Municipality in Castilla–La Mancha, Spain
Jadraque is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Guadalajara , Castilla–La Mancha .[ 2] The municipality spans across a total area of 38.91 km2 .[ 2] As of 1 January 2020, it has a population of 1,370.[ 2]
History
It is home to a medieval castle, the so-called Castle of Cid . In a barter, Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña transferred the castle of Jadraque to Pedro González de Mendoza in exchange for the town of Maqueda and the mayorship of Toledo on 27 January 1470.[ 3]
By the early 16th century, the land of Jadraque extended across around 713 km2 of the Henares basin (divided into the sexmos of Henares and Bornova).[ 4]
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