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[[Image:Castile.jpg|right|Castile in 1450]]
'''Castile''' (Spanish: Castilla]) was a former kingdom on the Iberian penisnula which formed the larger part of the Kingdom of [[Spain]] after the uniting of the royal thrones of Castile and Aragon. The name Castile is thought derive from "land of [[castle]]s" in reference to the many castles that were built during the Christian reconquest of [[Iberia]] from the [[Moor]]s.
==History==
Castile was originally a county in the eastern part of the kingdom of León and gained independence in the 11th century. A period of expansion saw it merge with it's neigbours and eventually reunited with León in 1230. [[El Cid]] was a notable Castilian military commander who oversaw many defeats of the Moors.
The [[marriage]] of [[Ferdinand and Isabella|Ferdinand II]] of Aragon and [[Ferdinand and Isabella|Isabella]] of Castile in 1469 united the crowns of Castile and Aragon and lead to the formal creation of Spain as a single country when their grandson Charles V assumed both thrones in 1516. At this time the Moors were confined to part of Andalucia in the south-east of the Iberian peninsula around [[Granada]].
==Language==
The language of Castile became known as Spanish but is still referred to as Castilian to differentiate it from the dialects of Latin America and Catalan in north-eastern Spain.
==See also==
*[[Granada]]
*[[El Cid]]
[[Category:History]]
[[Category:Spain]]