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Genealogical Tables
Kings of Leon, Castile, and Portugal in the Eleventh,
Twelfth, and Thirteenth Centuries xi
Kings of Aragon and Navarre and the Counts of Barcelona xii
The Almohad Caliphs xiii
Maps
Spain at the Death of Fernando I, 1065 xiv
Spain at the Death of Alfonso VIII, 1214 xv
Spain at the Death of Fernando III, 1252 xvi
Preface xvii
Introduction xix
Castile and Leon in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries xx
The Latin Chronicle of the Kings of Castile xxvi
The Latin Chronicle of the Kings of Castile
I. FROM COUNT FERNAN GONZALEZ TO KING SANCHO III (923-1158)
1. The Genealogy of the Counts of Castile (923-1065) 1
2. Alfonso VI, King of Le6n-Castile (1065-1109) 3
3. Urraca, Queen of Le6n-Castile (1109-1126) 7
4. Alfonso I, King of Arag6n (1104-1134) 8
5. Alfonso VII, Emperor of Spain and King of
Le6n-Castile (1126-1157) 11
6. The Coming of the Almohads 13
7. Alfonso VII's Separation of Castile and Leon 15
8. Sancho III, King of Castile (1157-1158) 16
II. THE REIGN OF ALFONSO VIII, KING OF CASTILE (1158-1214)
9. The Minority of Alfonso VIII 17
10. The Majority and Early Campaigns of Alfonso VIII 19
11. Alfonso IX, King of Leon (1188-1230) 22
12. Preparations for the Battle of Alarcos 24
13. The Battle of Alarcos, 19 July 1195 26
14. Alfonso IX of Leon makes War against Castile 28
15. King Pedro II of Arag6n allies with Castile 30
16. Alfonso VIII and Sancho VII of Navarre 33
17. Alfonso VIII in Gascony 34
18. Infante Fernando and the War with the Moors 36
19. The Fall of Salvatierra, September 1211 39
20. The Death of Infante Fernando 41
21. Gathering of Crusaders in Toledo 43
22. The Advance to the Puerto del Muradal 45
23. A Shepherd reveals a Passage through the Mountains 47
24. The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, 16 July 1212 49
25. The Advance to Ubeda and Baeza 51
26. The Capture of Alcantara and the Siege of Baeza 54
27. The Battle of Muret and the Death of Pedro II, 1213 57
28. The Death of Alfonso VIII and Queen Leonor, 1214 59
29. The Crusade of Emperor Frederick Barbarossa 62
30. The Third and Fourth Crusades. The Fourth
Lateran Council 64
III. THE REIGN OF FERNANDO III, KING OF CASTILE-LEON (1217-1252)
31. Enrique I, King of Castile (1214-1217) 68
32. The Civil War and the Death of Enrique I 70
33. Fernando III is summoned from Le6n 74
34. Alfonso IX invades the Kingdom of Castile 75
35. The Acclamation of Fernando III at Valladolid 76
36. The Withdrawal of Alfonso IX of Le6n 78
37. The Burial of Enrique I at Las Huelgas de Burgos 79
38. The Suppression of Count Alvaro's Rebellion 80
39. The Deaths of Count Alvaro and Count Fernando 83
40. The Marriage of Fernando III and Beatriz of Swabia 84
41. The Rebels: Rodrigo Diaz de los Cameros and
Gonzalo Perez de Molina 86
42. The Marriage of King John of Jerusalem and the
Princess Berenguela 87
43. Fernando III proposes to go to War against the Moors 88
44. Queen Berenguela's Response. Preparations for War
against the Saracens 90
45. Civil War among the Almohads in Morocco and Spain 92
46. Fernando III attacks Quesada, Priego and Loja 94
47. The Castilians and the King of Baeza campaign
in Andalucia 96
48. Fernando III requires the King of Baeza to yield
Salvatierra, Burgalimar, and Capilla 97
49. The Siege of Capilla and the Murder of the King of Baeza 99
50. The Fall of Capilla. Unsuccessful Campaigns of the
Kings of Portugal and Le6n 101
51. Louis VIII, King of France, attacks the
Albigensian Heretics 103
52. The Submission of the Count of Toulouse to Louis IX
and Blanche of Castile 104
53. The Rebellion of Ibn Hud of Murcia against the
Almohads 106
54. The Mission of Cardinal Jean d'Abbeville, 1228-1229 108
55. Jaime I of Aragon and the Conquest of Mallorca, 1229 110
56. Alfonso IX of Leon triumphs over Ibn Hud at Alange 112
57. The Occupation of Elvas by the Portuguese 113
58. The Crusade of Emperor Frederick II to the
Holy Land, 1228 114
59. The Papal Army invades Frederick II's Territory in Apulia 116
60. The Death of Alfonso IX of Le6n 118
61. Fernando III becomes King of Leon 120
62. Fernando III pacifies Galicia and Asturias 121
63. Fernando III conducts Business in Burgos 122
64. The Fall of Ubeda, Borriana, and Trujillo, 1233 123
65. The Revolt of Lope Diaz de Haro and Alvar P6rez 125
66. The End of the Revolt of Alvar Perez and Lope Diaz 127
67. The Truce between Fernando III and Ibn Hud 128
68. The Revolt of the Romans against Pope Gregory IX 130
69. The Christians break into the City of C6rdoba 132
70. Fernando III hastens to aid the Christians in C6rdoba 134
71. Fernando III directs the Siege of Cordoba 136
72. Negotiations for the Surrender of C6rdoba 138
73. The Christians take Possession of C6rdoba 140
74. Provision for the Defense and Settlement of Cordoba 142
75. Fernando III leaves Toledo for Burgos 144
Select Bibliography 145
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:Castile (Spain) History