Polity · 911 CE – 1235 CE
Kingdom of León
Reino de León · Reinu de Llión · Regnum Legionense
- Peak recorded area
- 192,463 km²
- 1126 CE
- Rulers on record
- 17
- from 910 CE
Overview
The Kingdom of León was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in 910, when the Christian princes of Asturias along the northern coast of the peninsula shifted their capital from Oviedo to the city of León. The kings of León fought civil wars, wars against neighbouring kingdoms, and invasions by the Moors and the Vikings, to sustain their kingdom through a turbulent age.
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Territory
16 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
17 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- García I of LeónMonarch of the Kingdom of León910 CE – 914 CE
- Elvira MenendezMonarch of the Kingdom of León914 CE – 924 CE
- Ordoño II of LeónMonarch of the Kingdom of León914 CE – 924 CE
- Fruela II of AsturiasMonarch of the Kingdom of León924 CE – 925 CE
- Alfonso FróilazMonarch of the Kingdom of León925 CE – 926 CE
- Alfonso IV of LeónMonarch of the Kingdom of León926 CE – 931 CE
- Ramiro II of LeónMonarch of the Kingdom of León931 CE – 951 CE
- Ordoño III of LeónMonarch of the Kingdom of León951 CE – 956 CE
- Bermudo II of LeónMonarch of the Kingdom of León985 CE – 999 CE
- Alfonso V of LeónMonarch of the Kingdom of León999 CE – 1028 CE
- Bermudo III of LeónMonarch of the Kingdom of León1028 CE – 1037 CE
- Sancha of LeónMonarch of the Kingdom of León1037 CE – 1065 CE
- Alfonso VI of León and CastileMonarch of the Kingdom of León1065 CE – 1071 CE
- Sancho II of León and CastileMonarch of the Kingdom of León1071 CE – 1072 CE
- Urraca of LeónMonarch of the Kingdom of León1109 CE – 1126 CE
- Alfonso VII of CastileMonarch of the Kingdom of León1126 CE – 1157 CE
- Ferdinand II of LeónMonarch of the Kingdom of León1157 CE – 1188 CE
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Latin, Spanish
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 León is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.