Montiel

{{infobox settlement

| name = Montiel

| settlement_type = Municipality

| official_name =

|image_skyline = (Montiel) Visita a las actuaciones de puesta en valor del Castillo de la Estrella de Montiel (cropped).jpg

|image_flag = Bandera de Montiel.svg

|image_shield = Escudo de Montiel actual.svg

|pushpin_map = Spain Castile-La Mancha#Spain

| pushpin_relief = 1

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Spain

| subdivision_type1 = Autonomous community

| subdivision_name1 = Castilla–La Mancha

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = Ciudad Real

|coordinates = {{coord|38|42|N|2|52|W|type:city|display=inline}}

| population_as_of = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

| population_footnotes = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

| population_total = {{Spain metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name =

| area_total_km2 = 271.22

| elevation_m = 900

| population_density_km2 = auto

| population_demonym = Montieleños

| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 13326

| website = {{official website|http://www.manserja.org/municipi/montiel/home.htm}}

}}

Montiel is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Ciudad Real, Castilla–La Mancha. The municipality spans across a total area of 271.22 km² and, as of 1 January 2020, it has a registered population of 1,294.{{Cite web|publisher=Ministerio de Asuntos Económicos y Transformación Digital|title=Datos del Registro de Entidades Locales|url=https://ssweb.seap.minhap.es/REL/frontend/inicio/municipios/8/13411/50|access-date=18 May 2021}}

History

On 5 March 1227, Ferdinand III donated the Estrella Castle to Pedro González, Grand Master of the Order of Santiago, so Montiel eventually became the head of the Campo de Montiel lands.{{Sfn|Madrid Medina|2015|p=69}} In 1243, Montiel was granted a fuero (a copy of Cuenca's) and a number of privileges by Grand Master Paio Peres Correia.{{Sfn|Madrid y Medina|1989|p=206}}

The Battle of Montiel occurred at the town. It was also the place where Peter of Castile was killed by Henry of Trastamara.{{cite web|url=http://www.europapress.es/castilla-lamancha/noticia-analisis-confirman-sarcofago-hallado-montiel-ciudad-real-1396-ano-batalla-municipio-20141021205523.html|title=Un sarcófago hallado en Montiel data de 1396|date=21 October 2014|work=Castilla la Mancha|publisher=Europa Press (news agency)|accessdate=6 April 2015|language=spanish}}

Historically, Montiel was home to a Jewish community in the Middle Ages, up until the 1492 expulsion of the Jews.{{cite web |title=Montiel |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/montiel |website=Jewish Virtual Library |access-date=1 July 2024}}

References

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{{Cite journal|url=http://e-spacio.uned.es/fez/eserv/bibliuned:ETFF8571F2D-305F-9EFE-C94C-B44E25CDE463/Documento.pdf|last=Madrid y Medina|first=Ángela|title=Alfonso X el Sabio y La Mancha santiaguista|journal=Espacio Tiempo y Forma. Serie III, Historia Medieval|volume=2|year=1989|publisher=Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia|location=Madrid|pages=205–218}}
{{Cite journal|title=Los orígenes de la presencia de la Orden de Santiago en el Campo de Montiel|first=Ángela|last=Madrid Medina|journal=Revista de Estudios del Campo de Montiel|issue=1|issn=2172-2633|url=http://www.cecampomontiel.es/recm/index.php/RECM/article/view/72/68|pages=55–73|year=2015|location=Almedina|publisher= Centro de Estudios del Campo de Montiel}}

Category:Municipalities in the Province of Ciudad Real