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    Christian princes of Asturias along the northern coast of the peninsula shifted their capital from Oviedo to the city of León. The kings of León fought civil...
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    that it was separated from León and became a kingdom in its own right. Between 1072 and 1157, it was again united with León, and after 1230, the union...
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    Soberano de Nuevo León", or 'Free and Sovereign State of New León.' Nuevo León History of Nuevo León Spanish Empire Kingdom of León Menéndez Pidal, El...
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    Nuevo León (English: New León) (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈnweβo leˈon] ) is a state in northeast Mexico. The state borders the Mexican states of Tamaulipas...
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    the King of Asturias. The county became part of the Kingdom of León in 1097, and the Counts of Portugal established themselves as rulers of an independent...
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    feature of flags of León, including the historical standards of the former Kingdom of León, the flags of the City of León and the Province of León, and others...
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    Estremadura e de tierra de León") and those of Seville in 1261 of Castile, León and all other kingdoms ("de Castiella e de León e de todos los otros nuestros...
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    capital of the Christian kingdom to be moved to the city of León, from which time the state is usually called the Kingdom of León. This same kingdom was frequently...
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    was composed of the provinces of León, Salamanca and Zamora. The Kingdom of León was founded in 910 A.D. when the Christian princes of Asturias along...
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    along the Esla River in the mountains of the province of León, in the autonomous community of Castile and León, northern Spain. The village was across...
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    of Ordoño I of Asturias (850–866), the kingdom began to be known as that of León. In 910, an independent Kingdom of León was founded when the king of...
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    King of Castile (1065–72), Galicia (1071–72) and León (1072). Born at Zamora, Sancho was the eldest son of Ferdinand the Great and Sancha of León. He was...
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  • Province of León Province of León, Spain Kingdom of León, an independent state in the Iberian Peninsula from 910 to 1230 and again from 1296 to 1301 León (historical...
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    1301 onward (see Castile and León § Historic union of the Kingdoms of Castile and León). León retained the status of a kingdom until 1833, being replaced...
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    in León and immediately began the recovery of the Kingdom of Castile, which was then under the domination of Alfonso the Battler. By the Peace of Támara...
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    Kingdom of Asturias split into three separate kingdoms: León, Galicia and Asturias. The three kingdoms were eventually reunited in 924 (León and Galicia...
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    The Kingdom of Aragon (Aragonese: Reino d'Aragón; Catalan: Regne d'Aragó; Latin: Regnum Aragoniae; Spanish: Reino de Aragón) was a medieval and early modern...
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    León (Spanish: [leˈon]; Leonese: Llión [ʎiˈoŋ]) is a city and municipality of Spain, capital of the province of León, part of the autonomous community...
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    and León is an autonomous community in northwestern Spain. It was created in 1983 by the merging of the provinces of the historic region of León: León, Zamora...
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    grandmother Sancha of León who transmitted the claim to rule the Kingdom of León to her children. A diploma issued in Monastery of San Xulián de Samos...
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    develop the kingdoms of Portugal, León-Castile and Aragon. The king's action took precedence over that of the local lords, with the help of the military...
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    Alfonso IX of León. The Primera Crónica General describes the death of the King of León as follows: And this King Ferdinand of León, son of the Emperor...
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    one that contained the cities of Oviedo and León, cradles of the Asturian-Leonese monarchy", which included Asturias, León, Astorga, El Bierzo, Zamora with...
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    called the Great (el Magno), was the count of Castile from his uncle's death in 1029 and the king of León after defeating his brother-in-law in 1037....
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    of pseudepigraphic responsa, commentaries, and Kabbalistic tracts which he falsely attributed to earlier authorities. Moses de León was born in León,...
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  • Cuenca Girona Granada Guadalajara Guipúzcoa Huelva Huesca Jaén La Rioja León Lleida Lugo Madrid Málaga Murcia Navarre Ourense Palencia Las Palmas Pontevedra...
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  • origin in the Kingdom of León or the later Province of León. As of 2014, 29.7% of all known bearers of the surname de León were residents of the Philippines...
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    married to Alfonso IV of León and her sister Urraca to Ramiro II of León, while other daughters of Sancho were married to counts of Castile, Álava and Bigorre...
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    The Cortes of León or Decreta of León from year 1188 was a parliamentary body in the medieval Kingdom of León. According to UNESCO it is the first documented...
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  • Asturias, León, and Galicia. All three were reunited in 924 under the Kingdom of León. For later kings, see the list of Leonese monarchs and the list of Galician...
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