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Crown of Castile

former country (1230-1715)
Organization historical_country Q217196
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Summary

Crown of Castile is a historical country[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of historical country entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,259 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Religion or worldview: Catholic Church[3]
  • Country: Crown of Castile[4]
  • Continent: Europe[5], Africa[6]
  • Instance of: sovereign state[7], Crown land[8]
  • Capital: Valladolid[9], Madrid[10]
  • Official language: Old Spanish[11], Latin[12]
  • Currency: Spanish real[13], Spanish maravedí[14]
  • Shares border with: Crown of Aragon[15], Kingdom of Navarre[16], Kingdom of Portugal[17], Emirate of Granada[18], Kingdom of Navarre beyond the Pyrenees[19], Kingdom of Patones[20]
  • Basic form of government: absolute monarchy[21]
  • Owned by: Monarch of Castile and Leon[22]
  • Legislative body: Council of Castile[23]
  • Part of: Catholic Monarchy[24], Hispanic Monarchy[25]
  • Commons category: Crown of Castile[26]
  • Has part(s): Kingdom of Castile[27], Kingdom of Leon[28], Kingdom of Galicia[29], Kingdom of Toledo[30], Kingdom of Jaén[31], Kingdom of Córdoba[32], Kingdom of Seville[33], Kingdom of Murcia[34], Kingdom of Navarre[35], Lordship of Biscay[36], New Spain[37], Viceroyalty of Peru[38], Columbian Viceroyalty[39], Royal Lordship of Molina[40]
  • Inception: January 1, 1230[41]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: January 1, 1715[42]
  • Coordinate location: 40.4175, -3.715[43]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Crown of Castile[44]
  • Participant in: War of the Two Peters[45], Sack of Tétouan[46]
  • Replaces: Kingdom of Navarre[47], Kingdom of Leon[48]
  • Replaced by: Kingdom of Spain[49]
  • Category for people born here: Q111099278[50]
  • Demonym: castellano[51], castellana[52], castellanos[53], castellanas[54], kasztíliai[55], Kastilijec[56], Kastilijka[57]
  • Native label: Corona Castellae[58], Corona de Castilla[59]
  • Owner of: Royal Alcázar of Segovia[60]

Why It Matters

Crown of Castile has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 81 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

Related Entities

Alcalá de Henares Alfonso V of Aragon Alfonso XI of Castile and Leon Alfonso X of Castile and Leon Alonso de Ojeda Amerigo Vespucci Casa de Contratación Christopher Columbus county of Santisteban del Puerto Crown of Aragon Crown of Castile Despacho del Rey Don Juan Manuel Eleanor of Castile El Greco Enrique III of Castile Ferdinand IV of Castile Ferdinand Magellan Francisco de Orellana Francisco Pizarro Francis Xavier Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba Henry II of Castile Henry IV of Castile Hereditary clothing privilege Hernando de Soto Ignatius of Loyola Inês de Castro Isabella I of Castile Isabel of Aragon

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Vicarage · 2026-09-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Participant in → War of the Two Peters, Sack of Tétouan
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Participant in: Castilian occupation of London, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273878|batch #273878]]"
  2. 10w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → former country (1230-1715)
    Participant in → War of the Two Peters, Sack of Tétouan
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Participant in: Sack of Tétouan, using [[User:Frettie/consistency check add.js]]"
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