Alfonso XI's Accession in Castile

Timeline

1. 1332Santiago de Compostela Cathedral · GaliciaAlfonso XI held a self-knighting ceremony at Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, being dubbed by the mechanical statue of Saint James, thereby avoiding any living noble's right to knight him and proclaiming the king's supreme status within the knightly order.
2. 1332Las Huelgas Monastery · CastileAlfonso XI crowned and anointed himself at the Las Huelgas Monastery in Burgos, reviving Castile's long-interrupted coronation tradition, but refused to be crowned by the archbishop, weakening the Church's authority to grant his royal power.
3. 1332Castile · CastileAround the coronation ceremonies, Alfonso XI founded the Order of the Band, incorporating noble knights into a knightly body under direct royal command, binding the great nobles through ritual bonds of loyalty and consolidating central royal power.