Territorial change of Crown of Castile

“Crown of Castile” — appears in this map’s data from AD 1236 to 1515. Its territory was largest in AD 1512 – 1515, at ≈ 536 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 1236 – 1240≈ 311 thousand km²
AD 1241 – 1249≈ 324 thousand km²
AD 1250 – 1259≈ 354 thousand km²
AD 1260 – 1284≈ 354 thousand km²
AD 1285 – 1293≈ 353 thousand km²
AD 1294 – 1304≈ 353 thousand km²
AD 1305 – 1332≈ 353 thousand km²
AD 1333 – 1343≈ 354 thousand km²
AD 1344 – 1351≈ 356 thousand km²
AD 1352 – 1362≈ 356 thousand km²
AD 1363 – 1374≈ 370 thousand km²
AD 1375 – 1394≈ 356 thousand km²
AD 1395 – 1401≈ 356 thousand km²
AD 1402 – 1406≈ 357 thousand km²
AD 1407 – 1414≈ 360 thousand km²
AD 1415 – 1439≈ 360 thousand km²
AD 1440 – 1462≈ 361 thousand km²
AD 1463 – 1481≈ 362 thousand km²
AD 1482 – 1486≈ 364 thousand km²
AD 1487 – 1491≈ 377 thousand km²
AD 1492 – 1496≈ 391 thousand km²
AD 1497 – 1501≈ 412 thousand km²
AD 1502 – 1506≈ 417 thousand km²
AD 1507 – 1511≈ 480 thousand km²
AD 1512 – 1515≈ 536 thousand km²
AD 1236AD 1515

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1512 – 1515 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 1236≈ 311 thousand km²22 of 137
AD 1241≈ 324 thousand km²18 of 130
AD 1250≈ 354 thousand km²14 of 118
AD 1260≈ 354 thousand km²13 of 123
AD 1270≈ 354 thousand km²13 of 123
AD 1272≈ 354 thousand km²14 of 121
AD 1279≈ 354 thousand km²13 of 122
AD 1285≈ 353 thousand km²14 of 128
AD 1294≈ 353 thousand km²17 of 145
AD 1305≈ 353 thousand km²17 of 152
AD 1314≈ 353 thousand km²17 of 151
AD 1326≈ 353 thousand km²17 of 144
AD 1333≈ 354 thousand km²18 of 145
AD 1344≈ 356 thousand km²20 of 148
AD 1352≈ 356 thousand km²22 of 139
AD 1356≈ 356 thousand km²22 of 139
AD 1363≈ 370 thousand km²23 of 147
AD 1375≈ 356 thousand km²25 of 154
AD 1385≈ 356 thousand km²24 of 154
AD 1392≈ 356 thousand km²24 of 154
AD 1395≈ 356 thousand km²23 of 149
AD 1402≈ 357 thousand km²22 of 141
AD 1407≈ 360 thousand km²22 of 141
AD 1415≈ 360 thousand km²23 of 136
AD 1422≈ 360 thousand km²23 of 132
AD 1429≈ 360 thousand km²24 of 130
AD 1431≈ 360 thousand km²23 of 130
AD 1440≈ 361 thousand km²22 of 129
AD 1450≈ 361 thousand km²25 of 127
AD 1453≈ 361 thousand km²26 of 130
AD 1459≈ 361 thousand km²24 of 132
AD 1463≈ 362 thousand km²26 of 132
AD 1468≈ 362 thousand km²26 of 140
AD 1475≈ 362 thousand km²26 of 137
AD 1482≈ 364 thousand km²26 of 131
AD 1487≈ 377 thousand km²25 of 129
AD 1492≈ 391 thousand km²21 of 129
AD 1497≈ 412 thousand km²20 of 130
AD 1502≈ 417 thousand km²22 of 129
AD 1507≈ 480 thousand km²19 of 125
AD 1512≈ 536 thousand km²19 of 124

Its highest rank was in AD 1260: number 123 of 13.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Preceded and succeeded by

Preceded by: Kingdom of Navarre · Kingdom of Leon

Succeeded by: Kingdom of Spain

Source: Wikidata (CC0)

Wikipedia summary

The Crown of Castile, also known as the Crown of Castile and León, was a medieval polity in the Iberian Peninsula that formed in 1230 as a result of the third and definitive union of the crowns and, some decades later, the parliaments of the kingdoms of Castile and León upon the accession of the then Castilian king, Ferdinand III, to the vacant Leonese throne.

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