 In 1269, the area became the village of Chinchilla de Monte-Aragón within the Seigneury of Villena, owned by the family of .At that time, Fuente-Álamo became pastureland and saw the first influx of shepherds.The creation of the Marquessate of Villena united Chinchilla and Fuente-Álamo, and they stayed united when the Spanish crown assumed control in 1480, in the wake of a peasant revolt against the marquess Diego López Pacheco y Portocarrero.