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    The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, known in Islamic history as the Battle of Al-Uqab (Arabic: معركة العقاب), took place on 16 July 1212 and was an important...
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  • the Noble (El Noble) or the one of Las Navas (el de las Navas), was King of Castile from 1158 to his death and King of Toledo. After having suffered a...
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    defeated at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in the Sierra Morena by an alliance of the Christian forces from Castile, Aragon and Navarre. Much of the remaining...
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    decisive Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212), the Siege of Córdoba (1236) and the Siege of Seville (1248)—leaving only the Muslim enclave of Granada as...
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  • similar role in the Medieval Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. Macaulay, G. C. "The History of Herodotus". The University of Adelaide. paragraph 213. Archived...
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    New Castile (Spain) (category History of Castile)
    reconquest of New Castile were the capture of Toledo in 1085, ending the Taifa's Kingdom of Toledo, and the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212. It...
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    battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. Don Martín López de Medrano and Don Pedro Gonzalez de Medrano bore this emblem into the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in...
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  • with the grant of a village for carrying his standard in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. Sources Simon Barton, The Aristocracy in Twelfth-century León...
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    offensive, he was defeated at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. This battle was to mark a turning-point that led to the end of Moorish rule in the Iberian...
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    (1206–1210) Pedro Arias (1210–1212). Died of his wounds, following the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. García González de Arauzo (1212–1217) Martín Peláez Barragán...
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    pirate, active in the Mediterranean. July 16 – Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: The Christian forces of King Alfonso VIII (the Noble) decisively defeat...
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    prompted the intervention of Almoravids. After the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212, most of Al-Andalus fell under control of the Catholic kingdoms,...
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    Christian forces of Portugal, Castile, and Aragon at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, in 1212. The battle is recognized as one of the most important...
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  • of the Patron of Galicia (St. James the Greater) and subsequently all of Spain, and he died fighting in the Reconquista Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa...
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    Ibn Hud (category Year of birth unknown)
    After being decisively defeated by a Christian coalition at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212, Almohad control over al-Andalus entered terminal decline...
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  • shepherd who aided the Castilian King Alfonso VIII during the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212 A.D. Alhaja, who knew the area, to herd his sheep had...
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    dissolution of the Almohad authority, itself triggered by the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. Philip Khûri Hitti (1973). Capital cities of Arab Islam. U of Minnesota...
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    Christians at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa on July 16, 1212. When Sancho VII of Navarre's men drove through an enchained circle of African slaves guarding...
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    II of Aragon at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa against the Almohads in 1212. According to his legendary vida, he was the lover of Margarida or Seremonda...
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    1212, a coalition of Christian kings under the leadership of Alfonso VIII defeated the Almohads at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. Almohad rule was...
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    Taifa (redirect from Reinos de taifas)
    after the fall of Toledo (1085), and the Almohad Caliphate after the fall of Lisbon (1147). Warriors of the taifas took part in the Battle of Sagrajas, which...
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    century, the mythology of the coat of arms would trace its origin back to the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212 involving Sancho VII of Navarre, where the...
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    Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, most of his life was spent in the kingdom of León. He would have been born in the second decade in the second half of the...
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    Calatrava la Vieja (category Buildings and structures in the Province of Ciudad Real)
    the decisive Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa: after conquering Calatrava, there were some disagreements among the members of the Christian coalition: French...
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    (gold/yellow). Sancho VII of Navarre changed his coat of arms to commemorate the victory at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa on 16 July 1212, where he...
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  • Castile (historical region) (category Kingdom of Castile)
    the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) heralded the Moors' loss of most of southern Spain. The kingdom of León was integrated in the Crown of Castile...
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  • following is a list of the casualties count in battles or offensives in world history. The list includes both sieges (not technically battles but usually yielding...
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  • Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in Spain, end of the Almohad rule in Spain. The Almohads suffer defeat by the Christians in Spain at the Las Navas de Tolosa...
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    more unstable following the defeat of the Almohads at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212 by a coalition of Christian kingdoms from the north. In...
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    early battle was the reconquest of Calatrava (1212), which was returned to its former masters. In the same year the battle of Las Navas de Tolosa turned...
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