Editing Almogavars (section)

===Conquest===
The Catalan, Aragonese, and later, [[Valencian people|Valencian]] Almogavars played an important role in the advance of the Crown of Aragon against the Islamic States, participating moreover in countless raids, in the [[battle of Las Navas de Tolosa]] (1212), in the [[Conquest of Majorca|crusade against Majorca]] (1229–1232) and in the conquest of Valencia (1233–1245).  In 1232, Almogovar armies took the strategic enclaves of Ares and [[Morella, Castellón|Morella]], opening the doors to the conquest of Valencia.<ref>Rocafort, Guillermo ''Enigmas y misterios de los almogávares'', p. 32.</ref> After several failed attempts, in [[1240]], a coalition of [[Order of Calatrava|calatravian knights]] and an important almogavar contingent managed to seize the fortified place of [[Villena]], a town located in territory reserved for Castile according to the [[Treaty of Cazola]] which would unleash a series of tensions that ended with the signing of the new [[Treaty of Almizra]]. When the Moorish rebellion in [[Murcia]] took place in 1264, and [[James I of Aragon|James I]] went to this kingdom to the aid of his son-in-law, he says in his Chronicle (''[[Llibre dels fets|Llibre dels Fets]]'') that while he was in [[Orihuela]], studying how to take the capital to end the rebellion, "two Almogavars from Lorca came at midnight and knocked on the door" to alert him that, from Lorca, they had spotted a large contingent of Moors who headed towards Murcia.<ref name=":1"/>