Kingdom of Galicia
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.
Kingdom of Galicia Reino de Galicia or Galiza (in Galician) Reino de Galicia (in Spanish) Reino da Galiza (in Portuguese) Galliciense Regnum (in Latin) | |||||||||||||||
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| 910–1833 | |||||||||||||||
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 The location of the Kingdom of Galicia in the 11th century CE, in red | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Santiago de Compostela1 | ||||||||||||||
| Common languages | Latin Vulgar Latin Galician-Portuguese Castilian A few speakers of Brittonic, Visigothic, Vandalic and Suebic | ||||||||||||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Galician | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||||
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• 409–438 | Hermeric (first) | ||||||||||||||
• 1813–1833 | Ferdinand VII (last) | ||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Junta | ||||||||||||||
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• | 910 | ||||||||||||||
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Galicia was part of the Kingdom of the Spanish Visigoths from 585 to 711. In the 8th century Galicia became a part of the newly founded Christian kingdoms of the northwest of the peninsula, Asturias and León. Sometimes it got independence under its own kings.[1]
Compostela became 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.
Kingdom Of Galicia Media
Theodemar (or Ariamir), king of Galicia with the bishops Lucrecio, Andrew, and Martin. Codex Vigilanus (or Albeldensis), Escurial library
Miro, king of Galicia, and Martin of Braga, from an 1145 manuscript of Martin's Formula Vitae Honestae, now in the Austrian National Library. The book was originally dedicated to King Miro with the header "To King Miro, the most glorious and calm, the pious, distinguished for his Catholic faith"
Monastery of San Pedro de Rocas, Galicia, founded in 575 and inhabited until the early 20th century
Political map of southwestern Europe around the year 600, which referred to three different areas under Visigothic government: Hispania, Gallaecia, and Septimania.
Church of Santa Comba de Bande, built c. 7th century, rebuilt in the 9th century after being ruined for more than 200 years.
Tombstone of the sepulcher of bishop Theodemar of Iria (d. 847), discoverer of the tomb attributed to apostle Saint James the Great
Statue of Vímara Peres, conqueror of Porto in 868
Modern replicas of Viking ships by the castle of Torres de Oeste, Catoira
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References
- ↑ Rodríguez Fernández, Justiniano (1997). García I, Ordoño II, Fruela II, Alfonso IV. Burgos: Editorial La Olmeda. ISBN 84-920046-8-1.