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Kingdom of Sobrarbe

drawn on the map AD 825–829

Reino de Sobrarbe. A small Pyrenean county/kingdom around Aínsa. Its status as an early independent "kingdom" is largely legendary: later medieval and early-modern foral mythology (the "Fueros of Sobrarbe" legend) held that Sobrarbe's nobles elected a king under conditions limiting royal power — a story used to justify Aragonese and Navarrese constitutionalism (the office of the Justicia and the supposed oath "we who are worth as much as you...").

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Shown on the map
AD 825–829
Peak area
4k km²
Region
Europe

Names

Reino de Sobrarbe. A small Pyrenean county/kingdom around Aínsa. Its status as an early independent "kingdom" is largely legendary: later medieval and early-modern foral mythology (the "Fueros of Sobrarbe" legend) held that Sobrarbe's nobles elected a king under conditions limiting royal power — a story used to justify Aragonese and Navarrese constitutionalism (the office of the Justicia and the supposed oath "we who are worth as much as you..."). Historically Sobrarbe was a county absorbed by Sancho III (1015), held by his son Gonzalo, and then joined to Aragon under Ramiro I (1045).

Common questions

What was the Kingdom of Sobrarbe?
Reino de Sobrarbe. A small Pyrenean county/kingdom around Aínsa. Its status as an early independent "kingdom" is largely legendary: later medieval and early-modern foral mythology (the "Fueros of Sobrarbe" legend) held that Sobrarbe's nobles elected a king under conditions limiting royal power — a story used to justify Aragonese and Navarrese constitutionalism (the office of the Justicia and the supposed oath "we who are worth as much as you...").
When is the Kingdom of Sobrarbe shown on the map?
The border data draws the Kingdom of Sobrarbe AD 825–829. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
How large was the Kingdom of Sobrarbe?
At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the Kingdom of Sobrarbe 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:

This entry was last updated .

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Border geometry for the map itself comes from Cliopatria v0.12 (Seshat Global History Databank, CC-BY-4.0).

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