Editing Community of Madrid (section)

===Christian repopulation===
The recently conquered lands by the Christian kingdoms were desegregated into several constituencies, as a consequence of a long process of repopulation that took place over the course of four centuries. The feudal and ecclesiastical lords came into constant conflict with the different councils that had been granted the authority to repopulate.

[[File:España - Manzanares El Real - Castillo de Manzanares el Real 003.JPG|thumb|left|250px|[[New Castle of Manzanares el Real|Castle of Manzanares el Real]]]]
In the 13th century, Madrid was the only town of the current-day region that preserved its own juridical personality,{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} at first with the Old ''[[Fuero]]'' (Charter) and later with the Royal ''Fuero'', granted by [[Alfonso X of Castile]] in 1262 and ratified by [[Alfonso XI of Castile|Alfonso XI]] in 1339. On the other hand, the town of [[Buitrago del Lozoya]], Alcalá de Henares and [[Talamanca de Jarama]], which were rapidly repopulated until that century, were under the dominion of the feudal or ecclesiastical lords. Specifically, Alcalá de Henares was under the hands of the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toledo|archbishopric of Toledo]] and remained so until the 19th century.

Around the town of Madrid, an administrative territory was created known as ''Tierra de Madrid'' (Land of Madrid), the origin of the province that included the areas of the current municipalities of San Sebastián de los Reyes, Cobeña, Las Rozas de Madrid, Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Torrejón de Velasco, Alcorcón, San Fernando de Henares, and Griñón.

Madrid was in constant strife with the powerful council of [[Segovia]], whose jurisdiction extended south of the [[Guadarrama Mountains]]; they both fought for the control of the Real de Manzanares, a large [[Comarcas of Spain|comarca]] (shire) that was finally given to the [[House of Mendoza]].

Castilian monarchs showed a predilection for the center of the peninsula, with abundant forests and game. ''El Pardo'' was a region visited frequently by kings since the time of [[Henry III of Castile|Henry III]], in the 14th century. The [[Catholic Monarchs]] started the construction of the [[Royal Palace of Aranjuez]].{{dubious|date=January 2019}}<ref>{{Cite book|last=Brebbia|first=C. A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RTozDwAAQBAJ&q=The+Catholic+Monarchs+started+the+construction+of+the+Royal+Palace+of+Aranjuez.&pg=PA336|title=Water and Society IV|date=2017-08-30|publisher=WIT Press|isbn=978-1-78466-185-4|language=en}}</ref> In the 16th century, [[San Lorenzo de El Escorial]] was built and became another royal site of the province.