Olivença

1230

Transfer of Possession

Donated by Afonso XI of Leon to the Knights of the Order of the Temple; purpose to occupy and protect the land

1230

Original Construction Date

Order establishes the Olivenza Commendation; constructs church, settlement and castle

1298 - 1335

Reconstruction Date

Refortifications begun under Dinis I and completed under Afonso IV of Portugal in 1335

1488

Reconstruction Date

João II of Portugal raised the highest keep of the Raiana border in the alcáçova enclosure and added a flooded moat

1495 - 1510

Reconstruction Date

New consruction under Manuel I of Portugal

03/01/1230

Christian Reconquest

Reconquest by Afonso XI of Leon in the conquest of Badajoz during the Spring of 1530

1383

Succession Crisis

Returns to Castilian control during Crisis of Succession

1267

Charter

Order of the Temple removed from control by Afonso X of Leon-Castile

1267

Treaty

With the Treaty of Badajoz, Afonso X of Leon-Castile affirmed the course of the Caia and Guadiana rivers as the boundary between Castile and Portugal

1295

Treaty

Dinis I of Portugal maneuvers the return of the fortress to Portuguese control with the Treaty of Ciudad Rodrigo, after the revolt of Castilian nobility and simultaneous recursions by Muslim forces following the death of Sancho IV of Castile

1297

Treaty of Alcanizes

With the signing of the Treaty of Alcanizes the domains of Olivença and its castle were confirmed in the possession of the Portuguese Crown

11/29/1389

Treaty of Monção

2nd Treaty of Moncao signed between Joao I of Portugal and Joao I of Castile, returning the land to Portugal