Kingdom of Jaén (Crown of Castile)
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Kingdom of Jaén Reino de Jaén |
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 Kingdom of Jaén around 1590 |
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| Official language | Castilian |
| Capital | Jaén |
| founding | 1246 |
| resolution | 1833 |
The Kingdom of Jaén ( Spanish : Reino de Jaén ) was a rulership connected to the Kingdom of Castile-Léon in what is now Spain .
history
The kingdom was founded in 1246 when King Ferdinand III. the saint of Castile conquered the Islamic-Moorish Taifa kingdom of Jaén in the course of the Reconquista . As a Christian kingdom it was now associated with the Crown of Castile, with which it remained institutionally associated throughout its history.
Together with the kingdoms of Cordoba (1236), Seville (1248) and Granada (1492), Jaén formed the four kingdoms of Andalusia (cuatro reinos de Andalucía) of the Crown of Castile. In the course of the territorial reorganization of Spain carried out by the Interior Minister Francisco Javier de Burgos in 1833, the kingdom was converted into the province of Jaén , which in turn formed the historical region of Andalusia with the provinces of Granada , Almería , Málaga , Cádiz , Huelva and Seville , which since 1982 as one of the 17 autonomous communities of Spain (Comunidad Autónoma) still exists today.