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.

All labels observed (10)

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Statements (63)

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 (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Álvar Fáñez → militaryBranch → Castilian forces ⓘ
linked to: Castilian army
Second Alpujarras War → hasParticipant → Royalist forces of Philip II of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Castilian army
Battle of Sagrajas → hasParticipant → Leonese-Castilian forces ⓘ
linked to: Castilian army
Portuguese forces of António, Prior of Crato → primaryEnemy → Army of Philip II of Spain ⓘ
linked to: Castilian army