Señorío de Albarracín
| Lordship of Albarracín | ||||||||||
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Sinyoría d'Albarrazín (in Aragonese) Senyoria d'Albarrasí (in Catalan) Señorío de Albarracín (in Spanish) |
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| Capital | Albarracín | |||||||||
| Languages | Latin, Navarro-Aragonès, Mozarabic, Arabic | |||||||||
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Roman Catholic Islam |
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| Government | Independent Lordship | |||||||||
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| • | 1167 | Pero Ruiz d'Azagra (first) | ||||||||
| • | c. 1220 | Pedro Fernández de Azagra | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | |||||||||
| • | Established | 1167 | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | 1300 | ||||||||
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| Today part of |
Albarracín,  Spain
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The Lordship of Albarracín was an independent Christian lordship in the Kingdom of Aragón located in and around the city of Albarracín. Its location was a buffer wedged between the Kingdom of Aragón and the Kingdom of Castile. The Señorío was created after the partition of the Taifa of Albarracín belonging to the Berber line of Banu Razín.
In 1167, under the pressure from the ongoing wars between the Almoravid Dynasty and the new invasions of the Almohad Caliphate, the Moorish King Muhammad ibn Mardanis (nicknamed the Wolf King), ceded the Taifa of Albarracín to a vassal of Sancho VI of Navarre, a noble from Estella-Lizarra named Pedro Ruiz de Azagra. The title was granted to d'Azagra due to his support of the Navarrese Crown against Alfonso VIII of Castile and Alfonso I of Aragón (Alfonso the Battler).
In 1172, Pero Ruíz d'Azagra managed to consolidate his power over the Señorío making that territory independent of the other Christian Kingdoms in the region. In 1190, with the signing of the Borja Accords, between Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancho VI of Navarre, the two monarchs agreed to a defensive pact against Alfonso VIII of Castile which gave official legitimacy to the Sinyoría d'Albarrazín with respect to the two kingdoms.
In 1220, Albarracín became one of the scenes of the , a revolt that was fostered by Rodrigo de Lizana with the help of Pedro Fernández de Azagra, the contemporary Señor of Albarracín. James I of Aragón decided to besiege the city that same year but lifted the siege after he failed to gain significant support from his nobility.
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