State · 1162 – 1715
Crown of Aragon
A state of 1162 – 1715 — 553 years in Europe. It replaced County of Empúries and followed Kingdom of Aragon and County of Barcelona. It was replaced by Spain, Spanish Empire and Kingdom of France and 4 more. The atlas records 26 things within it — wars and battles 4 · unrest and atrocity 1 · treaties 2 · people 19. Its line of rulers holds 20 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 553 years
- 1162 – 1715
- Rulers
- 20
- the monarch of the Crown of Aragon
- Most ground
- 243,700 km²
- in 1450
- Within it
- 26
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 5
- on record, with years
1169 · first mapped · 60,200 km²
1450 · at its largest · 243,700 km²
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- County of Empúries · replaces · 812 – 1402
- County of Barcelona · follows · 801 – 1164
- Kingdom of Aragon · follows · 1035 – 1707
After it
- British Minorca · replaced by
- Habsburg monarchy · replaced by · 1526 – 1918
- Council of Italy · replaced by
- Kingdom of Spain · replaced by
- Kingdom of France · replaced by · 987 – 1791
- Spain · replaced by · 1516 – present
- Spanish Empire · replaced by · 1402 – 1899
Rulers
The line of monarch of the Crown of Aragon - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfonso II of Aragon | 1164 – 1196 | 32 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Peter II of Aragon | 1196 – 1213 | 17 years | ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| James I of Aragon | 1213 – 1276 | 63 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Alfonso III of Aragon | 1285 – 1291 | 6 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | grandchild |
| James II of Aragon | 1291 – 1327 | 36 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | sibling |
| Alfonso IV of Aragon | 1327 – 1336 | 9 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Peter IV of Aragon | 1336 – 1387 | 51 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| John I of Aragon | 1387 – 1396 | 9 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Martin of Aragon | 1396 – 1410 | 14 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | sibling |
| Ferdinand I of Aragon | 1412 – 1416 | 4 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | nephew or niece |
| Alfonso V of Aragon | 1416 – 1458 | 42 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| John II of Aragon | 1458 – 1479 | 21 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | sibling |
| Ferdinand II of Aragon | 1479 – 1516 | 37 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Charles V | 1516 – 1556 | 40 years | ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | grandchild |
| Philip II of Spain | 1556 – 1598 | 42 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Philip III of Spain | 1598 – 1621 | 23 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Philip IV of Spain | 1621 – 1665 | 44 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Charles II of Spain | 1665 – 1700 | 35 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Philip V of Spain | 1700 – 1706 | 6 years | ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor | 1706 – 1714 | 8 years | ended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term |
20 rulers, 20 with terms dated as terms, covering 1164 – 1714. Median reign 27.5 years. 0 of 19 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
66,500 km² in 1187, 225,300 km² in 1512; at its largest 225,300 km² in 1512. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedBlason d'Aragon · CC BY-SA 3.0 .svg/120px-Royal_arms_of_Aragon_(Crowned).svg.png)
coat of arms, undatedRoyal arms of Aragon (Crowned) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Heralder 
coat of arms, undatedArmas del soberano de Aragón · Public domain 
flag, undatedRoyal Banner of Aragón · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Heralder i The source code of this SVG is valid . This vector image was created with Inks… 
flag, undatedSinyal d'Aragón · Public domain
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
1100 – 11992 rows
- Alfonso II of Aragon · ruler · 1157 – 1196
- Peter II of Aragon · ruler · 1177 – 1213
1200 – 12995 rows · 1 wars and battles
- James I of Aragon · ruler · 1208 – 1276
- James II of Aragon · ruler · 1267 – 1327
- Alfonso III of Aragon · ruler · 1265 – 1291
- Alfonso IV of Aragon · ruler · 1299 – 1336
- Aragonese Crusade · war · 1283 – 1286
1300 – 13999 rows · 1 wars and battles · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Pope Callixtus III · religious leader · 1379 – 1458
- Alfonso V of Aragon · ruler · 1396 – 1458
- John II of Aragon · ruler · 1398 – 1479
- Martin of Aragon · ruler · 1356 – 1410
- Peter IV of Aragon · ruler · 1319 – 1387
- John I of Aragon · ruler · 1351 – 1396
- Peace of Caltabellotta · treaty · 1302
- War of the Two Pedros · war · 1356 – 1375
and 1 more in the atlas.
1400 – 14996 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Pope Alexander VI · religious leader · 1431 – 1503
- Ferdinand II of Aragon · ruler · 1452 – 1516
- Compromise of Caspe · treaty · 1412
- Ramón de Cardona · commander · 1467 – 1522
- Navarrese Civil War · war · 1451 – 1464
- Hugo of Moncada · politician · 1466 – 1528
1500 – 15993 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga · politician · 1528 – 1576
- Carlos Coloma · politician · 1567 – 1637
- Ottoman raid on the Balearic Islands · battle · 1501
1600 – 16991 row
- Luis de Benavides Carrillo, Marquis of Caracena · politician · 1608 – 1668
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood553 years
stood longer than 88% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held243,700 km²
held more ground at its peak than 63% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per century0.5
had more wars on record per century than 91% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median32 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 86% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record20
has more rulers on record than 91% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 43 causes the record names and 9 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1107 – 1770, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1450, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q204920 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.