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Name: Kingdom of Galicia

Type: Polity

Start: 911 AD

End: 1072 AD

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In 910, the Kingdom of Asturias split into three separate kingdoms: León, Galicia and Asturias.

Establishment


  • January 911: It is generally assumed that the old Asturian kingdom was divided among the three sons of Alfonso III of Asturias: García (León), Ordoño (Galicia) and Fruela (Asturias), as all three participated in the deposition of their father.
  • Chronology


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    1. Partition of the Asturian Kingdom (911 AD)


    It is generally assumed that the old Asturian kingdom was divided among the three sons of Alfonso III of Asturias: García (León), Ordoño (Galicia) and Fruela (Asturias), as all three participated in the deposition of their father.


    2. Hungarian invasions of Europe


    The Magyars (or Hungarians) successfully conquered the Carpathian Basin (corresponding to the later Kingdom of Hungary) by the end of the ninth century, and launched a number of plundering raids thoughout Europe.

  • January 918: Between 917 and 925, the Magyars raided through Basel, Alsace, Burgundy, Provence and the Pyrenees.
  • February 918: Between 917 and 925, the Magyars raided through Basel, Alsace, Burgundy, Provence and the Pyrenees. The Magyars then left the raided territories.

  • 3. Reconquista


    Were a series military campaigns from the 8th century until 1492 by the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula to reconquer the region from the Islamic rulers that had conquered it during the Umayyad conquest of Hispania.

  • July 920: Cordoban forces earned a victory at the Battle of Valdejunquera, after which the Emirate retook the lands south of the river Ebro.
  • January 921: After the defeat of the Moors in 920, King Sancho I of Pamplona led the Christian counteroffensive, quickly taking control of La Rioja and annexing the territories of Nájera and Viguera into the Kingdom of Pamplona.

  • 4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 915: In 914, upon the death of Garcia, without issue, Ordoño was also proclaimed king of León, thus reunifying Galicia with León.

  • January 925: When Fruela II, in 925, reunified the three kingdoms again into a single kingdom, he moved the capital of the kingdom to León, giving life to a new kingdom: the Kingdom of León.

  • December 1065: By his will, Ferdinand of Leon divided his kingdom among his three sons: the eldest, Sancho, received Castile; the second, Alfonso, León. From the latter the region of Galicia was carved off to create a separate state for García.

  • July 1071: In May or early June 1071, Alfonso of Leon invaded Galicia and northern Portugal.

  • August 1071: Alfonso of Leon leaves Galicia.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 1073: Sancho of Castile and Leon turned his attention to García in central Portugal, defeating him near Santarém and briefly imprisoning him in Castile (one chronicle specifying at Burgos) before he was then allowed to flee to Seville.
  • Selected Sources


  • Sugar, P. F. / Hanák, P. (1994): A History of Hungary, Bloomington (USA), p. 13
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