Polity · 961 CE – 1235 CE
Kingdom of Castile
Reino de Castilla · Regnum Castellae
- Peak recorded area
- 257,218 km²
- 1099 CE
- Rulers on record
- 8
- from 1065 CE
Overview
The Kingdom of Castile was a polity in the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages. It traces its origins to the 9th-century County of Castile, as an eastern frontier lordship of the Kingdom of León. During the 10th century, the Castilian counts increased their autonomy, but it was not until 1065 that it was separated from the Kingdom of León and became a kingdom in its own right. Between 1072 and 1157, it was again united with León, and after 1230, the union became permanent.
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Territory
18 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated.
Rulers
8 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Sancho II of León and CastileMonarch of the Kingdom of Castile1065 CE – 1072 CE
- Alfonso VI of León and CastileMonarch of the Kingdom of Castile1072 CE – 1109 CE
- Urraca of LeónMonarch of the Kingdom of Castile1109 CE – 1111 CE
- Alfonso VII of CastileMonarch of the Kingdom of Castile1126 CE – 1157 CE
- Alfonso VIII of CastileMonarch of the Kingdom of Castile1158 CE – 1214 CE
- Henry I of CastileMonarch of the Kingdom of Castile1214 CE – 1217 CE
- Berengaria of CastileMonarch of the Kingdom of Castile1217 CE
- Ferdinand III of CastilleMonarch of the Kingdom of Castile1217 CE – 1230 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Latin, Spanish
- Currency
- Spanish maravedí
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
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Kingdom of Castile is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.