The Moors were defeated in 1492 at the city of Granada, which was the last stronghold of the Muslim kingdoms in Spain. The Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, successfully captured the city after a lengthy siege, marking the end of the Reconquista. This victory led to the unification of Spain under Christian rule and the expulsion of the Moors from the Iberian Peninsula.
The Moors were defeated in 1492.
The Moors were driven out of Spain in 1492.
In 1492 when Isabel and Ferdinand defeated the Moors in the Battle for Grenada.
The Spanish monarchy that defeated the Moors was the Catholic Monarchs, Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. They completed the Reconquista with the conquest of Granada in 1492, thus ending over seven centuries of Muslim rule in Spain.
They began to be defeated shortly after they invaded in 711. The final defeat was 700+ years later in 1492. It took the Christians that long to drive them out.
Isabel and Ferdinand led the coalition that finally defeated the Moors in 1492.
the Moors
The Spanish defeated the Moors through a combination of military tactics, alliances with Christian kingdoms, and the gradual reconquest of territory through the period known as the Reconquista. The fall of Granada in 1492 marked the end of Moorish rule in Spain.
The Moors invaded Spain in the year 711. They officially left in 1492 as per a treaty signed with Ferdinand and Isabella. (This freed up money that had been supporting the military to be used for exploration. That's why Columbus was able to sail in 1492.)
Isabella I Queen of Castile and Leon helped unite Spain with her husband Ferdinand, King of Aragon. Together they defeated and expelled the Moors, and united Spain in 1492.
The Moors.
The Moors ruled in Spain from 711 to 1492.