Kingdom of Valencia

Kingdom of Valencia
1238–1707
Associated emblem[1] of Valencia
Associated emblem[1]
Kingdom of Valencia and its administrative structure
Kingdom of Valencia and its administrative structure
StatusRealm of the Crown of Aragon
CapitalValencia
Common languagesValencian, Aragonese, Castilian, Andalusi Arabic[citation needed] and Latin
Religion
GovernmentMonarchy
King 
• First
James I of Aragon
• Last
Philip V of Spain
LegislatureValencian Courts
Historical eraMedieval / Early modern
• Established
1238
1707
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Taifa of Valencia
Taifa of Dénia
Bourbon Spain
Today part ofSpain
Christian conquest of the Emirates of Valencia and Dénia (brown shades); 19th century additions to the present day Valencian Community (green) do not belong to the historic kingdom; the Biar-Busot line formed the southern border of the kingdom until 1296

The Kingdom of Valencia (Valencian: Regne de València; Spanish: Reino de Valencia; Latin: Regnum Valentiae),[a] located in the eastern shore of the Iberian Peninsula, was one of the component realms of the Crown of Aragon.

The Kingdom of Valencia was formally created in 1238 when the Moorish taifa of Valencia was taken in the course of the Reconquista. It was dissolved, along the other components of the old crown of Aragon, by Philip V of Spain in 1707, by means of the Nueva Planta decrees, as a result of the Spanish War of Succession.

During its existence, the Kingdom of Valencia was ruled by the laws and institutions stated in the Furs (charters) of Valencia; these charters granted it wide self-government under the Crown of Aragon and, later on, under the Spanish Kingdom.

The boundaries and identity of the present Spanish autonomous community of the Valencian Community are essentially those of the former Kingdom of Valencia.

  1. ^ Presidència de la Generalitat Valenciana, La memoria del reino. 600 años de la Generalitat Valenciana, Presidència de la Generalitat
  2. ^ Hughes, Robert (2011). Barcelona. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 3. ISBN 978-0307764614.


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