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The Brotherhood of the Villas of the Navy of Castile with Vitoria, or simply the Brotherhood of the Marshes, was a federation of the main ports of the Cantabrian Sea that formed a first-rate naval power at the service of the Crown of Castile, maintaining autonomy in its international trade relations and, in some cases, even engaging in military confrontations with the kingdoms of France and England.