State · 1065 – 1715
Kingdom of Castile
A state of 1065 – 1715 — 650 years in Europe. It replaced County of Castilla and followed Almohad Caliphate. It was followed by Crown of Castile. The atlas records 10 things within it — wars and battles 1 · people 9. Its line of rulers holds 9 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
- 650 years
- 1065 – 1715
- Rulers
- 9
- the Monarch of the Kingdom of Castile
- Most ground
- 256,900 km²
- in 1099
- Within it
- 10
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 2
- on record, with years
1046 · first mapped · 166,900 km²
1099 · at its largest · 256,900 km²
1216 · last mapped · 156,400 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 Castilla · replaces
- Almohad Caliphate · follows · 1121 – 1269
After it
- Crown of Castile · followed by · 1230 – 1715
Rulers
The line of Monarch of the Kingdom of Castile - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sancho II of Castile and León | 1065 – 1072 | 7 years | deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | |
| Alfonso VI of León and Castile | 1072 – 1109 | 37 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | sibling |
| Urraca of León and Castile | 1109 – 1111 | 2 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Alfonso VII of León and Castile | 1126 – 1157 | 31 years | ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Sancho III of Castile | 1157 – 1158 | 1 year | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Alfonso VIII of Castile | 1158 – 1214 | 56 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Henry I of Castile | 1214 – 1217 | 3 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
| Berengaria of Castile | 1217 – 1217 | under a year | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | sibling |
| Ferdinand III of Castile | 1217 – 1230 | 13 years | died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell | child |
9 rulers, 9 with terms dated as terms, covering 1065 – 1230. Median reign 7 years. 2 of 8 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.
166,900 km² in 1065, 117,000 km² in 1215; at its largest 245,200 km² in 1090. 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.
flag, undatedRoyal Banner of the Kingdom of Castile · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Heralder .svg/120px-Royal_Arms_of_Castille_(1214-15th_Century).svg.png)
coat of arms, undatedRoyal Arms of Castille (1214-15th Century) · 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 – 10991 row
- Sancho II of Castile and León · ruler · 1036 – 1072
1100 – 11996 rows · 1 wars and battles
- Ferdinand III of Castile · ruler · 1199 – 1252
- Blanche of Castile · artist · 1188 – 1252
- Alfonso VIII of Castile · ruler · 1155 – 1214
- Sancho III of Castile · ruler · 1134 – 1158
- Berengaria of Castile · ruler · 1180 – 1246
- Battle of Alarcos · battle · 1195
1200 – 12991 row
- Henry I of Castile · ruler · 1204 – 1217
1400 – 14991 row
- Beltrán de la Cueva, 1st Duke of Alburquerque · politician · 1443 – 1492
1500 – 15991 row
- Francisco de Melo · politician · 1597 – 1651
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 stood650 years
stood longer than 92% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held256,900 km²
held more ground at its peak than 63% 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 median7 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 26% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record9
has more rulers on record than 78% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 32 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, 1000 – 1780, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1099, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q179293 (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.