Kingdom of Galicia
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The Kingdom of Galicia (Galician: Reino de Galicia, or Galiza; Spanish: Reino de Galicia; Portuguese: Reino da Galiza; Latin: Galliciense Regnum) was a political entity (a state) in southwestern Europe, in a region that today includes parts of northern Portugal and northwestern Spain.
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History
Galicia was first part of the Roman province of Gallaecia and it became a kingdom under the Germanic Suebi in the 5th century, and later, from 585 to 711, it was integrated into the Kingdom of the Visigoths.
In the 8th century Galicia became a part of the newly founded Christian kingdoms of the northwest of the peninsula, sometimes called Galicia or derivates,[1] and others Asturias and León. Sometimes it got independence under its own kings.[2] Rulers were titled as "Kings of Galicia" even when they governed from cities like Oviedo or León. This has led to significant historiographical controversy.[3]
Compostela became the capital of Galicia in the 11th century. The independence of Portugal (1128) made its southern boundary. The accession of the Castilian King Ferdinand III to the Leonese kingdom in 1230 brought Galicia under the control of the Crown of Castile. The kingdom of Galicia was now a political division in the larger realm, but it continued to maintain a distinct cultural identity.
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