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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Castilian Civil War (1366–1369)

Granada War ⓘ
surface form: Granada War (1482–1492)

Granadan border wars ⓘ
Hundred Years' War ⓘ
surface form: Hundred Years’ War (Iberian theatres)

Italian War of 1521–1526 ⓘ
Italian War of 1536–1538 ⓘ
Italian War of 1542–1546 ⓘ
Italian War of 1551–1559 ⓘ
Italian Wars ⓘ
Spanish–Navarrese wars ⓘ
surface form: Navarrese campaigns

Portuguese–Castilian wars ⓘ
Reconquista ⓘ
Revolt of the Comuneros (1520–1521) ⓘ
War of the Castilian Succession ⓘ
surface form: War of the Castilian Succession (1475–1479)

League of Cambrai ⓘ
surface form: War of the League of Cambrai

War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
surface form: War of the Spanish Succession (Castilian contingents)

War of the Two Peters ⓘ
surface form: 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 Seville, Crown of Castile ⓘ
surface form: cities of the Crown of Castile

frontier fortresses of the Reconquista ⓘ
influenced Spanish tercios ⓘ
surface form: Spanish Tercios
legacy formation of early modern Spanish military power ⓘ
location Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Bicocca ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Bicocca (1522)

Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa ⓘ
Battle of Mühlberg ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Mühlberg (1547)

Battle of Najera ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Nájera

Battle of Pavia (1525) ⓘ
Battle of Ravenna ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Ravenna (1512)

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

Italian Peninsula ⓘ
Kingdom of Granada ⓘ
religionContext Crown of Castile ⓘ
surface form: Catholic monarchy 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)

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

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