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La Muela Castle is a castle located in the municipality of Consuegra (Province of Toledo, Spain) and is one of the best preserved in all of Castilla-La Mancha. The castle is mentioned in the Estoria de España by Alfonso
It is possible that the first reconstruction of the castle was carried out by Almanzor, in the 10th century, a time of Muslim rule of the nearby regions. In 1097, Al-Mu'tamid gave it to Alfonso VI, by marriage pact, since the king would marry the Sevillian princess Zaida. The castle was achieved without war but the Christian occupation did not last long because, in August of the same year, Alfonso VI lost the fortress after being defeated by the Arabs in the battle of Consuegra, in which Diego Rodríguez, the only male son of the Cid Campeador, died fighting against the Almoravids.
The castle was finally recovered by the Christians in the 12th century, being rebuilt by the Knights Hospitaller in this same century, and also in the following 13th century. Alfonso VII handed over the castle, the town and its surroundings to the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, in 1183, which established the capital of its priory of La Mancha in Consuegra, and gave shape to the current castle. Hence its final appearance is similar to that of so many European medieval castles.
