Uclés
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Coordinates: 39°58′50″N 2°51′46″W / 39.98056°N 2.86278°W / 39.98056; -2.86278
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	Castilla–La Mancha
Province	Cuenca
Area
• Total	64.61 km2 (24.95 sq mi)
Population  (2018)[1]
• Total	140
• Density	2.2/km2 (5.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Uclés is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Cuenca, Castilla–La Mancha.^[2] The municipality spans across a total area of 64.61 km² and, as of 1 January 2020, it has a registered population of 212.^[2]

The fortress and town was probably built by al-Fath ibn Musa ben Zennun circa the late 9th to early 10th century, becoming the al-Fath's main stronghold after his father's death in 908.^[3] Having submitted to the Cordobese central authority by the 920s,^[4] the rebellious Banu Zennun (later arabised to 'Dhi-l Nun') clan was removed from the place by 936, although Uclés returned to their control in 1018.^[3]

The place passed to Christian control in the wake of the conquest of the Taifa of Toledo in 1085 and then was lost a year after following the Battle of Sagrajas.^[5] The Almoravid rule consolidated after the 1108 Battle of Uclés.^[5]

Towards 1157, the fortress of Uclés was acquired in a barter by Alfonso VII from Ibn Mardanix in exchange for the fortress of Alicún.^[6] The fortress was ceded to the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem in 1163,^[7] and, following the unsuccessful repopulating efforts by the Knights Hospitallers,^[7] to the Order of Santiago on 9 January 1174.^[8] The Order's grip in the area consolidated following the 1177 takeover of Cuenca and Uclés was granted a fuero by the order's Grand Master in 1179, henceforth becoming the seat of an encomienda and the headquarters of the order in the Kingdom of Castile.^[9]

• Uclés (DO)
• List of municipalities in Cuenca

Citations

Bibliography

• Almonacid Clavería, José Antonio (1988). "La kura de Santaveria: estructura político-administrativa". I Congreso de Historia de Castilla-La Mancha. Musulmanes y Cristianos: La implantación del feudalismo. Vol. V. Toledo: Servicio de Publicaciones de la Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha. pp. 5–20. ISBN 84-7788-005-0.
• Ayala Martínez, Carlos de (1995). "Fortalezas y creación de espacio político: la Orden de Santiago y el territorio conquense (siglos XII-XIII)" (PDF). Meridies: Estudios de Historia y Patrimonio de la Edad Media (2). Universidad de Córdoba: 23–47. ISSN 1137-6015.
• Calzado Sobrino, María del (2015). "Documentación de la Orden militar de Santiago durante la conquista cristiana: el fondo documental de Uclés en la Edad Media" (PDF). Revista de Estudios del Campo de Montiel 1213 (1): 75–87. ISSN 1989-595X.
• Pretel Marín, Aurelio (1986). Conquista y primeros intentos de repoblación del territorio albacetense (del período islámico a la crisis del siglo XIII). Albacete: Instituto de Estudios Albacetenses.
• Ruiz Gómez, Francisco (2006). "La Mancha en el siglo XII: sociedades, espacios, culturas". Studia Historica. Historia Medieval. 24. Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. ISSN 0213-2060.

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