Crown of Aragon Corona d'Aragon    ( Aragonese ) Corona d'Arago    ( Catalan ) Corona Aragonum    ( Latin ) Corona de Aragon    ( Spanish ) Aragoiko koroa    ( Basque )
1162?1716
Standard Coat of arms
Territories subject to the Crown of Aragon in 1441
Status	Composite monarchy , [1] confederation of kingdoms, [2] or individual polities ruled by one king [3]
Capital	see Capital below
Common languages	Official languages: Aragonese , Catalan , Latin Minority languages: Occitan , Sardinian , Corsican , Neapolitan , Sicilian , Castilian , Basque , Greek , Maltese , Andalusian Arabic , Mozarabic
Religion	Majority religion: Roman Catholic Minority religions: Sunni Islam , Sephardic Judaism , Greek Orthodoxy
Government	Feudal monarchy subject to pacts
Monarch
? 1162?1164	Petronilla (first)
? 1479-1504 1479?1516	Isabella I and Ferdinand II
? 1700?1716	Charles III (last)
Legislature	Cortz d'Aragon Corts Catalanes Corts Valencianes
Historical era	Middle Ages / Early modern period
? Union of the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of Barcelona	1162
?  Conquest of the Kingdom of Majorca	1231
? Conquest of the Kingdom of Valencia	1238?1245
?  Conquest of the Kingdom of Sardinia	1324?1420
?  Union of Ferdinand II and Isabella I	19 October 1469
?  Conquest of the Kingdom of Naples	1501?1504
?  Nueva Planta decrees	1716
Area
1443	250,000 km 2 (97,000 sq mi)
Preceded by Succeeded by Kingdom of Aragon County of Barcelona Habsburg Spain
Today part of	Andorra   France   Greece   Italy   Malta   Spain   Tunisia

The Crown of Aragon was a joining of multiple titles and states in the hands of the King of the Crown of Aragon . In the 14th and 15th the land of Aragon covered most of present-day France and Spain . The political center was at Barcelona .

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