Kingdom of Murcia (Crown of Castile)

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kingdom of Murcia
Reino de Murcia
Banner of the Castilian Realm of Murcia.svg
banner
Coat of Arms of the Realm of Murcia, svg
coat of arms
Reino de Murcia loc 1590.svg
Kingdom of Murcia around 1590
Official language Castilian
Capital Murcia
founding 1243
resolution 1833

The Kingdom of Murcia ( Spanish : Reino de Murcia ) was a rulership connected to the Kingdom of Castile-Léon in what is now Spain .

From the year 1232, King James I of Aragón led an offensive against the Islamic-Moorish Taifa kingdoms on the Spanish Mediterranean coast , which culminated in 1237 with the conquest of the Kingdom of Valencia . Then he drove the Reconquista further south, but collided with the occupation of the Taifa Kingdom of Murcia with the interests of Castile, which also intended to annex the country in order to get access to the Mediterranean . A coordinated approach was agreed in several contracts between James I of Aragon and Alfonso X of Castile . On May 1st, 1243 Murcia was conquered by Alfonso X for Castile. After the Moors had shaken off Christian rule after a successful uprising in 1263, the city was re-conquered in February 1266 by James I of Aragon, who returned it to his Castilian son-in-law. In the Treaties of Torrellas (1304) and Elche (1305) the last territorial divisions were agreed between Castile and Aragón. Aragón received the cities of Medio Vinalopó , Bajo Vinalopó , L'Alacantí and Vega Baja del Segura , which were attached to the Kingdom of Valencia, while the main part of Murcia was institutionally associated with Castile as a Christian kingdom.

The occupation of Murcia by Castile actually meant the end of his Reconquista for Aragón, as it no longer had any geographical connection to the last Muslim emirate on Spanish soil, that of Granada , and therefore no longer had the opportunity to expand on land. Instead, Granada was now completely enclosed by Castile.

In the course of the territorial reorganization of Spain carried out by the Interior Minister Francisco Javier de Burgos in 1833, the Kingdom of Murcia was divided into the provinces of Albacete and Murcia , which in turn were combined in the historical region of Murcia . This was established in 1983 as one of the 17 autonomous communities of Spain (Comunidad Autónoma) , although the province of Albacete had to be transferred to the autonomous community of Castile-La Mancha , so that the autonomous community of Murcia has since then been congruent with the province.

See also