ABSTRACT
Following the conquest of Seville in 1248 and the restoration of the city’s archdiocese, Fernando III granted the cathedral chapter a number of privileges, such as the right to levy the almojarifazgo in the archdiocese, and the responsibility of controlling the city’s mosques. The diplomas were the most formal and ceremonial documents issued by the Castilian monarchy, and they were confirmed by the kingdom’s senior ecclesiastical and lay magnates. The privilegios rodados were granted by the king and queen along with their children. Consequently, the privilegios rodados granted in 1253 listed Alfonso X and Violante along with their daughter and heir, Berenguela. The royal privileges thus reflected how the Castilian royal family grew dramatically by the second half of the thirteenth century. The Aragonese infants were granted comparable significant lordships in the fourteenth century.
