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Crown of Castile

Historical polity, europe, africa (1230-1715)

The Crown of Castile, also known as the Crown of Castile and León, was a medieval polity in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and, some decades later, the parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accession of the then Castilian king, Ferdinand III, to the vacant Leonese throne. It continued to exist as a separate entity after the personal union in 1479 of the crowns of Castile and Aragon with the marriage of the Catholic Monarchs up to the promulgation of the Nueva Planta decrees by Philip V in 1716.

Facts
Capital
Madrid 1
Capital
Valladolid 1
Independence or Founding Year
1230 1
Dissolution or End Year
1715 1
Classification
Sovereignty Status
Historical or Dissolved State 1
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Sources
1. Wikidata: Crown of Castile
Wikidata Q217196, class allow-list match (Q3024240 historical country)
Crown of Castile (Wikipedia)
Introduction
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The Crown of Castile, also known as the Crown of Castile and León, was a medieval polity in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and, some decades later, the parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accession of the then Castilian king, Ferdinand III, to the vacant Leonese throne. It continued to exist as a separate entity after the personal union in 1479 of the crowns of Castile and Aragon with the marriage of the Catholic Monarchs up to the promulgation of the Nueva Planta decrees by Philip V in 1716.

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