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Order of Santiago
Order of Santiago,Christian military-religious order ofknights founded about 1160 inSpain for the purpose of fighting Spanish Muslims and of protectingpilgrims on their way to the shrine ofSt. James inSantiago de Compostela (a series of routes that became known as theCamino de Santiago; Spanish: “Way of St. James”). Originally called the Order ofCáceres, after thecity in which it was founded, the order assumed the Santiago name in 1171.
- Spanish:
- Orden de Santiago
- Date:
- c. 1160 - 1493
- Areas Of Involvement:
- Roman Catholicism
- knight
- Related People:
- Ferdinand II
In 1174 KingAlfonso VIII ofCastile gave the knights the town of Uclés, where their centralmonastery was established. By 1493 the Order of Santiago had nearly 700,000 members and an annual income of 60,000 ducats, and in that year theCatholic Monarchs (Ferdinand II andIsabella I) took possession of the order in an effort toconsolidate their own power.