Kingdom of Jaén

This article is about the kingdom within the Crown of Castile. For the earlier Islamic kingdom, seeTaifa of Jaén.

Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Jaén

TheKingdom of Jaén(Spanish:reino de Jaén) was a territorial jurisdiction of theCrown of Castilesince 1246 and untilJavier de Burgos'provincialdivision of Spain in 1833. This was a "kingdom" ("reino") in the second sense given by theDiccionario de la lengua española de la Real Academia Española:the Crown of Castile consisted of several such kingdoms. Known also as the"Santo Reino"( "Holy Kingdom" ), its territory coincided roughly with the present-dayprovince of Jaén.Jaén was one of theFour Kingdoms of Andalusia.Its extent is detailed inRespuestas Generales delCatastro de Ensenada(1750–54), which was part of the documentation of a census.

Like the other kingdoms within Spain, the Kingdom of Jaén was abolished by the1833 territorial division of Spain.

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  Map of the Kingdom of Jaén, based on theRespuestas Generales delCatastro de Ensenada
  (1750–54)
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  TheFour Kingdoms of Andalusia

See also

• Jaén, Spain
• es:Anexo:Localidades del Reino de Jaén,a list of the localities that composed the Kingdom of Jaén, according to theCatastro of Ensenada(1750–54); this page is an appendix to the Spanish-language Wikipedia.