The outcome of the Battle of Alarcos…

The outcome of the Battle of Alarcos had shaken the stability of the Kingdom of Castile; this situation will continue for several years.

All nearby castles had surrendered or been abandoned: Malagón, Benavente, Calatrava, Caracuel and Torre de Guadalferza, and the way to Toledo was wide open.

For the past two years, al-Mansur's forces have devastated Extremadura, the Tagus valley, La Mancha and even the area around Toledo; they have moved in turn against Montánchez, Trujillo, Plasencia, Talavera, Escalona and Maqueda.

Some of these expeditions had been led by the renegade Pedro Fernández de Castro.

Most significantly, however, these raids have not led to any territorial gains for the caliph, although Almohad diplomacy does obtain an alliance with King Alfonso IX of León (who had been enraged when the Castilian king had not waited for him before the battle of Alarcos) and the neutrality of Navarre.

These alliances prove to be temporary only.