Kingdom of Seville

The Kingdom of Seville (Spanish: Reino de Sevilla) was associated with the Kingdom of Castile and Léon authority in present-day Spain.

The kingdom was established in the year 1248, when King Ferdinand III. the Holy of Castile during the Reconquista conquered the Islamic- Moorish Taifa Kingdom of Seville. As a Christian kingdom was now connected to the Crown of Castile, with which it was associated by institutionally also its entire history. The 1262 by King Alfonso X conquered Cádiz was associated with the Kingdom of Seville.

Together with the kingdoms of Córdoba ( 1236 ), Jaén ( 1246 ) and Granada ( 1492) made ​​Seville the four kingdoms of Andalusia ( reinos cuatro de Andalucía ) of the Crown of Castile. In the course of operations performed by the Interior Minister Francisco Javier de Burgos territorial reorganization of Spain in 1833, the Kingdom in the provinces of Seville, Cadiz and Huelva was divided, in turn, with the provinces of Granada, Almería, Málaga, Córdoba and Jaén were the historical region of Andalusia, which since 1982 as one of the 17 autonomous communities of Spain ( Comunidad Autónoma ) persists to this day.