Europe · The early medieval west
Kingdom of Pamplona
drawn on the map AD 825–865
Reino de Pamplona (later Navarre). Capital: Pamplona (Iruña). The early Basque kingdom arose c. 824 when Íñigo Arista was declared ruler around Pamplona in opposition to Frankish expansion, initially as a vassal of Córdoba.
- Shown on the map
- AD 825–865
- Peak area
- 16k km²
- Region
- Europe
Names
Reino de Pamplona (later Navarre). Capital: Pamplona (Iruña). The early Basque kingdom arose c. 824 when Íñigo Arista was declared ruler around Pamplona in opposition to Frankish expansion, initially as a vassal of Córdoba. The Arista dynasty (Íñigo, García Íñiguez, Fortún Garcés) gave way in 905 to the Jiménez dynasty (Sancho I Garcés), under whom the name "Navarre" began to supplant "Pamplona." Sancho III the Great (1004–1035) brought the kingdom to its zenith, ruling or dominating Castile, Aragon, Sobrarbe, Ribagorza, and taking León (1034). On his death (1035) he partitioned his realms among his sons, creating the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon.
Common questions
- What was the Kingdom of Pamplona?
- Reino de Pamplona (later Navarre). Capital: Pamplona (Iruña). The early Basque kingdom arose c. 824 when Íñigo Arista was declared ruler around Pamplona in opposition to Frankish expansion, initially as a vassal of Córdoba.
- When is the Kingdom of Pamplona shown on the map?
- The border data draws the Kingdom of Pamplona AD 825–865. 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 Pamplona?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Kingdom of Pamplona covered about 16,000 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 Navarre en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Navarre
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