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Order of Calatrava

1158 · 12th century

The Order of Calatrava was a Castilian military order founded in 1158 to defend the fortress of Calatrava on the Guadiana against the Almohads after the Templars gave it up. Affiliated with the Cistercians, its knight-monks held large estates in La Mancha and fought in the Reconquista, notably at Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212. The Catholic Monarchs brought it under the crown in 1489.

Order of Calatrava
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