Kingdom of Aragon

Not to be confused with the larger Crown of Aragon.
This article is about the history of Aragón as a separate political entity. For the history of Aragón during Middle Ages, see Aragón § Middle Ages.
Kingdom of Aragon
Reino d'Aragón (Aragonese)
Regne d'Aragó (Catalan)
Regnum Aragonum (Latin)
Reino de Aragón (Spanish)
1035–1707
Location of the Kingdom of Aragon (orange, at the left) within the Crown of Aragon
Location of the Kingdom of Aragon (orange, at the left) within the Crown of Aragon
StatusIndependent kingdom (1035–1162)
Kingdom of the Crown of Aragon (1162–1707)
Capital
Common languagesAragonese, Castilian, Catalan, Latin, Mozarabic, Andalusi Arabic
Religion
Roman Catholicism[1]
Judaism (minority, until 1492)
Islam (minority, until 1526)
GovernmentFeudal monarchy
LegislatureCortes of Aragon
Historical eraMedieval
Early Modern
• County of Aragon established as independent kingdom
1035
• Nueva Planta decrees dissolved Aragonese institutions
1707
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
County of Aragon
1162:
Crown of Aragon
1707:
Bourbon Spain
Today part ofSpain

The Kingdom of Aragon (Aragonese: Reino d'Aragón; Catalan: Regne d'Aragó; Latin: Regnum Aragoniae; Spanish: Reino de Aragón) was a medieval and early modern kingdom on the Iberian Peninsula, corresponding to the modern-day autonomous community of Aragon, in Spain. It should not be confused with the larger Crown of Aragon, which also included other territories—the Principality of Catalonia (which included the former Catalan Counties), the Kingdom of Valencia, the Kingdom of Majorca, and other possessions that are now part of France, Italy, and Greece—that were also under the rule of the King of Aragon, but were administered separately from the Kingdom of Aragon.

In 1479, upon John II of Aragon's death, the crowns of Aragon and Castile were united to form the nucleus of modern Spain. The Aragonese lands retained autonomous parliamentary and administrative institutions, such as the Corts. The arrangement remained until the Nueva Planta decrees, promulgated between 1707 and 1715 by Philip V of Spain in the aftermath of the War of the Spanish Succession, centralised power in Spain.[2][3] However, the title "King of Aragon" would continue to be used by the centralised Spanish crown.

  1. ^ Holt, Andrew (2016). Great Events in Religion: An Encyclopedia of Pivotal Events in Religious History [3 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. p. 763. ISBN 978-1610695664.
  2. ^ I. Ruiz Rodríguez, Apuntes de historia del derecho y de las instituciones españolas, Dykinson, Madrid, 2005, p. 179. (In Spanish)
  3. ^ Spengler, Robert N. (2020). Fruit from the Sands: The Silk Road Origins of the Foods We Eat. Univ of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-37926-8.