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The privileges of the reconquered village were granted by Alfonso IX and they configured to Cáceres like a town of realengo directly dependent of the Leon crown and without more local government than a own council. Through this jurisdiction, the Crown reserved a considerable portion of land between those of the Order of Santiago and those of the Order of Alcantara. The prohibition of seigniorial properties collected in this jurisdiction prevented the formation of a strong nobility, being the town directed by a mesocracy of agricultural knights.
