Judicate of Arborea

This article includes a list of references, related reading, or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (June 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Italian. (February 2014) Click [show] for important translation instructions. View a machine-translated version of the Italian article. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia. Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 723 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization. Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Italian Wikipedia article at [[:it:Kingdom di Arborea]]; see its history for attribution. You may also add the template {{Translated|it|Kingdom di Arborea}} to the talk page. For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Judicate of Arborea Iudicatus Arborensis (Latin) Judicadu de Arbaree (Sardinian)
11th century–1420
Flag Coat of arms
Map of the state's borders (not permanent)
Status	Judicate Kingdom
Capital	Tharros (until 1070) Oristano (1070–1410) Sassari (1410–1420)
Common languages	Sardinian, Latin
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Government	Monarchy
Judge
• 1060–1070	Marianus I of Arborea
• 1347–1376	Marianus IV of Arborea
• 1383–1402	Eleanor of Arborea
Historical era	Middle Ages
• Established	11th century
• Disestablished	August 14 1420
Preceded by Succeeded by Byzantine Empire Crown of Aragon
Today part of	Italy

The Judicate of Arborea (Sardinian: Judicadu de Arbaree; Italian: Giudicato di Arborea; Latin: Iudicatus Arborensis) or the Kingdom of Arborea (Sardinian: Rennu de Arbaree; Italian: Regno di Arborea; Latin: Regnum Arborensis) was one of the four independent judicates into which the island of Sardinia was divided in the Middle Ages. It occupied the central-west portion of the island, wedged between Logudoro to the north and east, Cagliari to the south and east, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. To the northeast of Logudoro was Gallura, with which Arborea had far less interaction. Arborea outlasted her neighbours, surviving well into the 15th century. At its greatest territorial extent it occupied the entire island except the cities of Alghero and Cagliari. The earliest known judicial seat was Tharros, though Oristano served as capital for most of its existence.