Europe · The early medieval west
County of Aragon
drawn on the map AD 830–921
Comtat d'Aragó. A small Pyrenean county around Jaca, named for the Aragón river. Founded in the Carolingian orbit; early counts included Aznar Galíndez I and the Galíndez line, which allied with and became vassals of Íñigo Arista of Pamplona (9th century).
- Shown on the map
- AD 830–921
- Peak area
- 4k km²
- Region
- Europe
Names
Comtat d'Aragó. A small Pyrenean county around Jaca, named for the Aragón river. Founded in the Carolingian orbit; early counts included Aznar Galíndez I and the Galíndez line, which allied with and became vassals of Íñigo Arista of Pamplona (9th century). Absorbed into Pamplona/Navarre by marriage (the Jiménez), it re-emerged when Sancho III the Great granted it to his son Ramiro, who made it a kingdom in 1035.
Common questions
- What was the County of Aragon?
- Comtat d'Aragó. A small Pyrenean county around Jaca, named for the Aragón river. Founded in the Carolingian orbit; early counts included Aznar Galíndez I and the Galíndez line, which allied with and became vassals of Íñigo Arista of Pamplona (9th century).
- When is the County of Aragon shown on the map?
- The border data draws the County of Aragon AD 830–921. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the County of Aragon?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the County of Aragon covered about 4,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for al-Andalus, the taifas and the Christian kingdoms as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia and academic work on the historiography of the Reconquista and the taifa period (García-Sanjuán). The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — County of Aragon en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Aragon
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