timeline Miruna y Miriam

  • 1031

    The most important taifas

    The most important taifas were those of Sevilla, Toledo, Badajoz and Zaragoza.
  • 1035

    Hispanic Christian Kingdoms

    Aragon: This monarch added the counties of Sobrarbe and Ribagorza to the Kingdom of Aragón.
    Navarra:It was ruled by the kings of Aragón between 1076 and 1134.
    Castilla: During the reign of Fernando 1, being married to a Princess of León, the Kingdom of Castile was linked to the Kingdom of León.
  • 1085

    Toledo

    Alfonso VI, King of Castilla and León, took Toledo in 1085. This city had a high symbolic value, as it was the centre of a powerful taifa and had been the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom.
  • 1085

    Al-Andalus

    The taifa kings were forced to seek help from the Almoravids, Muslims that had established an empire in North Africa.
    heir arrival stopped the Christian advance and achieved the reunification of the Andalusian territory until the early 12th century.
  • 1085

    Aragón

    This kingdom experienced strong growth with kings like Alfonso I (1104–1134).
  • 1085

    Conquered

    In 1118, Alfonso I of Aragón and Navarra conquered Zaragoza, occupied part of the Ebro valley and reached the Sistema Ibérico mountain range.
  • 1128

    Portugal

    This was a county belonging to the Kingdom of León, declares itself independent in 1128 and it was established as a kingdom in 1143.
    The borders of the Kingdom of Portugal extended to the banks of the Tagus after the conquest of the city of Lisbon in 1147.
  • 1137

    Crown of Aragón

    The Crown of Aragón launched an expansion campaign in the Mediterranean to defend its commercial interests.
    and numerous trade consulates were established in North Africa.
  • 1157

    Leon and Castilla

    the kingdoms of castile and leon were united by alfonso VII had been strengthened with the conquest of Toledo
    This opened up opportunities for expansion throughout the lands of the Tajo.
    This expansion took place during the reign of Alfonso VII, although these kingdoms separated on his death in 1157.
  • 1212

    Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa

    Was a major victory for the Christian kingdoms and made the occupation of the Guadalaquivir valley possible.
  • 1213

    Aragón

    Aragon lost almost all of its territory after the Battle of Muret in 1213.
    Jaime I conquered the Balearic Islands in 1235 and Valencia in 1245, which were added to the Crown of Aragon
  • 1230

    The definitive union of Castilla and León

    Fernando III conquered the two great Islamic capitals, Córdoba (1236) and Sevilla (1248). In addition, he took Murcia in 1243.
  • Period: 1230 to

    The crown of Castilla

    The Crown of Castilla began the exploration of the Canary Islands and incorporated territories in the area of the Gibraltar Strait.
  • 1234

    Navarra and France

    A french dynasty occupies the throne of navarre bringing fiefdoms located in france
  • 1249

    Faro

    Portugal reached the southern coasts of the peninsula, with the conquest of Faro, bringing the end of its expansion.
  • 1250

    Andalusian Kingdom

    In 1250, there was only one Andalusian kingdom, the Kingdom of Granada, ruled by the Nasrid dynasty.
  • Period: 1351 to 1369

    civil war

    It was a civil war between king Pedro I of Castilla and his step-brother Enrique of Trastámara. Enrique II was victorious and acceded to the throne of the Trastámara dynasty.
  • 1412

    New king of Aragon

    King Martín I died without an heir in 1410. el Compromiso de Caspe, supuso que la Casa de Trastámara se pusiera en marcha para gobernar Aragón.
  • 1492

    Nasrid Kingdom of Granada

    It had a good economic situation, although it lost some territories close to the Strait of Gibraltar, such as Algeciras.