State · 410 – 1833

Kingdom of Galicia

A state of 410 – 1833 — 1,423 years in Europe. It replaced Kingdom of Asturias and Gallaecia. It was replaced by Couto Misto, General Captaincy of Galicia and Region of Galicia. The atlas records 8 things within it — people 8. Its line of rulers holds 21 people, 18 with dated terms.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 1,423 years; 410 – 1833
Rulers: 21; the Monarch of Galicia
Most ground: 90,200 km²; in 1066
Within it: 8; recorded rows
Symbols: 2; on record, with years

Map: Kingdom of Galicia in 1066, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Kingdom of Galicia in 1066, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 90,200 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 Galicia in 911, 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 Galicia in 1066, 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

Kingdom of Asturias · replaces · 718 – 910
Gallaecia · replaces

After it

General Captaincy of Galicia · replaced by
Region of Galicia · replaced by
Couto Misto · replaced by · 1000 – 1868

Rulers

The line of Monarch of Galicia - the office this state names as its head of state.

killed, executed or dead in battledied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Hermeric	409 – 438	29 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Pelagius of Asturias	718 – 737	19 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Fruela I of Asturias	757 – 768	11 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	grandchild
Froila Vermúdez	866 – 866	under a year	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Ordoño II of León	910 – 924	14 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Elvira Menéndez	910 – 924	14 years	the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone	spouse
Alfonso Fróilaz	925 – 926	1 year	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Sancho Ordóñez	926 – 929	3 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Bermudo III of León	1028 – 1037	9 years	died in battleWikidata's manner of death
García II of Galicia	1065 – 1071	6 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	nephew or niece
Alfonso VI of León and Castile	1071 – 1072	1 year	left office aliveread off the dates alone	sibling
Sancho II of Castile and León	1072 – 1072	under a year	killedWikidata's manner of death	sibling
García II of Galicia	1072 – 1073	1 year	left office aliveread off the dates alone	sibling
Alfonso VI of León and Castile	1073 – 1109	36 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	sibling
Alfonso the Battler	1109 – 1115	6 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	in-law
Urraca of León and Castile	1109 – 1126	17 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	spouse
Alfonso VII of León and Castile	1111 – 1157	46 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Ferdinand II of León	1157 – 1188	31 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Alfonso IX of León	1188 – 1230	42 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Juan de Granada	1530 – 1543	13 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone

21 rulers, 18 with terms dated as terms, covering 409 – 1543. Median reign 12 years. 5 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”.

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, undatedBandeirareinogaliza · Public domain
coat of arms, undatedCoat of Arms of Galicia (Spain), 16th 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.

800 – 8993 rows

Ordoño II of León · ruler · 871 – 924
Sancho Ordóñez · ruler · 896 – 929
Elvira Menéndez · ruler · 885 – 921

900 – 9992 rows

Bermudo II of León · ruler · 953 – 999
Ordoño IV of León · ruler · 925 – 963

1000 – 10991 row

García II of Galicia · ruler · 1042 – 1090

1100 – 11992 rows

Alfonso IX of León · ruler · 1171 – 1230
Alfonso VII of León and Castile · ruler · 1105 – 1157

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 stood1,423 years
stood longer than 99% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held90,200 km²
held more ground at its peak than 43% 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 median13 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 44% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record21
has more rulers on record than 92% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 3 causes the record names and 3 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.

in the articlelinkedcoincidence

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, 268 – 1975, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1066, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q303421 (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.