Crown of Aragon
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 | ||||||||||
• | 1162 | ||||||||||
| 1231 | |||||||||||
• Conquest of the Kingdom of Valencia | 1238–1245 | ||||||||||
| 1324–1420 | |||||||||||
| 19 October 1469 | |||||||||||
| 1501–1504 | |||||||||||
• | 1716 | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| 1443 | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). | ||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Andorra France Greece Italy Malta Spain Tunisia | ||||||||||
Crown Of Aragon Media
Territorial expansion of the Crown of Aragon between 11th and 14th centuries in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands
Equestrian heraldic of king Alfonso V of Aragon in the Equestrian armorial of the Golden Fleece 1433–1435. Collection Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal.
Ferdinand II of Aragon on his throne flanked by two shields with the emblem of the Royal Seal of Aragon. Frontispiece of a 1495 edition of Catalan constitutions.
Coat of arms of Aragon (Lozenge shaped variant)
Map of Europe and the Mediterranean from the Catalan Atlas of 1375
Coat of arms from Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona to Alfonso II of Aragon
Coat of arms from Alfonso II of Aragon to Peter II of Aragon
Coat of arms from Peter IV of Aragon to Ferdinand II of Aragon
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References
- ↑ 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.
