State · 910 – 1833

Kingdom of León

A state of 910 – 1833 — 923 years in Europe. It replaced Kingdom of Asturias and followed Almohad Caliphate. It was replaced by Crown of Castile. The atlas records 18 things within it — wars and battles 4 · people 14. Its line of rulers holds 17 people.

Wikidata's English label: Kingdom of Leon.

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

Stood: 923 years; 910 – 1833
Rulers: 17; the Monarch of the Kingdom of León
Most ground: 192,200 km²; in 1126
Within it: 18; recorded rows
Symbols: 3; on record, with years

Map: Kingdom of León in 1126, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Kingdom of León in 1126, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 192,200 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 León 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 León 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

Kingdom of Asturias · replaces · 718 – 910
Almohad Caliphate · follows · 1121 – 1269

After it

Crown of Castile · replaced by · 1230 – 1715

Rulers

The line of Monarch of the Kingdom of León - 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
García I of León	910 – 914	4 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Ordoño II of León	914 – 924	10 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	sibling
Elvira Menéndez	914 – 924	10 years	the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone	spouse
Fruela II of Asturias	924 – 925	1 year	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death
Alfonso Fróilaz	925 – 926	1 year	left office aliveread off the dates alone	child
Alfonso IV of León	926 – 931	5 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death
Ramiro II of León	931 – 951	20 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	sibling
Ordoño III of León	951 – 956	5 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Bermudo II of León	985 – 999	14 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Alfonso V of León	999 – 1028	29 years	killed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article	child
Bermudo III of León	1028 – 1037	9 years	ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	child
Sancha of León	1037 – 1065	28 years	ended otherwise, as coded — neither deposed nor a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	sibling
Alfonso VI of León and Castile	1065 – 1071	6 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	child
Sancho II of Castile and León	1071 – 1072	1 year	killedWikidata's manner of death	sibling
Alfonso VI of León and Castile	1072 – 1109	37 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	sibling
Urraca of León and Castile	1109 – 1126	17 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
Ferdinand II of León	1157 – 1188	31 years	died a natural deathcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell	child

17 rulers, 17 with terms dated as terms, covering 910 – 1188. Median reign 10 years. 3 of 17 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.

134,000 km² in 935, 147,000 km² in 1235; at its largest 192,200 km² in 1135. 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, undatedCoat of Arms of León (1390-15th Century) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Heralder
flag, undatedRoyal Banner of Leon (Variant) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Heralder
flag, 1200 – 1300Flag of Early Medieval Kingdom of Leon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · SanchoPanzaXXI

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.

900 – 9994 rows · 1 wars and battles

Alfonso V of León · ruler · 994 – 1028
Ordoño III of León · ruler · 925 – 956
Alfonso Fróilaz · ruler · 911 – 933
Battle of Simancas · battle · 939

1000 – 10997 rows · 1 wars and battles

Alfonso VI of León and Castile · ruler · 1040 – 1109
Ferdinand I of León · ruler · 1016 – 1066
Urraca of León and Castile · ruler · 1081 – 1126
Theresa, Countess of Portugal · politician · 1080 – 1130
Bermudo III of León · ruler · 1017 – 1037
Sancha of León · ruler · 1018 – 1067
Battle of Atapuerca · battle · 1054

1100 – 11994 rows · 2 wars and battles

Dominic de Guzmán · religious leader · 1170 – 1221
Ferdinand II of León · ruler · 1137 – 1188
Battle of São Mamede · battle · 1128
Battle of Uclés · battle · 1108

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 stood923 years
stood longer than 97% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held192,200 km²
held more ground at its peak than 57% 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 median10 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 35% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record17
has more rulers on record than 90% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 29 causes the record names and 0 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.

linkedcoincidence

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, 818 – 1925, 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 Q175276 (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.