Lordship of Biscay
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The Lordship of Biscay was a medieval Basque polity centered in what is now Biscay in northern Spain, later incorporated into the Crown of Castile while retaining distinctive local laws and institutions.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
feudal lordship
ⓘ
historic Basque territory ⓘ medieval polity ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Bay of Biscay
ⓘ
surface form:
Cantabrian Sea
other Basque lordships ⓘ |
| capital |
Bilbao
ⓘ
Gernika-Lumo ⓘ
surface form:
Gernika
|
| country | Kingdom of Spain ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Basques ⓘ |
| followedBy | province of Biscay ⓘ |
| governmentType | feudal monarchy ⓘ |
| hasAssembly | Juntas of Gernika ⓘ |
| hasCustom |
exemption from certain royal taxes
ⓘ
local self-government ⓘ |
| hasInstitution | Biscayan General Assemblies ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Basque
ⓘ
surface form:
Basque language
Romance languages ⓘ |
| hasLaw | Biscayan charter ⓘ |
| hasLegalSystem |
Basque fueros
ⓘ
fueros of Biscay ⓘ |
| hasPrivilege | recognition of local fueros by Castilian monarchs ⓘ |
| hasReligion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| hasSymbol |
Gernikako Arbola (Tree of Guernica)
ⓘ
surface form:
oak of Gernika
|
| hasTitle | Lord of Biscay ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Lordship of Biscay self-link ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | constituent territory of the Hispanic Monarchy ⓘ |
| legalStatusWithinCastile | semi-autonomous territory ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Basque Country
ⓘ
Biscay ⓘ northern Iberian Peninsula ⓘ northern Spain ⓘ |
| mergedInto | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| nobleTitleHeldBy |
King of Castile
ⓘ
surface form:
kings of Castile
kings of Spain ⓘ |
| partOf |
Basque Country
ⓘ
surface form:
Basque territories
Crown of Castile ⓘ Castile ⓘ
surface form:
Kingdom of Castile
|
| politicalIntegration | gradual incorporation into centralized Spanish state ⓘ |
| precededBy | early medieval Basque polities ⓘ |
| region |
Bay of Biscay
ⓘ
surface form:
Bay of Biscay coast
|
| retained |
distinctive local institutions
ⓘ
distinctive local laws ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Middle Ages
ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.