Europe · The early medieval west
Kingdom of León
910–1230
Regnum Legionense; Reino de León. Capital: León. Successor to the Kingdom of Asturias, created in 910 when García I moved the capital from Oviedo to León.
- Existed
- 910–1230
- Shown on the map
- AD 911–1033, 1040–1045, 1066–1071, 1126–1138, 1169–1235 (5 periods)
- Peak area
- 192k km²
- Region
- Europe
Names
Regnum Legionense; Reino de León. Capital: León. Successor to the Kingdom of Asturias, created in 910 when García I moved the capital from Oviedo to León. Ordoño II (914–924) raided deep into Muslim territory. Ramiro II (931–951) brought stability and won at Simancas (939). León claimed the Asturian-Visigothic heritage and neo-Gothic leadership of Christian Iberia. Alfonso V (999–1028) issued important laws. Alfonso IX (1188–1230) founded the University of Salamanca (1218) and famously summoned the Cortes of León in 1188 — often described as one of the earliest parliamentary bodies in Europe to include elected town representatives (recognized by UNESCO's Memory of the World). The County of Portugal separated as an independent kingdom in 1139. On Alfonso IX's death in 1230, his son Ferdinand III of Castile invaded and assumed the Leonese crown, achieving the definitive union with Castile on 10 December (or 23 September) 1230 after suppressing secessionist revolts. León's pre-Romanesque and Romanesque art (the Basilica of San Isidoro) is significant.
Common questions
- What was the Kingdom of León?
- Regnum Legionense; Reino de León. Capital: León. Successor to the Kingdom of Asturias, created in 910 when García I moved the capital from Oviedo to León.
- When did the Kingdom of León exist?
- The Kingdom of León existed 910–1230. On this map it is drawn AD 911–1033, 1040–1045, 1066–1071, 1126–1138, 1169–1235.
- How large was the Kingdom of León?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Kingdom of León covered about 192,000 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 León en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Le%C3%B3n
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