Kingdom of Jaén

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The Kingdom of Jaén was a medieval territorial division in southern Spain centered on the city of Jaén, historically significant as a frontier region during the Reconquista and later as part of the Crown of Castile.

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Kingdom of Jaén canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical kingdom
territorial division
administrativeCenter Jaén
surface form: city of Jaén
associatedWithEvent Christian repopulation of Andalusia
Reconquista
borderedBy Kingdom of Córdoba
Kingdom of Granada
Kingdom of Murcia
capital Jaén
continent Europe
country Spain
currency Castilian real
governmentType feudal monarchy
historicalFunction administrative district of Castile
military frontier against al-Andalus
historicalImportance key stronghold in the defense of Castilian frontier
historicalRegion Andalusia
historicalRole frontier region during the Reconquista
historicalStatus abolished as a kingdom in the modern provincial reorganization of Spain
language Castilian
legalSystem Castilian law
locatedIn Andalusia
surface form: southern Spain
mainCity Jaén
namedAfter Jaén
partOf Crown of Castile
Crown of Spain
politicalStatus constituent kingdom of the Crown of Castile
presentCountry Spain
presentLocation Province of Jaén
region Andalusia
religion Roman Catholicism
religiousInstitution Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
sovereign monarch of Castile
sovereignState Crown of Castile
successor Province of Jaén
timePeriod Early modern period
Middle Ages

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Crown of Castile predecessor Kingdom of Jaén
Iberian kingdoms hasPart Kingdom of Jaén
Kingdom of Córdoba borderedBy Kingdom of Jaén