Polity · 910 – 1833
Kingdom of Galicia
加利西亚王国
Polity · 910 – 1833 · Century precision · 42.88° N, 8.53° W
The Kingdom of Galicia was the political entity of the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula, at its greatest extent covering the whole north-west. It was formed in the early tenth century on the division of the Kingdom of Asturias after the death of Alfonso III in 910: his sons split the realm, Ordono II taking Galicia, the youngest Fruela the Asturian heartland with Oviedo, while the middle son took Leon. Galicia was a distinct entity but bound to Leon and Asturias by blood, and Ordono soon folded it into Leon when he inherited that throne. It had moments of semi-independence but was usually counted part of Leon. Santiago de Compostela became its capital in the eleventh century, and the independence of Portugal in 1128 drew its southern line. When the Castilian Ferdinand III took Leon in 1230 Galicia passed to the Crown of Castile, and though it backed alternative claimants for centuries, the Catholic Monarchs tamed it, after which an Audiencia Real with a Governor-Captain General ruled it to the Junta's dissolution in 1834.
Key facts
- It was formed on the division of Asturias after Alfonso III died in 910
- Ordono II inherited Galicia and later folded it into Leon
- Santiago de Compostela became the capital in the 11th century
- Portuguese independence in 1128 fixed its southern boundary
- Ferdinand III's accession in 1230 put it under the Crown of Castile
- Its Junta was dissolved in 1834 after the 1833 division of Spain
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Notable figures
- Alfonso III of Asturias
- Ordoño II of León
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