Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"The Almohads pushed Christians to the north and stablished themselves as the supreme power in Al-Andalus." [Wikipedia: Timeline of Middle Ages] "Battle of Alarcos (July 18, 1195), was a battle between the Almohads led by Abu Yusuf Ya'qub al-Mansur and King Alfonso VIII of Castile. It resulted in the defeat of the Castilian forces and their subsequent retreat to Toledo, whereas the Almohads reconquered Trujillo, Montánchez, and Talavera." [Wikipedia]