Crown of Aragon
composite monarchy which existed between 1162–1716
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Summary
Crown of Aragon is a historical country[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of historical country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,068 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: Catholic Church[3], Sunni Islam[4], Judaism[5], Greek Orthodoxy[6]
- Continent: Europe[7]
- Instance of: sovereign state[8], composite monarchy[9], Crown land[10], personal union[11], dynastic union[12]
- Official language: Old Catalan[13], medieval Aragonese[14], medieval Latin[15]
- Shares border with: Crown of Castile[16], Kingdom of Navarre[17], Kingdom of France[18], Kingdom of Toledo[19]
- Founder: Alfonso II of Aragon[20]
- Basic form of government: composite monarchy[21], constitutional monarchy[22]
- Owned by: monarch of the Crown of Aragon[23]
- Follows: Kingdom of Aragon[24], County of Barcelona[25]
- Legislative body: General Courts of the Crown of Aragon[26], Catalan Courts[27], Corts Valencianes[28], Aragonese Corts[29]
- Part of: Catholic Monarchy[30], Hispanic Monarchy[31]
- Commons category: Crown of Aragon[32]
- Has part(s): Kingdom of Aragon[33], Principality of Catalonia[34], Kingdom of Valencia[35], Kingdom of Majorca[36], Kingdom of Naples[37], Kingdom of Sicily[38], Kingdom of Sicily under Spanish rule[39], Kingdom of Sardinia[40], Duchy of Athens[41], Duchy of Neopatria[42], County of Roussillon[43], County of Cerdanya[44]
- Inception: August 6, 1162[45]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1715[46]
- Coordinate location: 41.78880611638409, -0.6434167863356045[47]
- Topic's main category: Category:Crown of Aragon[48]
- Participant in: Siege of Cartagena[49]
- Replaced by: Kingdom of Spain[50], Council of Italy[51], Kingdom of France[52], Habsburg monarchy[53], Menorca bajo dominio británico[54]
- Official name: Corona del Casal d'Aragón[55], Corona del Casal d'Aragó[56], Corona Aragonum[57], Corona del Casal de Aragón[58]
- Demonym: aragonés[59], aragonesa[60], aragoneses[61]
- Legal counsel: armies of the Crown of Aragon[62], Navy of the Crown of Aragon[63]
- Different from: Kingdom of Aragon[64]
- Office held by head of state: monarch of the Crown of Aragon[65]
- Time period: Middle Ages[66], early modern period[67]
Why It Matters
Crown of Aragon has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[68] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[69]