Orders

The military orders that forged Spain and Portugal during the Reconquista and beyond.

5Orders Documented

1Known Knights

Spanish Military Orders

The great knightly orders of Castile and Aragon

Ordo Militaris Alcantarensis

Ordo Calatravensis

Ordo Sancti Iacobi

Ordo Montesiae

The orders that funded Portuguese discoveries

Ordo Militaris Christi

1156

San Julián del Pereiro, León

1158

Calatrava, Castilla

1170

Cáceres, Castilla

1317

Montesa, Valencia

1319

Castro Marim, Portugal

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