Kingdom of Galicia
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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) | |||||||||||||||
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,_16th_Century.svg) Coat of arms
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||
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• 409–438 | Hermeric (first) | ||||||||||||||
• 1813–1833 | Ferdinand VII (last) | ||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Junta | ||||||||||||||
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• Founded by García II | 910 | ||||||||||||||
• Dissolved | 1833 | ||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
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.