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Kingdom of León

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Kingdom of León

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The Kingdom of Le?n (pronounced: [le'on]; Leonese:Reinu de Lli?n, Spanish: Reino de Le?n, Galician: Reino de Le?n, Portuguese: Reino de Le?o, Latin: Regnum Legionense) was an independent kingdom situated in the northwest region of the Iberian Peninsula. It was founded in AD 910 when the Christian princes of Asturias along the northern coast of the peninsula shifted their capital from Oviedo to the city of Le?n. The County of Portugal separated to become the independent Kingdom of Portugal in 1139 and the eastern, inland part of Le?n was joined to the Kingdom of Castile in 1230.From 1296 to 1301, the Kingdom of Le?n was again independent and after the re-union with Castile remained a kingdom until 1833, but as part of a united Spain. In the Royal Decree of 30 November 1833, the Kingdom of Le?n was considered one of the Spanish regions and divided into the provinces of Le?n, Zamora and Salamanca. In 1978, these three provinces of the region of Le?n were included along with six provinces of the historic region of Old Castile to create the autonomous community of Castile and Le?n.