Middle Ages
Crown of Aragon
- Period
- AD 1169 – AD 1515
- Duration
- approx. 346 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1450
- Area (max.)
- approx. 239,000 km²
Period and duration
Crown of Aragon — according to the map data from AD 1169 to AD 1515, roughly 346 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Crown of Aragon — greatest extent around AD 1450: the mapped borders then cover about 239,000 km², roughly 0.2% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 1168)
- Kingdom of Aragon
- County of Barcelona
After
Neighbours around AD 1450
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Mamluk Sultanate
- Ottoman Empire
- House of Habsburg
- Marinid Sultanate
- Crown of Castile
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Kingdom of France
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1450 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Crown of Aragon on Wikipedia
- All 371 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.