Crown of Aragon facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Crown of Aragon
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Territories subject to the Crown of Aragon in 1441
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| Status | Composite monarchy, confederation of kingdoms, or individual polities ruled by one king | ||||||||||
| Capital | see Capital below | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Official languages: Aragonese, Catalan, Latin Minority languages: Occitan, Sardinian, Corsican, Neapolitan, Sicilian, Castilian, Basque, Greek, Maltese, Andalusian Arabic, Mozarabic |
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| Religion | Majority religion: Roman Catholic Minority religions: Sunni Islam, Sephardic Judaism, Greek Orthodoxy |
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| Government | Feudal monarchy subject to pacts | ||||||||||
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• 1162–1164
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Petronilla (first) | ||||||||||
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• 1479-1504
1479–1516 |
Isabella I and Ferdinand II | ||||||||||
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• 1700–1716
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Charles III (last) | ||||||||||
| Legislature | Cortz d'Aragón Corts Catalanes Corts Valencianes |
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| Historical era | Middle Ages / Early modern period | ||||||||||
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• Union of the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona
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1162 | ||||||||||
| 1231 | |||||||||||
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• Conquest of the Kingdom of Valencia
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1238–1245 | ||||||||||
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• Union of Ferdinand II and Isabella I
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19 October 1469 | ||||||||||
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• Conquest of the Kingdom of Naples
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1501–1504 | ||||||||||
| 1716 | |||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
| 1443 | 250,000 km2 (97,000 sq mi) | ||||||||||
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| Today part of |  Andorra France Greece Italy Malta Spain Tunisia |
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The Crown of Aragon was a joining of multiple titles and states in the hands of the King of Aragon. In the 14th and 15th the land of Aragon covered most of present-day France and Spain. The political center was at Zaragoza.
Images for kids
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Territorial expansion of the Crown of Aragon between 11th and 14th centuries in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands.
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Equestrian heraldic of king Alfonso V of Aragon in the Equestrian armorial of the Golden Fleece 1433–1435. Collection Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal.
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Ferdinand II of Aragon on his throne flanked by two shields with the emblem of the Royal Seal of Aragon. Frontispiece of a 1495 edition of Catalan constitutions.
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Ferdinand V and Isabella I, King and Queen of Castile and León, and later of Aragon, Majorca, Valencia, and Sicily
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Map of Europe and the Mediterranean from the Catalan Atlas of 1375
See also
In Spanish: Corona de Aragón para niños
