Treaty of Cazorla - Citizendia

The Treaty of Cazorla (or Treaty of Cazola) was signed in 1179 in Soria between Alfonso II of Aragon and Alfonso VIII of Castile. Soria is a city in north-central Spain, the capital of the province of Soria in the autonomous community of Castile and León. Alfonso II (Aragon or Alfons I (Provence and Barcelona ( Huesca, 1157 &ndash Perpignan, 1196 called the Chaste or the Troubadour Alfonso VIII ( 11 November 1155 &ndash 5 October 1214) called the Noble or Él de las Navas, was the King The pact divided Andalusia into separate zones of conquest for the two kingdoms, so that the work of the Reconquista would not be stymied by internecine feudin amongst the Christians over the spoils. Andalusia (Andalucía is an autonomous community of Spain. It is the most populous and the second largest in terms of land area The Reconquista (a Spanish and Portuguese word for "Reconquest" Arabic: الاسترداد, "Recapturing" was a period Aragon was given the places of Játiva, Denia, and Biar, from Biar to Calpe towards Valencia. Xàtiva ( Spanish: Játiva in former days is a town of eastern Spain, in the province of Valencia, on the right bank of the river Albaida Dénia (in Catalan; Spanish: Denia) is the judicial seat of the ''comarca'' of Marina Alta, in the province of Alicante Biar is a Valencian town located in the ''comarca'' of Alt Vinalopó, in the province of Alicante, Spain. Calpe (or Calp in Valencian) is a coastal town located in the ''comarca'' of Marina Alta, in the province of Alicante, Valencia ( Valencian: València, Valencia Spanish phonology --> is the capital of the Spanish autonomous Castile had all the lands on the other side of Biar. Compared with the earlier Treaty of Tudilén, Aragon had lost the right of annexing Murcia. The Treaty of Tudilén (or Treaty of Tudején) was signed between Alfonso VII of León and Raymond Berengar IV of Barcelona in 1151 at Tudilén Murcia ( is the capital city of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia, located at the river Segura in south-eastern Spain. The agreement further stipulated that it was to be held in perpetuity and upheld by the successors of both Alfonsos. This was reinforced with a clause stating that neither king could give up his part or diminish the part of the other, nor could any obstacle be put in the way by either king of the conquest by his counterpart of his rightful division. The subsequent breach of the treaty by both parties led to the Treaty of Almizra in 1244. The Treaty of Almizra (or Treaty of Almiçra) was the third of a series of three treaties between the Crowns of Aragon and Castile meant to determine the

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