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Galicia, Kingdom of
The Kingdom of Galicia is a political entity located in southwestern Europe, which at its territorial zenith occupiea the entire northwest of the Iberian Peninsula.
Founded by Suebic king Hermeric in 409, the Galician capital is established in Braga, being the first kingdom that adopts Catholicism officially and mints its own currency (year 449).
After the temporal rule of the Visigothic monarchs (585–711), Galicia becomes a part of the newly founded Christian kingdoms of the northwest of the peninsula, Asturias and León, while occasionally achieving independence under the authority of its own kings.
Compostela becomes capital of Galicia in the 11th century, while the independence of Portugal (1128) determines its southern boundary.
The accession of Castilian King Ferdinand III to the Leonese kingdom in 1230 brings Galicia under the control of the Crown of Castile, the kingdom of Galicia becoming an administrative division within the larger realm.Galicia resists central control, supporting a series of alternative claimants, including John of León, Galicia and Seville (1296), Ferdinand I of Portugal (1369) and John of Gaunt (1386), and is not brought firmly into submission until the Catholic Monarchs impose the Santa Hermandad in Galicia.
The kingdom of Galicia is then administered within the Crown of Castile (1490–1715) and later the Crown of Spain (1715–1833) by an Audiencia Real directed by a Governor which holds also the office of Captain General.
The representative assembly of the Kingdom is at this time the Junta or Cortes of the Kingdom of Galicia, which briefly declares itself sovereign when Galicia alone remains free of Napoleonic occupation (1808–1809).
The kingdom and its Juntaare dissolved by Maria Cristina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies in 1834.
Member Cities
- Santiago > Santiago de Compostela Galicia Spain Capital
- Albelda Aragon Spain Location
- Albufeira Faro Portugal Location
- Alcalá de Henares Madrid Spain Location
- Aledo Murcia Spain Location
- Algeciras Andalucia Spain Location
- Ardales Andalucia Spain Location
- Arnedo La Rioja Spain Location
- Astorga Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Atapuerca Mountains Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Badajoz Extremadura Spain Location
- Barbastro Aragon Spain Location
- Battle of Cervera Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Battle of Golpejera Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Beja Beja Portugal Location
- Belorado Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Berlanga de Duero Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Bordeaux Aquitaine France Location
- Bracara Augusta > Braga Braga Portugal Location
- Braga Braga Portugal Location
- Burgos Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Calahorra La Rioja Spain Location
- Calatayud Aragon Spain Location
- Cangas de Onís Asturias Spain Location
- Caparroso Navarra Spain Location
- Coimbra Coimbra Portugal Location
- Coruña del Conde Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Covadonga Asturias Spain Location
- Czerwién Poznan Poland Location
- Córdoba Andalucia Spain Location
- El Burgo de Osma Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- El Puig Valenciana Spain Location
- Estella Navarra Spain Location
- Faro Faro Portugal Location
- Gijón Asturias Spain Location
- Granada Andalucia Spain Location
- Guimarães Braga Portugal Location
- Huesca Aragon Spain Location
- Huérmeces Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Jaca Aragon Spain Location
- Kiev > Kijev Kyyivs'ka Oblast Ukraine Location
- La Coruña Galicia Spain Location
- Lamego Viseu Portugal Location
- Langreo > Sama (de Langreo) Asturias Spain Location
- Ledesma Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- León Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Lisbon > Lisboa Lisboa Portugal Location
- Lérida Cataluña Spain Location
- Madrid Madrid Spain Location
- Medinaceli Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Melgar de Fernamental Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Monroyo Aragon Spain Location
- Mérida Extremadura Spain Location
- Narón Galicia Spain Location
- Niebla Huelva Spain Location
- Nájera La Rioja Spain Location
- Oran (Ouahran) Oran Algeria Location
- Ourense Galicia Spain Location
- Ourique Beja Portugal Location
- Oviedo Asturias Spain Location
- Pamplona Navarra Spain Location
- Pancorbo Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Pravia Asturias Spain Location
- Przemysl Przemysl Poland Location
- Quart de Poblet Valenciana Spain Location
- Rome > Roma Lazio Italy Location
- Salamanca Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- San Esteban de Gormaz Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Santacara Navarra Spain Location
- Santarém Santarem Portugal Location
- Santiago de Compostela Galicia Spain Location
- Santiuste Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Saragossa > Zaragoza Aragon Spain Location
- Sevilla Andalucia Spain Location
- Seville > Sevilla Andalucia Spain Location
- Silves Faro Portugal Location
- Simancas Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Sotresgudo Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Talamanca (Bages) Cataluña Spain Location
- Toledo > Tolentum Castilla-La Mancha Spain Location
- Toro Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Tudela Navarra Spain Location
- Tui Galicia Spain Location
- Támara Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Valencia Valenciana Spain Location
- Valladolid Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Viana do Bollo Galicia Spain Location
- Vielha e Mijaran Cataluña Spain Location
- Viguera La Rioja Spain Location
- Villafranca del Bierzo Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Viseu Viseu Portugal Location
- Vitoria Pais Vasco Spain Location
- Vitoria-Gasteiz Pais Vasco Spain Location
- Zamora Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Zaragoza Aragon Spain Location
- Ávila Castilla y Leon Spain Location
- Évora Evora Portugal Location