page_title: Lordship of Biscay
section_title: Political institutions
hierarchical_section_title: Lordship of Biscay / Political institutions
caption_attribution_description: Español: Portada de una edición del Fuero de Vizcaya, impresa en Medina del Campo en 1575 (Madrid, Biblioteca del Senado).
context_page_description: The Lordship of Biscay was a region under feudal rule in the region of Biscay in the Iberian Peninsula between c.1040 and 1876, ruled by a political figure known as the Lord of Biscay. One of the Basque señoríos, it was a territory with its own political organization, with its own naval ensign, consulate in Bruges and customs offices in Balmaseda and Urduña, from the 11th Century until 1876, when the Juntas Generales were abolished. Since 1379, when John I of Castile became the Lord of Biscay, the lordship got integrated into the Crown of Castile, and eventually the Kingdom of Spain.
caption: The 1575 publication of the Biscayan law or fuero.
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