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Following the reconquest of Spain by the Catholic monarchs, Madrid was converted into Spain’s royal court and capital in 1561 by Felipe II.

From Washington Times • May 22, 2023

The problem with Justinian’s wars, both the reconquest in the west and the ongoing battles with the Persians in the east, was that they were enormously expensive.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

Best of all, he personally offered dominion status to Ireland at a moment when Lloyd George’s government was playing with the idea of full-scale military reconquest.

From The Guardian • Nov. 11, 2018

But for resentment to turn into revanchism — an active policy of reconquest — requires opportunity.

From Washington Post • Aug. 27, 2015

Washington, 488-489; at Trenton, 491; at Brandywine, 500; at Germantown, 502; in command in the South, 527; retreat, 528; Guilford, 528-529; reconquest of South Carolina and Georgia, 529-530.

From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene