Kingdom of Jaén

E57082

historical kingdom territorial division

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.

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical kingdom → territorial division →
administrativeCenter	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	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 Catholic Church →
sovereign	monarch of Castile →
sovereignState	Crown of Castile →
successor	Province of Jaén →
timePeriod	Early modern period → Middle Ages →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Crown of Castile →	predecessor