Europe · The early medieval west
Kingdom of Galicia
drawn on the map AD 911–921, 1034–1039, 1066–1071, 1111–1125
Reino de Galicia; Galician-Portuguese heritage. Capital variously; the great center was Santiago de Compostela.
- Shown on the map
- AD 911–921, 1034–1039, 1066–1071, 1111–1125 (4 periods)
- Peak area
- 91k km²
- Region
- Europe
Names
Reino de Galicia; Galician-Portuguese heritage. Capital variously; the great center was Santiago de Compostela. Galicia repeatedly separated from and reunited with León and Asturias. Ordoño II ruled Galicia before becoming king of León (914). García II held Galicia (1065–1071) after Ferdinand I's partition. It briefly hosted independent rule but was generally a sub-kingdom. The shrine of Santiago de Compostela, discovery of St. James's tomb (9th century), and the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage made Galicia a spiritual and economic engine of Christian Iberia; Almanzor sacked Santiago in 997 but spared the tomb.
Common questions
- What was the Kingdom of Galicia?
- Reino de Galicia; Galician-Portuguese heritage. Capital variously; the great center was Santiago de Compostela.
- When is the Kingdom of Galicia shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Kingdom of Galicia AD 911–921, 1034–1039, 1066–1071, 1111–1125, in 4 separate periods. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the Kingdom of Galicia?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Kingdom of Galicia covered about 91,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for al-Andalus, the taifas and the Christian kingdoms as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia and academic work on the historiography of the Reconquista and the taifa period (García-Sanjuán). The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — Kingdom of Galicia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Galicia
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