Kingdom of Jaén

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

The kingdom was established in the year 1246, when King Ferdinand III. the Holy of Castile during the Reconquista conquered the Islamic- Moorish Taifa Kingdom of Jaén. As a Christian kingdom was now connected to the Crown of Castile, with which it was associated by institutionally also its entire history.

Together with the kingdoms of Córdoba ( 1236 ), Seville ( 1248 ) and Granada ( 1492) made ​​Jaén 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 was established in the province of Jaén in turn, with the provinces of Granada, Almería, Málaga, Cádiz, Huelva and Seville, the historical region of Andalusia was formed, as since 1982 a of the 17 autonomous communities in Spain ( Comunidad Autónoma ) persists to this day.