New Castile (Spain)

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New Castile (

Key to the 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 continued to be formally called Kingdom of Toledo even though it was under the Crown of Castile. Then it started to be called New Castile in the 18th century.

New Castile is separated from

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See also

• Castile (historical region)
• Old Castile
• Castile–La Mancha
• Kingdom of Toledo
• Nueva Castilla in the Spanish East Indies
• Nueva Castilla in Spanish America

External links

• Jerónimo López-Salazar Pérez, La Historia Rural en Castilla la Nueva y Extremadura, Ed. Univ. de Salamanca
• Castilla la Nueva; (1885), by Quadrado, José María, 1819–1896; Fuente, Vicente de la, 1817–1889,

39°48′N 3°03′W / 39.800°N 3.050°W / 39.800; -3.050

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