A raiding belt from the Sierra de Albarracín east to the Gúdar and the upper Mijares, between the Christian posts of Albarracín, Teruel's villages, Villel and Mora and the Muslim castles of Castielfabib, Ademuz, El Cuervo, Camarena, Manzanera and Rubielos, with Jérica and Segorbe behind them.
Teruel's council and its townsmen-knights, the lord of Teruel Pedro Ladrón from Mora, the Templars of Alfambra and the knights of Albarracín raid south and east for cattle, captives and ransom; the Almohad garrisons of the Valencian sierra raid back on Teruel's villages and Mora. The latest advance was the grant of Mora to Pedro Ladrón in 1198; Manzanera falls in 1202, Rubielos in 1203 or 1204, Camarena in 1205, and Castielfabib, Ademuz, El Cuervo and Serreilla in 1210.
How things stand that morning
Raided by both sides; no truce attested.
Who raids here
Christian: the council of Teruel, Pedro Ladrón (Teruel and Mora), the Templars (Alfambra), the lord of Albarracín, Daroca's militia. Muslim: the garrisons of Castielfabib, Ademuz, Camarena, Manzanera, Rubielos, Jérica and Segorbe under the Almohad governor of Valencia.
Castles
- Christian
- Albarracín
- Teruel
- Villel
- Mora
- Muslim
- Castielfabib
- Ademuz
- El Cuervo
- Camarena
- Manzanera
- Rubielos
- Jérica
- Segorbe
Last campaign
1198 (Mora granted to Pedro Ladrón after its conquest)
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Dates of the conquests from Spanish Wikipedia (Pedro II; Mora de Rubielos); the line of the belt is drawn between the known castles.
On the map: A belt, not a line: the Muslim castles inside it are still held by the Almohads, and Christian villages at its northern edge are raided.
Sources and studies
- Pedro II de Aragón (es.wikipedia)
- Mora de Rubielos (es.wikipedia)
- A. J. Nicolás-Minué Sánchez, 'Los caballeros villanos: oligarquía de la Extremadura aragonesa' (Institución Fernando el Católico)
- Lordship of Albarracín (en.wikipedia)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.