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The Christian Reconquest of Caceres occurred in 1229 and was the result of a long process that took place from the second half of the 12th century to the beginning of the 13th century. During this period, begun in 1142 with the conquest of Coria, the Tagus River marked an unstable border between Christians to the north and Muslims to the south. The kingdom of Castile partially ignored the possibilities of conquering this zone and the attempts of incorporation of Cáceres came from the kingdom of Portugal and the kingdom of Leon, who wanted to widen its width in its southern expansion. The Portuguese Geraldo Sempavor conquered Caceres in the middle of the 12th century in a campaign begun in 1165 that reached the center of present Extremadura, but an alliance between Fernando II of Leon and the Almohads gave the Leonidas control of the town in 1170.
