Crown of Aragon
composite monarchy which existed between 1162–1716 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Crown of Aragon was a joining of multiple titles and states in the hands of the King of the Crown of Aragon. In the 14th and 15th the land of Aragon covered most of present-day France and Spain. The political center was at Barcelona.
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Crown of Aragon | |||||||||||
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1162–1716 | |||||||||||
Status | Composite monarchy,[1] confederation of kingdoms,[2] or individual polities ruled by one king[3] | ||||||||||
Capital | see Capital below | ||||||||||
Common languages | Official languages: Aragonese, Catalan, Latin Minority languages: Occitan, Sardinian, Corsican, Neapolitan, Sicilian, Castilian, Basque, Greek, Maltese, Andalusian Arabic, Mozarabic | ||||||||||
Religion | Majority religion: Roman Catholic Minority religions: Sunni Islam, Sephardic Judaism, Greek Orthodoxy | ||||||||||
Government | Feudal monarchy subject to pacts | ||||||||||
Monarch | |||||||||||
• 1162–1164 | Petronilla (first) | ||||||||||
• 1479-1504 1479–1516 | Isabella I and Ferdinand II | ||||||||||
• 1700–1716 | Charles III (last) | ||||||||||
Legislature | Cortz d'Aragón Corts Catalanes Corts Valencianes | ||||||||||
Historical era | Middle Ages / Early modern period | ||||||||||
• Union of the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona | 1162 | ||||||||||
• Conquest of the Kingdom of Majorca | 1231 | ||||||||||
• Conquest of the Kingdom of Valencia | 1238–1245 | ||||||||||
• Conquest of the Kingdom of Sardinia | 1324–1420 | ||||||||||
19 October 1469 | |||||||||||
• Conquest of the Kingdom of Naples | 1501–1504 | ||||||||||
1716 | |||||||||||
Area | |||||||||||
1443 | 250,000 km2 (97,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||
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Today part of | Andorra France Greece Italy Malta Spain Tunisia |
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