Teba Scots

The reason for their presence here stems from having been commissioned by King Liberator of Scotland, Robert I (who had achievedindependence from Englandbefore dying of leprosy), to bring his embalmed heart to the Holy Land.

Scottish legends tell Sir James launched his king of heartsto the Muslims, who had ambushed, thus fulfilling the wish of the king offighting infidels. In memory of this event, a monument has been erected in the Square of Spain,which was twinned for several years with the Scottish town of Melrose.

In what is known as the Battle of Teba, the fact that war isthe main consequence of the making of the Star Castle by Alfonso XI (August1330), was one of the most astonishing facts and anecdotes from the Middle Agesin Europe: Count Scots Sir James Douglas was killed, along with a group of Scots, while trying to help the king in the Castilian conquest of the fortress.

Almost a century after the capture of the Castle of the Star, the genesis of the County began after Juan Ramirez de Guzman, the firstpatriarch of Guzmanes and future count of the tebenas land, was appointedwarden of the fortress.

The county would cover much of the current Shire ofGuadalteba during the Modern Age, a time very well documented in the MunicipalArchives of Teba and also by landmarks such as the current parish church of Santa Cruz Real.