Kingdom of León

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Flag of the Kingdom of León.

The Kingdom of León was an independent kingdom in the northwest of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in 910 A.D. The Atlantic provinces became the Kingdom of Portugal in 1139, and the eastern, inland part of the kingdom was joined to the Kingdom of Castile by 1230. It is now León (province).

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Kingdom Of León Media

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Alfonso the Great (848-910), king of León, Galicia and Asturias
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The new kingdom of León, 910
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The Kingdom of León in 1037
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Flag of Kingdom of León at the times of King Alfonso VII (1105–1157)
The purple lion emblem displayed in the Tumbo A.
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A map of the Kingdom of León in 1210
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The Leonese royal arms with crest (after the union with Castile)