Almohad–Castilian wars

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The Almohad–Castilian wars were a series of late 12th- and early 13th-century conflicts between the Muslim Almohad Caliphate and the Christian Kingdom of Castile that shaped the course of the Reconquista in the Iberian Peninsula.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict ⓘ
series of wars ⓘ
belligerentReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
Sunni Islam ⓘ
cause religious and political rivalry between Christian and Muslim states ⓘ
struggle for control of central and southern Iberia ⓘ
chronologicalPredecessor Almoravid–Christian conflicts in Iberia ⓘ
chronologicalSuccessor Castilian wars against the Taifa kingdoms ⓘ
coalitionParticipant Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Kingdom of Navarre ⓘ
Military orders in Iberia ⓘ
conflictBetween Almohad Caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Almohad dynasty

Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
endTime early 13th century ⓘ
hasKeyEvent Almohad victory at Alarcos ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Alarcos

Christian coalition victory at Las Navas de Tolosa ⓘ
hasMainBelligerent Almohad Caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Almohad dynasty

Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
linked to: Castile
hasMajorBattle Battle of Alarcos ⓘ
Battle of Alarcos (1195) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Alarcos

Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa ⓘ
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
involved fortified frontier towns ⓘ
raids and counter-raids across the frontier ⓘ
languageOfSources Arabic ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Old Castilian ⓘ
linked to: Old Spanish
location Al-Andalus ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
linked to: Castile
militaryTheater Guadalquivir valley ⓘ
central Iberian plateau ⓘ
opponent Caliph Abu Yaqub Yusuf ⓘ
linked to: Abu Yaqub Yusuf

Caliph Yaqub al-Mansur ⓘ
King Alfonso VIII of Castile ⓘ
King Ferdinand III of Castile ⓘ
outcome decline of Almohad power in Iberia ⓘ
rise of Castile as dominant Christian power in central Iberia ⓘ
partOf Christian–Muslim wars in Iberia ⓘ
Reconquista ⓘ
relatedTo Almohad conquest of Iberia ⓘ
linked to: Almohad conquest

Crusades in the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
Taifa kingdoms of Al-Andalus ⓘ
religiousAspect Christian–Muslim conflict ⓘ
result Castilian territorial expansion in Iberia ⓘ
significance shaped the course of the Reconquista ⓘ
startTime late 12th century ⓘ
territorialContext Castile–Almohad frontier in central Iberia ⓘ

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Battle of Alarcos → partOf → Almohad–Castilian wars ⓘ
Almohad infantry → roleIn → Almohad–Christian wars in Iberia ⓘ
linked to: Almohad–Castilian wars
Almohad–Castilian wars → territorialContext → Castile–Almohad frontier in central Iberia ⓘ
linked to: Almohad–Castilian wars
siege of Santarém → relatedTo → Almohad campaigns in the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
subject linked to: siege of Santarem
linked to: Almohad–Castilian wars