Although the Templars and Hospitallers took part in the Spanish crusades, similar Spanish military religious orders were founded, most of which had become part of the two main orders of Calatrava and Santiago by the beginning of the 12th century.
Selvom tempelridderne og johanniterordenen tog del i de spanske korstog blev der også etableret lignende spanske religiøse ordener, hvoraf de fleste blevet en del af de to største ordener Calatravaordenen og Santiago-ordenen ved starten af 1100-tallet.