Kingdom of León
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The Kingdom of León was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in 910, when the Christian princes of Asturias along the northern coast of the
Alfonso the Great (848–910), king of León, Galicia and Asturias
The new kingdom of León, 910
Mozarabic church of Santiago de Peñalba
Codex biblicus legionensis
Crown of Castile
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The Crown of Castile, also known as the Crown of Castile and León, was a medieval polity in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and, s
Kingdom of León
…the Modern Era, when Spain, like other European states, centralized governmental power. The Kingdom of León coexisted as a personal union under the Crown of Castile, with León possessing separate institutions, such as its own cortes, the Real Adelantamiento of the Kingdom of León, and the Merino mayor of León, among…
Equestrian heraldic of King John II of Castile in the Equestrian armorial of the Golden Fleece 1433–1435. Collection Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal.
The Surrender of Granada (Francisco Padilla, oil on canvas, 1882)
Columbus and the Catholic Monarchs (The return of Columbus)
"The Comuneros Padilla, Bravo and Maldonado in the Patíbulo", by Antonio Gisbert, 1860.