and Castile is crowned in the Cathedral of Leon as Imperator totius Hispaniae, " Emperor of all of Spain ".

* 1126 – Following the death of his mother Urraca, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of Castile and León.

The survival of a dialect of Catalan in the town of Alghero is a consequence of the domination of the Crown of Aragon ( later subsumed in the Spanish Crown, after the marriage of Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabel of Castile in the 15th century ) over Sardinia since the Middle Ages until the 18th century.

* 1170-The Treaty of Sahagún is signed by Alfonso VIII of Castile and Alfonso II of Aragon.

* 1179-The Treaty of Cazola ( Cazorla ) is signed by Alfonso II of Aragon and Alfonso VIII of Castile, dividing Andalusia into separate zones of conquest for the two kingdoms, so that the work of the Reconquista would not be stymied by internecine feuding.

* 1056: Ferdinand I of León, King of Castile and King of León, is crowned Imperator totius Hispaniae ( Emperor of All Hispania ).

* 1072: the Battle of Golpejera is fought between Sancho II of Castile and Alfonso VI of Castile

* January 20 – Seville in Castile is awarded exclusive right to trade with the New World.

* May 26 – Alfonso VII of León and Castile is crowned in the Cathedral of Leon as Imperator totius Hispaniae, " Emperor of All the Spains ".

* First Templars stronghold is established in the kingdom of León and Castile.

* April 29 – Gran Canaria, the main of the Canary Islands is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile, very important step in the expansion of Spain.

He assumed the title of Alfonso XII, for although no King of united Spain had borne the name " Alfonso XI ", the Spanish monarchy was regarded as continuous with the more ancient monarchy represented by the 11 kings of Asturias, León and Castile also named Alfonso.

By means of her mother, Catherine had a stronger legitimate claim to the English throne than King Henry VII himself through the first two wives of John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster: Blanche of Lancaster and the Spanish Infanta Constance of Castile.

Cuzco, New Castile, Spanish Empire

Exiled from the court of the Spanish Emperor Alfonso VI of León and Castile, El Cid went on to command a Moorish force consisting of Muladis, Berbers, Arabs and Malians, under Yusuf al-Mu ' taman ibn Hud, Moorish king of the northeast Al-Andalus city of Zaragoza, and his successor, Al-Mustein II.

In The Song the man who served him as his closest adviser was his vassal and kinsman Álvar Fáñez " Minaya " ( meaning " My brother ", a compound word of Spanish possessive Mi ( My ) and Anaia, the basque word for brother ), although the historical Álvar Fáñez remained in Castile with Alfonso VI.

In 1512 under Ferdinand the Catholic as King of the first political unit referred to as Spain, joint Spanish troops from both the Kingdom of Castile and the Kingdom of Aragon commanded by Fadrique Álvarez de Toledo, second Duke of Alba, first invaded partially the Kingdom of Navarre.

* 1309-While the King Ferdinand IV of Castile laid siege on Algeciras, Alonso Pérez de Guzmán ( known to the Spanish records as Guzmán el Bueno ) was sent to capture the town.

This new law revoked most of the historical rights and privileges of the different kingdoms that formed the Spanish Crown, especially the Crown of Aragon, unifying them under the laws of Castile, where the Cortes Generales ( Spanish legislature ) had been more receptive to the royal wish.

Although some of the miniatures are framed by simple rectangles with corners embellished by the golden castles and lions of Castile and León, other are framed by medieval Spanish architectural motifs, including Gothic and Mudéjar arcades of columns and arches.

On 1 November 1478, Sixtus published the Papal bull Exigit Sinceras Devotionis Affectus, through which the Spanish Inquisition was established in the Kingdom of Castile.

A hundred years later, King Alfonso VI of Castile, considered among the greatest of the Medieval Spanish kings, designated as his heir his son ( also a Sancho ) by the refugee Muslim princess Zaida of Seville.

Henry VII married his son Arthur to Catherine of Aragon, cementing an alliance with the Spanish monarchs, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, and the two spent their honeymoon at Ludlow Castle, the traditional seat of the Prince of Wales.

* September 27 – Consorts and co-rulers Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile initiate the Spanish Inquisition ( looking for heretics and unconverted Jews ).

In 1505, Germaine of Foix married Ferdinand V of Castile, thereby bringing the lordship of Andorra under Spanish rule.

Henry of Castile, angered by Charles ' disregard, changed sides to Conradin's and fought with a host of Spanish knights against Charles in Tagliacozzo.

Eventually the Crown of Aragon, which then ruled Malta, joined with Castile in 1479, and Malta became part of the Spanish Empire.

John of the Cross ( San Juan de la Cruz ) ( 24 June 1542 – 14 December 1591 ), born Juan de Yepes Álvarez, was a major figure of the Counter-Reformation, a Spanish mystic, Catholic saint, Carmelite friar and priest, born at Fontiveros, Old Castile.

::: According to some authors, for instance José Mª Sbarbi, this proverb has its origin in an historical episode involving Sancho II of Castile.

In modern-day Spain, it is usually considered to comprise a part of the autonomous community of Castile and León in the north-west, and Castile – La Mancha and Madrid in the center and the central-south-west of the country, sometimes including Cantabria and La Rioja in the north as well, for historical reasons.

Navarre, a historical kingdom in its own right, has a culture that is mainly Basque in the north and closer to that of Old Castile in the south, especially in La Rioja and Aragon, in the south.

Since it was not a province with a separate historical regional identity but part of the cultural region of Castile, it was considered a natural province that would compose the soon-to-be Community of Castile – La Mancha.

Other alternatives included the incorporation of Madrid to the community of Castile and León ( the historical region of Old Castile ) or its controversial constitution as something similar to a " Federal District " or territory, emulating Mexico City, or Washington, D. C.

* Aragon, Castile and León, Castile – La Mancha, Extremadura, and the Valencian Community were granted autonomy as communities integrated by two or more provinces with common historical characteristics ;

Autonomous communities were to be created by one or more provinces with a distinct regional identity ; since Madrid was part of the historical region of Castile, assigned to New Castile in the 1833 provincial organization, it was first planned that the province of Madrid would be part of the future community of Castile – La Mancha ( which was roughly similar to New Castile, with the adding of the province of Albacete ) but with some special considerations as the home of the national capital.

The integrating provinces of Castile – La Mancha opposed such a special status, and after considering other options — like its inclusion to the community of Castile and León or its constitution as an entity similar to a federal district — it was decided that the province of Madrid would become a single-province autonomous community by appealing to the 144th article of the constitution, whereby the Parliament can authorize the creation of an autonomous community, even if it did not satisfy the requirement of having a distinct historical identity, if it was the " nation's interest ".

It was so constituted in 1983 and it comprises the historical regions of León and Old Castile ( Spanish: Castilla la Vieja ).

On 23 May 1200, at the age of 12, Louis was married to Blanche of Castile, following prolonged negotiations between Philip Augustus and Blanche's uncle John of England ( as represented in William Shakespeare's historical play King John ).

It is heavily influenced by the historical Spanish spoken in Castile.

The Fandango originated in Castile ( historical region ) | Castile.