Kingdom of Valencia

Kingdom of Valencia
Regne de València (Valencian) Reino de Valencia (Spanish) Regnum Valentiae (Latin)
Realm of the Crown of Aragon
1238–1707
Flag Coat of arms
Kingdom of Valencia and its administrative structure
Capital		Valencia
Languages		Valencian, Aragonese and Latin
Religion		Majority religion: Roman Catholicism Minority religions: Islam, Judaism
Government		Monarchy
King
•	First	James I
•	Last	Charles III
Legislature		Valencian Courts
Historical era		Medieval / Early modern
•	Established	1238
•	Nueva Planta decrees	1707
Preceded by Taifa of Valencia
Today part of		Spain

The Kingdom of Valencia (Valencian: Regne de València, IPA: [ˈreŋne ðe vaˈlensia]; Spanish: Reino de Valencia; Latin: Regnum Valentiae), located in the eastern shore of the Iberian Peninsula, was one of the component realms of the Crown of Aragon. When the Crown of Aragon merged by dynastic union with the Crown of Castile to form the Kingdom of Spain, the Kingdom of Valencia became a component realm of the Spanish monarchy.

The Kingdom of Valencia was formally created in 1238 when the Moorish taifa of Valencia was taken in the course of the Reconquista. It was dissolved by Philip V of Spain in 1707, by means of the Nueva Planta decrees, as a result of the Spanish War of Succession.

During its existence, the Kingdom of Valencia was ruled by the laws and institutions stated in the Furs (charters) of Valencia which granted it wide self-government under the Crown of Aragon and, later on, under the Spanish Kingdom.

The boundaries and identity of the present Spanish Autonomous Community of Valencia are essentially those of the former Kingdom of Valencia.

The conquest of what would later become the Kingdom of Valencia started in 1232 when the king of the Crown of Aragon, James I, called Jaume I el Conqueridor (the Conqueror), took Morella, mostly with Aragonese troops. Shortly after, in 1233, Borriana and Peniscola were also taken from the بلنسية Balansiyya (Valencia in the Arabic language) taifa.