Lordship of Biscay

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The Lordship of Biscay was a medieval Basque polity centered in what is now Biscay in northern Spain, later incorporated into the Crown of Castile while retaining distinctive local laws and institutions.

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Generate an image of the Lordship of Biscay (The Lordship of Biscay was a medieval Basque polity centered in what is now Biscay in northern Spain, later incorporated into the Crown of Castile while retaining distinctive local laws and institutions.)

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Lordship of Biscay canonical 11
Señorío de Vizcaya 3
Seigniory of Biscay 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal lordship ⓘ
historic Basque territory ⓘ
medieval polity ⓘ
borderedBy Cantabrian Sea ⓘ
linked to: Bay of Biscay

other Basque lordships ⓘ
capital Bilbao ⓘ
Gernika ⓘ
linked to: Gernika-Lumo
country Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
ethnicGroup Basques ⓘ
followedBy province of Biscay ⓘ
governmentType feudal monarchy ⓘ
hasAssembly Juntas of Gernika ⓘ
hasCustom exemption from certain royal taxes ⓘ
local self-government ⓘ
hasInstitution Biscayan General Assemblies ⓘ
hasLanguage Basque language ⓘ
linked to: Basque

Romance languages ⓘ
hasLaw Biscayan charter ⓘ
hasLegalSystem Basque fueros ⓘ
fueros of Biscay ⓘ
hasPrivilege recognition of local fueros by Castilian monarchs ⓘ
hasReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasSymbol oak of Gernika ⓘ
hasTitle Lord of Biscay ⓘ
historicalRegion Lordship of Biscay ⓘ
historicalStatus constituent territory of the Hispanic Monarchy ⓘ
legalStatusWithinCastile semi-autonomous territory ⓘ
locatedIn Basque Country ⓘ
Biscay ⓘ
northern Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
northern Spain ⓘ
mergedInto Crown of Castile ⓘ
nobleTitleHeldBy kings of Castile ⓘ
linked to: King of Castile

kings of Spain ⓘ
partOf Basque territories ⓘ
linked to: Basque Country

Crown of Castile ⓘ
Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
linked to: Castile
politicalIntegration gradual incorporation into centralized Spanish state ⓘ
precededBy early medieval Basque polities ⓘ
region Bay of Biscay coast ⓘ
linked to: Bay of Biscay
retained distinctive local institutions ⓘ
distinctive local laws ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
early modern period ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crown of Castile → predecessor → Lordship of Biscay ⓘ
Lordship of Biscay → historicalRegion → Lordship of Biscay ⓘ
Lord of Biscay → hasTerritorialScope → Seignory of Biscay ⓘ
linked to: Lordship of Biscay
Lord of Biscay → hasTerritorialScope → Lordship of Biscay ⓘ
Lord of Biscay → hasAlternativeName → Lordship of Biscay ⓘ
Lord of Biscay → hasAlternativeName → Señorío de Vizcaya ⓘ
linked to: Lordship of Biscay
Juntas of Gernika → appliesToJurisdiction → Lordship of Biscay ⓘ
Biscayan General Assemblies → country → Lordship of Biscay ⓘ
Biscayan General Assemblies → governingBodyOf → Lordship of Biscay ⓘ
House of Haro → heldTitle → Lordship of Biscay ⓘ
House of Haro → governedTerritory → Seigniory of Biscay ⓘ
linked to: Lordship of Biscay
Durangaldea → historicalAffiliation → Lordship of Biscay ⓘ
Señor de Bizkaia → appliesToTerritory → Señorío de Vizcaya ⓘ
linked to: Lordship of Biscay
Señor de Bizkaia → historicalRegion → Lordship of Biscay ⓘ
Bizkaiko Jauna → appliesToJurisdiction → Lordship of Biscay ⓘ
Biscayan fueros → appliesTo → Señorío de Vizcaya ⓘ
linked to: Lordship of Biscay