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