The Treaty of Torrellas (called a sentencia arbitral, "sentence by arbitration," in Castilian), signed in Zaragoza

Zaragoza

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 in 1304, settled the question of conquest of the Kingdom of Murcia, thitherto a dependency of the Crown of Castile

Crown of Castile

The Crown of Castile was a medieval and modern state in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accession of the then King Ferdinand III of Castile to the vacant Leonese throne...

, by James II of Aragon

James II of Aragon

James II , called the Just was the King of Sicily from 1285 to 1296 and King of Aragon and Valencia and Count of Barcelona from 1291 to 1327. In 1297 he was granted the Kingdom of Sardinia and Corsica...

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Between 1296 and 1300, James led a series of military operations in Murcia with the intention of conquering a large zone between Elda

Elda

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 in the north and Huércal-Overa

Huércal-Overa

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 in the south.

James got together with Ferdinand IV of Castile

Ferdinand IV of Castile

Ferdinand IV, El Emplazado or "the Summoned," was a king of Castile and León and Galicia...

 in 1304 to fix new borders between their two states in Andalusia

Andalusia

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. Peace was effected between the two powers and the major part of Murcia was assigned to Castile. The cities of Orihuela

Orihuela

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, Elche, Caudete

Caudete

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, Elda

Elda

Elda is a city located in the province of Alicante, Spain. , it has a total population of 55,618 inhabitants, ranking as the 7th most populous city in the province. Elda joins together with the town of Petrer to form a conurbation with over 85,000 inhabitants...

, and Alicante

Alicante

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 passed to the Kingdom of Valencia

Kingdom of Valencia

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. The treaty, however, did not last, being replaced the next year by the Treaty of Elche

Treaty of Elche

The Treaty of Elche was an agreement between the Crowns of Castile and Aragon signed in 1305. The treaty revised the borders put down by the Treaty of Torrellas in the previous year. The borders under dispute were those created by the conquests of James II of Aragon in Murcia between 1296 and 1300....

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