Kingdom of Aragon
The Kingdom of Aragon (Aragonese: Reino d'Aragón; Catalan: Regne d'Aragó; Latin: Regnum Aragoniae; Spanish: Reino de Aragón) was a medieval and early modern kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula, corresponding to the modern-day autonomous community of Aragon, in Spain. It should not be confused with the larger Crown of Aragon, which also included other territories—the Principality of Catalonia (which included the former Catalan Counties), the Kingdom of Valencia, the Kingdom of Majorca, and other possessions that are now part of France, Italy, and Greece—that were also under the rule of the King of Aragon, but were administered separately from the Kingdom of Aragon.
Kingdom of Aragon | |||||||||||
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| 1035–1707 | |||||||||||
| Status | Kingdom of the Crown of Aragon (since 1162) | ||||||||||
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| Common languages | Aragonese, Castilian, Catalan, Latin, Mozarabic, Andalusi Arabic | ||||||||||
| Religion | Catholicism Judaism (minority, until 1492) Islam (minority, until 1526) | ||||||||||
| Government | Feudal monarchy | ||||||||||
| Legislature | Cortes of Aragon | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Medieval / Early Modern | ||||||||||
• County of Aragon established as independent kingdom | 1035 | ||||||||||
• Nueva Planta decrees dissolved Aragonese institutions | 1707 | ||||||||||
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| Today part of | Spain | ||||||||||
In 1479, upon John II of Aragon's death, the crowns of Aragon and Castile were united to form the nucleus of modern Spain. The Aragonese lands retained autonomous parliamentary and administrative institutions, such as the Corts. The arrangement remained until the Nueva Planta decrees, promulgated between 1707 and 1715 by Philip V of Spain in the aftermath of the War of the Spanish Succession, centralised power in Spain.