Montiel is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Ciudad Real, Castilla–La Mancha.
[2] On 5 March 1227, Ferdinand III donated the Estrella Castle to Pedro González, Grand Master of the Order of Santiago, so Montiel eventually became the head of the Campo de Montiel lands.
[3] In 1243, Montiel was granted a fuero (a copy of Cuenca's) and a number of privileges by Grand Master Paio Peres Correia.
[5] Historically, Montiel was home to a Jewish community in the Middle Ages, up until the 1492 expulsion of the Jews.
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