LESSON 4 THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS
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LESSON 4THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS
FIVE MINUTES to READ pages 66 and 67
VOCABULARY
• Spanish March Marca Hispánica
• Hairy velloso
MAIN DATES
• Battle of Roncesvalles 778
• Sancho III the Great died 1035
4.2.First Counties and Pyrenean Kingdoms
• 4.2.1. Spanish March – In 778 Carlomagne tried to conquest Zaragoza, but
he couldn’t. When he was returning to France, most of his army was destroyed in Roncesvalles.
– The Pyrenean region formed the Spanish March within the Carolingian Empire. This means that all these counties paid taxes to Carolingian Empire.
– In the 9th century the Carolingian Empire dissolved.– Three different independent regions were formed:
Navarre, Aragon and the Catalan counties
4.2.First Counties and Pyrenean Kingdoms
• 4.2.2. The Kingdom of Navarre – From the 10th century, the Jimena dynasty ruled in
Navarre and extended their influence to La Rioja and Alava. Sancho III the Great (1000-1035) became the most powerful Christian king on the Peninsula
– His Kingdom included the Aragonese counties, Castile and part of Leon.
– However, his kingdom broke up after his death
Inheritance of Sancho III Sancho III the Great (1004-1035)
•King of Pamplona
•Count of Castile, Aragon, and Sobrarbe-Ribagorza
CASTILE
Fernando I
1035-1065)LEON
Sancho II
(1065-1072)
Alfonso VI
(1065-1072)
Alfonso VI (1072-1109)
King of Castile and Leon
PAMPLONA
García Sánchez III
Sancho Ramírez
King of Pamplona and Aragon and Sobrarbe
ARAGÓN
Ramiro I
(1035-1063)
SOBRARBE
Gonzalo (1035-1044)
Ramiro I (1035-1063)
King of Aragon y Sobrarbe
4.2.First Counties and Pyrenean Kingdoms
• 4.2.3. The Aragonese counties – In 922, Aragon came under the rule of the kingdom
of Navarre. The family of Count Aznar Galindo achieved independence after the death of Sancho III
4.2.First Counties and Pyrenean Kingdoms
• 4.2.4. The Catalan counties – In 878, Wilfred the Hairy united the Catalan
counties. He ruled them independently. Good relations with the caliphs of Cordoba brought a period of stability.
– Catalonia consolidated its independence in the 10th century
Photos
Links• Vida de Sancho III el Mayor (sp)
– http://www.vallenajerilla.com/berceo/rioja-abierta/sanchoIII/sanchoIIImayor.htm
– http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancho_Garc%C3%A9s_III_de_Pamplona
• Historia Medieval por reinos (sp) [MB]– http://usuarios.multimania.es/reinosmedievales/
ACTIVITIES• What happened in each century?
The Christian Kingdoms
8th century 9th century 10th cent.
Asturias-Leon
Navarre
Aragon
Catalan Counties