If Spain and France Merge during reconquista?

At the time of the reconquista, France was not really united and the kings of France were concerned with controlling the area around Paris, not far flung marches.

The big nobles ( read dukes and major counts ) acted as independent de facto, even if they were not de jure. Given that, it's difficult to see why the crusaders would swear fealty to such weak kings for the lands they were conquering.

About the only possibility I see is to have the Ebro March ( which was formally recognised as belonging to the french crown until the XIIIth century, IIRC ) used as a basis for the Reconquista. Perhaps One of the early crusader gets blessing from the french king as Count of the Ebro march and first conquers this land as vassal of the King. If further crusades are organised from there, you may have a basis. Of course, you then need a way for him not to become independent in his own right ( marriage into the royal familly, maybe... )
 
How do you think will it look and what languages will they speak
1) 'Spain' didn't merge during the Reconquista (except at the very end, when it was essentially over), and even then not completely, as Portugal is not included today ('Spain' pre-Ferdinand & Isabella referred to Iberia, not a single country)
2) France (i.e. the King in Paris) took a LONG time to exercise control over all of what's now France
3) 'French' is the language of Paris (with only trivial oversimplification). IIRC, 'Spanish' is the dialect of Madrid.

How does this 'merge' happen? I can't imagine a King in Paris having the concentration to push the Reconquista. OTOH, a King in Madrid or Oporto/Lisbon would probably not be able to establish rule over 'France'.

If the King doing the uniting were based in Toulouse, say, or Navarre or Barcelona, then you MIGHT be able to pull the thing off. If so, then Normany probably belongs to England/Britain, Brittany is independent and Burgandy is a large country, and Savoy extends further into OTL France.

If the King is in Barcelona or Toulouse, then the court language is some variant of Catalan/Occitan (which some consider varying dialects of the same basic language).
 
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