State · 1035 – 1707

Kingdom of Aragon

A state of 1035 – 1707 — 672 years in Europe. It replaced County of Aragon, County of Ribagorza and Marquisate of Oristano and 2 more and followed Almohad Caliphate. It was replaced by Spain, Aragon and Captaincy General of Aragon and followed by Crown of Aragon. The atlas records 13 things within it — people 13. Its line of rulers holds 26 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: 672 years; 1035 – 1707
Rulers: 26; the monarch of the Crown of Aragon
Most ground: 100,500 km²; in 1126
Within it: 13; recorded rows
Symbol: 1; on record, with years

Map: Kingdom of Aragon in 1126, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Kingdom of Aragon in 1126, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 100,500 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Kingdom of Aragon in 1040, first mapped — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Kingdom of Aragon in 1126, at its largest — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

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 Aragon · replaces · 802 – 1035
County of Ribagorza · replaces · 900 – 1598
Marquisate of Oristano · replaces · 1410 – 1478
County of Sobrarbe · replaces
Lordship of Albarracín · replaces · 1167 – 1379
Almohad Caliphate · follows · 1121 – 1269

After it

Aragon · replaced by
Captaincy General of Aragon · replaced by
Crown of Aragon · followed by · 1162 – 1715
Spain · replaced by · 1516 – present

Rulers

The line of monarch of the Crown of Aragon - the office this state names as its head of state.

died in officeleft alive by a regular road

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Ramiro I of Aragon	1035 – 1063	28 years	ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell
Sancho Ramírez	1063 – 1094	31 years	ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	child
Peter I of Aragon and Pamplona	1094 – 1104	10 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	child
Alfonso the Battler	1104 – 1134	30 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	sibling
Ramiro II of Aragon	1134 – 1137	3 years	ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	sibling
Petronilla of Aragon	1137 – 1164	27 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	child
Alfonso II of Aragon	1164 – 1196	32 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	child
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	left office aliveread off the dates alone	grandchild
Philip II of Spain	1556 – 1598	42 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	child
Philip III of Spain	1598 – 1621	23 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Philip IV of Spain	1621 – 1665	44 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Charles II of Spain	1665 – 1700	35 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Philip V of Spain	1700 – 1706	6 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor	1706 – 1714	8 years	ended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term

26 rulers, 26 with terms dated as terms, covering 1035 – 1714. Median reign 27.5 years. 0 of 25 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.

10,100 km² in 1060, 37,700 km² in 1160; at its largest 100,500 km² in 1135. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flag or arms

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedHeraldic Emblems of the Kingdom of Aragon with supporters · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Heralder

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.

1000 – 10995 rows

Alfonso the Battler · ruler · 1073 – 1134
Sancho Ramírez · ruler · 1045 – 1094
Ramiro II of Aragon · ruler · 1080 – 1157
Peter I of Aragon and Pamplona · ruler · 1068 – 1104
Ramiro I of Aragon · ruler · 1008 – 1063

1100 – 11991 row

Petronilla of Aragon · ruler · 1136 – 1174

1300 – 13993 rows

Antipope Benedict XIII · religious leader · 1328 – 1423
Ferdinand I of Aragon · ruler · 1380 – 1416
Juan Fernández de Heredia · religious leader · 1310 – 1396

1400 – 14991 row

John, Prince of Asturias · person · 1478 – 1497

1500 – 15991 row

Jerónimo Zurita y Castro · writer · 1512 – 1580

1600 – 16992 rows

Charles II of Spain · ruler · 1661 – 1700
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor · ruler · 1685 – 1740

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 stood672 years
stood longer than 92% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held100,500 km²
held more ground at its peak than 46% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median28 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 80% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record26
has more rulers on record than 94% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 31 causes the record names and 13 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.

linked

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, 968 – 1774, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1126, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q199442 (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.