Confraternity of BelchiteW
Confraternity of Belchite

The Confraternity of Belchite was an "experimental" community of knights founded in 1122 by Alfonso the Battler, king of Aragon and Navarre, and lasting until shortly after 1136. Members could enlist permanently or for a set time, vowing "never to live at peace with the pagans but to devote all their days to molesting and fighting them". When the Emperor Alfonso VII confirmed the charter of the confraternity, he specified that it existed "for the defence of Christians and the oppression of Saracens". A Christian organisation dedicated to a holy war against Muslims (reconquista), its impetus and development coincide with that of the international military orders and it introduced the concept of an indulgence proportional to length of service.

Order of AlcántaraW
Order of Alcántara

The Order of Alcántara, also called the Knights of St. Julian, was originally a military order of León, founded in 1166 and confirmed by Pope Alexander III in 1177.

Order of MonfragüeW
Order of Monfragüe

The Order of Monfragüe was a Spanish military order founded at the castle of Monfragüe near Plasencia on the Tagus in 1196. The order was founded by the knights of the Order of Mountjoy who dissented from a merger with the Knights Templar. The order never prospered and on 23 May 1221, by order of Ferdinand III of Castile, it was merged into the Order of Calatrava.

Order of Saint Mary of SpainW
Order of Saint Mary of Spain

The Order of Saint Mary of Spain, also known as the Order of the Star, was a Spanish military order concentrating in naval activity created by Alfonso X of Castile, King of León and Castile in 1270.

Order of the HatchetW
Order of the Hatchet

The Order of the Hatchet is a female honorific order supposedly founded in 1149, bestowed upon the women of the town of Tortosa, in Catalonia (Spain).

Order of the JarW
Order of the Jar

The Order of the Jar was a chivalric order founded by Ferdinand of Antequera in 1403. After Ferdinand became King of Aragon in 1412, it became a royal order and lasted until 1516.

Order of TruxilloW
Order of Truxillo

The Order of Truxillo was a short-lived military brotherhood based at the castle of Truxillo in the kingdom of Castile. Truxillo lay 25 miles (40 km) east of Cáceres in the Kingdom of León, where the Order of Santiago was founded in 1170.