Alcaraz aimed to populate strategic locations resulting in the village being founded in 1284, the year of the death of King Alfonso X (the Wise) of Castile, whose son Sancho IV succeeded to the throne.
Sancho IV of Castile (1258–1295), Sancho the Brave, King of Castile and León
After he was released he became a courtier once again, this time in the court of Alfonso's son Sancho IV of Castile.
Castile | Alfonso X of Castile | Kingdom of Castile | Crown of Castile | Isabella I of Castile | Castile (historical region) | Philip I of Castile | Alfonso VIII of Castile | Joanna of Castile | Eleanor of Castile | Castile-La Mancha | Alfonso XI of Castile | Henry II of Castile | Ferdinand III of Castile | Peter of Castile | John I of Castile | John II of Castile | Henry III of Castile | Guadalajara, Castile-La Mancha | Blanche of Castile | Sancho Panza | Sancho IV of Castile | Sancho II of Portugal | Sancho III of Navarre | Sancho III of Castile | Sancho II | Ferdinand IV of Castile | Council of Castile | Captain from Castile | Sancho IV of Navarre |