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The Kingdom of Castile ( / kæˈstiːl /; Spanish: Reino de Castilla, Latin: Regnum Castellae) was a large and powerful state on the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. Its name comes from the host of castles constructed in the region.

history of Reconquista. …between the Christian kingdoms of Castile and León in the 10th century. …Aragon and Alfonso VIII of Castile concluded the Pact of Cazorla, an agreement whereby the task of reconquering the Moorish kingdom of Valencia was reserved to the Aragonese crown.

Castile, Spanish Castilla, traditional central region constituting more than one-quarter of the area of peninsular Spain. Castile’s northern part is called Old Castile and the southern part is called New Castile. The region formed the core of the Kingdom of Castile, under which Spain was united in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.

The Royal Crest of Castile, also called Crest of the Castle and the Lion, was it that used the last monarchs of Castile and Spain until the 19th century. This crest consisted of a castle or fortress with nascent lion on top. These two figures are charges of the Royal arms of the former Crown of Castile.

Crown of Castile from the rule of Ferdinand III until the ascension of Charles I Crown of Castile within Habsburg Spain Spanish territorial divisions within the Crown of Castile In Spain Overseas (before 1715) See also Notes References Further reading

Monarchs of Castile. Whilst Fernando III had made significant progress in the Reconquest, his successors for the next 150 year made very little. They concentrated on internal inheritance disputes and those with the the other Catholic Kingdoms of Navarre, Aragon and Portugal.

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.

Arms of Castile and Leon. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. The arms of the old crown of Castille and León are usually shown as quartely shield, one of spanish contributions to universal heraldry, and are today part of many coats of arms, including those of the current Spanish autonomous community of Castilla y León and of ...