Crown of Aragon
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| Crown of Aragon Corona d'Aragón (Aragonese) Corona d'Aragó (Catalan) Corona Aragonum (Latin) Corona de Aragón (Spanish) |
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| Capital | Itinerant | ||||
| Language(s) | Aragonese, Catalan, Spanish, and Latin Minority languages: Greek, Italian, Maltese, Occitan, Sardinian and Sicilian |
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| Religion | Majority religion: Roman Catholicism Minority religions: Islam, Judaism |
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| Government | Monarchy | ||||
| Historical era | Early modern period | ||||
| - Union of the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona | 1162 | ||||
| - Conquest of the Kingdom of Majorca | 1229 | ||||
| - Conquest of the Kingdom of Valencia | 1238–1245 | ||||
| - Conquest of the Kingdom of Sardinia | 1324-1420 | ||||
| - Conquest of the Kingdom of Naples | 1504 | ||||
| - Nueva Planta decrees | [1] 1716 | ||||
| Area | |||||
| - 1443 | 250,000 km2 (96,526 sq mi) | ||||
| Population | |||||
| - 1443 est. | 300,000 | ||||
| Density | 1.2 /km2 (3.1 /sq mi) | ||||
| Today part of |  Andorra France Italy Greece Malta Spain Turkey |
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The Crown of Aragon was a joining of multiple titles and states in the hands of the King of Aragon. In the 14th and 15th the land of Aragon covered most of present day France and Spain. The political center was at Zaragoza.
