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Alliance of Castile and Navarre

Type Event Region Iberia Time 1151

After the 1151 Treaty of Tudjón partitioned Navarre, Sancho VI quickly resolved the crisis through homage at Calahorra and a marriage alliance, bindi…

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  1. 1151Tudjón (Fitero) · NavarreAlfonso VII and Ramon Berenguer IV met at Tudjón, reaffirming the spirit of the 1140 Treaty of Carrión, agreeing to partition Navarre and coordinate the conquest of Muslim territories—a direct threat to the newly acceded Sancho VI.
  2. c. 1151Calahorra · La RiojaSancho VI personally went to Calahorra to perform homage to Alfonso VII and attend the wedding, trading recognition of Castilian overlordship for a check against Aragon's partition plan, laying the foundation for the alliance between the two kingdoms.
  3. c. 1151Calahorra · La RiojaNavarrese princess Blanche married Castilian heir Sancho III, cementing the two kingdoms' relations from political homage into a dynastic marriage alliance; Sancho VI himself later married Sancha, daughter of Alfonso VII, in 1153.

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