Emperor of All Spain

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The Emperor of All Spain was a medieval imperial title claimed by certain monarchs of the Kingdom of León and Castile, asserting supremacy over the Christian realms of the Iberian Peninsula.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Emperor of all Spain 3
Emperor of All Spain canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific style ⓘ
medieval imperial title ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
approximateStartTime 11th century ⓘ
assertedSupremacyOver Christian realms of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
associatedWithConcept imperial supremacy ⓘ
political hegemony in Iberia ⓘ
claimedBy Alfonso VI of León and Castile ⓘ
linked to: Alfonso VI of León

Alfonso VII of León and Castile ⓘ
Ferdinand I of León ⓘ
other monarchs of Castile ⓘ
other monarchs of León ⓘ
declineOfUse late Middle Ages ⓘ
geographicScope Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
hasFormOfAddress imperator ⓘ
linked to: Imperator

totius Hispaniae imperator ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
languageOfTitle Latin ⓘ
Romance languages ⓘ
legitimizedBy ecclesiastical support in some reigns ⓘ
royal ideology ⓘ
linkedToProcess Reconquista ⓘ
consolidation of León-Castile ⓘ
notA hereditary imperial dignity in the Holy Roman Empire sense ⓘ
politicalFunction to express precedence over other Iberian crowns ⓘ
to legitimize dominance over rival Christian rulers ⓘ
region medieval Spain ⓘ
relatedTitle Imperator Hispaniae ⓘ
Imperator totius Hispaniae ⓘ
relatedToEntity Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
linked to: Castile

Kingdom of León ⓘ
Kingdom of Navarre ⓘ
Kingdom of Portugal ⓘ
religiousContext Catholic Church ⓘ
Latin Christian monarchy ⓘ
supersededBy titles of the unified Spanish monarchy ⓘ
symbolicMeaning restoration of Roman imperial ideals in Iberia ⓘ
unity of Christian Spain ⓘ
titleHolderRole overlord of other Christian kings in Iberia ⓘ
usedIn Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Iberian kingdoms

Kingdom of Castile ⓘ
linked to: Castile

Kingdom of León ⓘ
usedInContext medieval Iberia ⓘ
usedInDiplomacy royal charters ⓘ
treaties and correspondence with other rulers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

House of Jiménez → titleHeld → Emperor of All Spain ⓘ
Castilian House of Ivrea → usedTitle → Emperor of All Spain ⓘ
Ramiro II of León → title → Emperor of all Spain ⓘ
linked to: Emperor of All Spain
Alfonso VII of León → title → Emperor of all Spain ⓘ
linked to: Emperor of All Spain
House of Ivrea in Castile → usedTitle → Emperor of all Spain ⓘ
linked to: Emperor of All Spain