Castilian army

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The Castilian army was the medieval and early modern land force of the Crown of Castile, a key component of what became the Spanish military and a major player in the Reconquista and early European power struggles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf early modern army
land force
medieval army
activeInPeriod Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

Middle Ages
commandedBy King of Castile
commandStructure municipal leaders
noble magnates
royal command
component arquebusiers
crossbowmen
feudal levies
mercenary contingents
noble cavalry
pikemen
royal household troops
urban militias
conflict Castilian Civil War (1366–1369)
linked to: Castilian Civil War

Granada War (1482–1492)
linked to: Granada War

Granadan border wars
Hundred Years’ War (Iberian theatres)
linked to: Hundred Years' War

Italian War of 1521–1526
Italian War of 1536–1538
Italian War of 1542–1546
Italian War of 1551–1559
Italian Wars
Navarrese campaigns
Portuguese–Castilian wars
Reconquista
Revolt of the Comuneros (1520–1521)
War of the Castilian Succession (1475–1479)
War of the League of Cambrai
linked to: League of Cambrai

War of the Spanish Succession (Castilian contingents)
War of the Two Peters (1356–1375)
country Crown of Castile
developedFrom medieval feudal host of Castile
doctrineInfluence combined arms tactics
pike-and-shot formations
garrisoned cities of the Crown of Castile
frontier fortresses of the Reconquista
influenced Spanish Tercios
linked to: Spanish tercios
legacy formation of early modern Spanish military power
location Iberian Peninsula
notableBattle Battle of Bicocca (1522)
linked to: Battle of Bicocca

Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa
Battle of Mühlberg (1547)
linked to: Battle of Mühlberg

Battle of Nájera
linked to: Battle of Najera

Battle of Pavia (1525)
Battle of Ravenna (1512)
linked to: Battle of Ravenna

Battle of Toro
Siege of Granada (1491–1492)
linked to: Granada War
partOf Crown of Castile
Spanish military tradition
predecessorOf Spanish Army
primaryTheatre Al-Andalus frontier
linked to: Al-Andalus

Italian Peninsula
Kingdom of Granada
religionContext Catholic monarchy of Castile
linked to: Crown of Castile
usedBy monarchs of Castile
usedFor European power projection
defense of the Crown of Castile
dynastic conflicts
territorial expansion in Iberia

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Referenced by (8)

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Battle of Pavia (1525) opponent Imperial–Spanish forces of Charles V
linked to: Castilian army
Battle of La Rochelle combatant Castilian Crown forces
linked to: Castilian army
Morisco Revolt in Granada hasParticipant Spanish Crown forces
linked to: Castilian army
Alonso de Carvajal militaryBranch Castilian army
Battle of Sagrajas hasParticipant army of Castile-León
linked to: Castilian army
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba militaryBranch Army of the Crown of Castile
subject linked to: El Gran Capitán
linked to: Castilian army
Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba militaryBranch Castilian army
subject linked to: House of Aguilar