County of Durango Durangoko Merinaldea Merindad de Durango | |||||||||
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| c. 1050–1212 | |||||||||
 Elizates and town that composed the County of Durango | |||||||||
| Status | Part of the Kingdom of Pamplona, then incorporated into the Lordship of Biscay | ||||||||
| Capital | Durango | ||||||||
| Government | County | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | c. 1050 | ||||||||
• Annexation to the Lordship of Biscay | 1212 | ||||||||
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The County of Durango (Basque: Durangoko Merinaldea), also known as Land of Durango and Merindad of Durango, was the ancient political administration of the territory that is now known as Durangaldea, in the Basque region of Biscay. This political administration included all the towns and elizates that existed within its territory. The elizates were all governed by the Foral law, while the towns had their own law. The county of Durango was a vassal state of the Kingdom of Pamplona (later, Navarre), and in the 13th century it became a constituent part of the Lordship of Biscay.[1] It has been part of the territory of Biscay since then. Its capital city was the town of Durango.
- ^ Incorporation to the Lordship at the Auñamendi Entziklopedia (in Spanish)