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The Christian provinces gradually captured and annexed former bastions of Moorish rule: Ferdinand III conquered Murcia for Castile in 1242; Denia and Játiva fell to James the Conqueror of Aragon in 1244, though it was not until 1265 that he secured Cartagena.
At its helm was the Norman baron, Jean de Béthencourt, under service to Henry III, king of Castile.
With the triumph of Christianity, the country was united under the Catholic Monarchs (Los Reyes Católicos), a title conferred by Pope Alexander VI on Ferdinand II of Aragón and Isabella I of Castile.
The Alcázar became a fort of the crown of Castile.
Naval skirmishes ensued between the two powers, but at the end of the war of succession between Portugal and Castile, the wide-ranging Treaty of Alcaçovas ended Lisbon’s claims to the Fortunate Islands.