Editing Aranjuez (section)

===Early history===
[[Alfonso VI]] took control of the territory near the Tagus, including Aranjuez, after the 1085 conquest of the [[Taifa of Toledo]].<ref name=garciagrinda>{{Cite book|publisher=Consejería de Cultura y Turismo de la Comunidad de Madrid|location=Madrid|year=2008|title=Guía de Aranjuez. El paisaje construido|first=José Luis|last=García Grinda|url=http://www.madrid.org/bvirtual/BVCM002667.pdf|page=21}}</ref>
During the 12th century, Aranjuez (then known as ''Aranz'', ''Aranzuel'', ''Aranzuegue'' or ''Almuzundica'') was a small hamlet under the influence of the castle of Oreja.<ref name=aranjuez /> Following the [[Battle of Uclés (1108)|1108 defeat of Castilian and Leonese forces by the Almoravids at Uclés]], the area fell under Muslim control.<ref name=aranjuez /> ''Aurelia'' (Oreja) was retaken by [[Alfonso VII|Alfonso VII, the Emperor]] after the 1194 [[Siege of Oreja|surrender of the besieged castle]].<ref name=aranjuez>{{Cite book|url=http://www.madrid.org/bvirtual/BVCM000846.pdf|title=Aranjuez y la vega del Tajo|pages=15–16|publisher=Consejería de Educación y Cultura de la Comunidad de Madrid|isbn=84-451-1584-7|location=Madrid|year=1999|first1=Reyes|last1=García Valcárcel|first2=Ana María|last2=Écija Moreno|first3=Soledad|last3=Valcárcel Moreno}}</ref><ref name=garciagrinda /> [[Alfonso VIII]] donated Oreja and its dependent hamlets in 1171 to the [[Order of Santiago]] and its Grand Master [[Pedro Fernández de Castro (Grand Master of the Order of Santiago)|Pedro Fernández]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.diputoledo.es/archivos/archivo/revistas/1960_21.pdf|page=26|title=Ontígola|journal=Provincia|year=1960|issue=21|location=Toledo|publisher=[[Diputación Provincial de Toledo]]}}</ref> Aranjuez was definitively secured in 1178.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aranjuez.es/turismo/historia-y-datos-de-la-ciudad/|website=Ayuntamiento de Aranjuez|title=Historia y Datos de la Ciudad}}</ref>

Aranjuez was chosen as seat of the ''Mesa Maestral'' ("Master's Table") of the Order of Santiago in 1272.<ref name=asclepio /> The link between Aranjuez and the Crown dates from 1493, when the [[Catholic Monarchs]] became administrators of the military orders.<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://repositorio.uam.es/bitstream/handle/10486/690749/real_pinto_felipeiv_2015.pdf?sequence=1|chapter=El real sitio y heredamiento de Aranjuez en tiempos de Felipe IV|first1=Virgilio|last1=Pinto Crespo|first2=José Luis|last2=Hernanz Elvira|page=2233|title= La corte de Felipe IV (1621-1665): reconfiguración de la Monarquía católica|editor-first=José|editor-last=Martínez Millán|editor-first2=José Eloy|editor-last2=Hortal Muñoz|volume=3|year=2015|isbn=978-84-16335-10-7}}</ref> [[Adrian VI]] confirmed [[Emperor Charles V]] in the everlasting dignity as Grand Master of the Order in 1523.<ref name=asclepio /> The dehesa of Aranjuez subsequently became a Crown property.<ref name=asclepio>{{Cite journal|volume=53|issue=1|journal=Asclepio|publisher=[[Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas]]|location=Madrid|issn=0210-4466|url=http://asclepio.revistas.csic.es/index.php/asclepio/article/view/172/168|pages=36|title=Renovación en la terapeútica real: los destiladores de su majestad, maestros simplicistas y médicos herbolarios de Felipe II|first1=Mar|last1=Rey Bueno|first2=M.ª Esther|year=2001|last2=Alegre Pérez}}</ref>