Kingdom of Galicia

The **Kingdom of Galicia** (; ; ; ) was a political entity (a state) in southwestern Europe, in a region that today includes parts of northern Portugal and northwestern Spain.

## History

Galicia was first part of the Roman province of Gallaecia and it became a kingdom under the Germanic Suebi in the 5th century, and later, from 585 to 711, it was integrated into the Kingdom of the Visigoths.

In the 8th century Galicia became a part of the newly founded Christian kingdoms of the northwest of the peninsula, sometimes called ***Galicia*** or derivates, and others Asturias and León. Sometimes it got independence under its own kings. Rulers were titled as "Kings of Galicia" even when they governed from cities like Oviedo or León. This has led to significant historiographical controversy.

Compostela became the capital of Galicia in the 11th century. The independence of Portugal (1128) made its southern boundary. The accession of the Castilian King Ferdinand III to the Leonese kingdom in 1230 brought Galicia under the control of the Crown of Castile. The kingdom of Galicia was now a political division in the larger realm, but it continued to maintain a distinct cultural identity.

## Related pages

- Galicia (Spain)
- Galician language
- Galician-Portuguese
- Kingdom of Galicia in historiography
- Umayyad conquest of Hispania
- Kingdom of Portugal

## Other websites

- Culture and Society in Medieval Galicia. A Cultural Crossroads at the Edge of Europe James D'Emilio. University of South Florida

## Infobox (country)

- **native name**: or _Galiza_

- **conventional long name**: Kingdom of Galicia
- **common name**: Galiza
- **status**: State union
- **government type**: Monarchy
- **year start**: 910
- **event start**: Founded by García II
- **year end**: 1833
- **event end**: Dissolved
- **p1**: Western Roman Empire
- **flag p1**: Vexilloid of the Roman Empire.svg
- **border p1**: no
- **s1**: Kingdom of Leon
- **flag s1**: Royal Banner of León.svg
- **s2**: History of Spain (1810–1873)Kingdom of Spain
- **flag s2**: Flag of Spain (1785-1873 and 1875-1931).svg
- **s3**: County of Portugal
- **flag s3**: PortugueseFlag1095.svg
- **s4**: Couto Misto
- **flag s4**: Flag of the Couto Misto.svg
- **image flag**: bandeirareinogaliza.svg
- **flag**: Flag of Galicia
- **flag type**: Flag
- **image coat**: Coat of Arms of Galicia (Spain), 16th Century.svg
- **symbol**: Coat of arms of Galicia (Spain)
- **symbol type**: Coat of arms
- **image map**: mapofkingdomofgaliciaX.jpg
- **image map alt**: Map of the Kingdom of Galicia
- **image map caption**: The location of the Kingdom of Galicia in the 11th century CE, in red
- **capital**: Santiago de Compostela<sup>1</sup>
- **title leader**: Monarch
- **leader1**: Hermeric <small>(first)</small>
- **year leader1**: 409–438
- **leader2**: Ferdinand VII <small>(last)</small>
- **year leader2**: 1813–1833
- **national motto**: _Hoc hic misterium fidei firmiter profitemur_
<small>"Here is the mystery of faith that we strongly profess"</small>
- **national anthem**: Antiga Marcha do Reino de Galicia
- **common languages**: Latin
 Vulgar Latin
 Galician-Portuguese
 Castilian Spanish, Castilian
 <small>A few speakers of Common Brittonic language, Brittonic, Gothic language, Visigothic, Vandalic language, Vandalic and Suebi language, Suebic</small>
- **legislature**: Junta
- **footnotes**: <sup>1</sup> Previously Lugo and Braga. From the 16th century the capitality was disputed.
- **religion**: Roman Catholicism
- **demonym**: Galician