Kingdom of Galicia

The Kingdom of Galicia (Galician: Reino de Galicia, or Galiza; Spanish: Reino de Galicia; Portuguese: Reino da Galiza; Latin: Galliciense Regnum) was a political entity (a state) in southwestern Europe.

Kingdom of Galicia Reino de Galicia or Galiza (in Galician) Reino de Galicia (in Spanish) Reino da Galiza (in Portuguese) Galliciense Regnum (in Latin)
910–1833
Flag Coat of arms
Motto: Hoc hic misterium fidei firmiter profitemur "Here is the mystery of faith that we strongly profess"
Anthem: Antiga Marcha do Reino de Galicia
The location of the Kingdom of Galicia in the 11th century CE, in red
Capital	Santiago de Compostela1
Common languages	Latin Vulgar Latin Galician-Portuguese Castilian A few speakers of Brittonic, Visigothic, Vandalic and Suebic
Religion	Roman Catholicism
Demonym(s)	Galician
Government	Monarchy
Monarch
• 409–438	Hermeric (first)
• 1813–1833	Ferdinand VII (last)
Legislature	Junta
History
• Founded by García II	910
• Dissolved	1833
Preceded by Succeeded by Western Roman Empire Kingdom of Leon Kingdom of Spain County of Portugal Couto Misto
1 Previously Lugo and Braga. From the 16th century the capitality was disputed.

Arms of the Kingdom of Galicia, illustrated in L´armorial Le Blancq, Bibliothèque nationale de France, 1560

Galicia was part of the Kingdom of the Spanish Visigoths from 585 to 711. In the 8th century Galicia became a part of the newly founded Christian kingdoms of the northwest of the peninsula, Asturias and León. Sometimes it got independence under its own kings.

Compostela became capital of Galicia in the 11th century. The independence of Portugal (1128) made its southern boundary. The accession of the Castilian King Ferdinand III to the Leonese kingdom in 1230 brought Galicia under the control of the Crown of Castile. The kingdom of Galicia was now a political division in the larger realm.

Related pages

• Galicia (Spain)