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Kingdom of Murcia

Not to be confused with the Anglo-Saxon kingdom Mercia.
For the Muslim taifa formed after the dissolution of the Caliphate of Córdoba, whose capital was Murcia, see Taifa of Murcia.
Kingdom of Murcia
Reino de Murcia
Realm of the Crown of Castile
Region of the Kingdom of Spain
1266–1833
Coat of arms of Murcia
Coat of arms

CapitalMurcia
 • TypeManoralism
History 
• Annexed by Castile
1266
• Territorial division of Spain
1833
Preceded by		 Succeeded by
Taifa of Murcia
Province of Murcia
Province of Albacete
Today part ofSpain

After roughly two decades as a protectorate of the Crown of Castile, the territory of the Taifa of Murcia became the Kingdom of Murcia (Spanish: Reino de Murcia, a territorial jurisdiction of the Crown of Castile) in the wake of its conquest by Aragon and ensuing return to Castile triggered by the 1264–1266 Múdejar revolt. It preserved such status up until Javier de Burgos' provincial division of Spain in 1833.[1] This was a "kingdom" ("reino") in the second sense given by the Diccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española: the Crown of Castile consisted of several such kingdoms. Its extent is detailed in Respuestas Generales del Catastro de Ensenada (1750–54), which was part of the documentation of a census. Falling largely within the present-day Region of Murcia, it also included parts of the province of Albacete, the municipalities of Villena and Sax in the province of Alicante, and some localities in the province of Jaén.[2]

Like the other kingdoms within Spain, the Kingdom of Murcia was abolished by the 1833 territorial division of Spain.[3][4]

The title "King of Murcia" was used by the monarchs of the Crown of Castile and today constitutes one of the historical titles of the Spanish Crown.[5]

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  1. ^ Alcazár, Juan Francisco Jiménez (2012). "IDENTIFICATION AND IDENTITY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF HISTORICAL MEMORY: THE KINGDOM OF MURCIA AND THE MIDDLE AGES" (PDF). Historia y Genealogía. 2: 175–199. hdl:10396/6542. ISSN 2173-6030. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Mapa del Reino Cristiano de Murcia". Región de Murcia Digital. Fundación Integra. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  3. ^ "La nueva organización territorial". Región de Murcia Digital. Fundación Integra. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
  4. ^ Daniele Conversi, The Spanish Federalist Tradition and the 1978 Constitution Archived 7 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine, p. 12, footnote 63. Retrieved 31 December 2000.
  5. ^ Secretariado de Dirección. Protocolo Interempresarial. INNOVA. 2005. ISBN 8496401154.Libro online