The principality of Aragon had its origins in 1035, when Sancho III of Navarre left part of the region to his illegitimate son, Ramiro I.
Ramiro and his successors, as kings of Aragon, extended the Aragonese territory southward as land was retaken from Moors: Zaragoza, the capital of the Al Moravid kingdom fell to Alfonso I of Aragon.
In 1118 Zaragoza replaced Huesca as the kingdom’s capital. The reconquest of present day Aragon was completed by the late 12th century.
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| Modern day of Zaragoza |
In the 13th - 15th centuries it came to rule Sicily, Sardinia, Naples and Navarre. In 1469 Ferdinand II married Isabella of Castile, uniting the kingdoms of Aragon and Castile and forming the nucleus of modern Spain.
The old kingdom of Aragon survived as an administrative until 1833, when it was divided into the three provinces of Huesca, Zaragoza and Teruel.
Kingdom of Aragon
