Crown of Aragon
composite monarchy which existed between 1162–1716
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.
Crown of Aragon | |||||||||||
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| 1162–1716 | |||||||||||
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 Territories subject to the Crown of Aragon in 1441 | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 1231 | |||||||||||
• Conquest of the Kingdom of Valencia | 1238–1245 | ||||||||||
| 1324–1420 | |||||||||||
| 19 October 1469 | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||
References
change- ↑ Albaladejo, Pablo Fernandez (2001). Los Borbones: dinastia y memoria de nacion en la Espana del siglo XVIII : actas del coloquio internacional celebrado en Madrid, mayo de 2000. Marcial Pons Historia. ISBN 978-84-95379-36-8.
- ↑ Buffery, Helena; Marcer, Elisenda (2010). Historical Dictionary of the Catalans. Scarecrow Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-8108-7514-2.
- ↑ Rodriguez, Jarbel (2007). Captives and Their Saviors in the Medieval Crown of Aragon. CUA Press. ISBN 978-0-8132-1475-7.
