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Kingdom of Leon
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Kingdom of León
The
Kingdom of León
(;
Leonese
:
Reinu de Llión
, , , , ) 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
León
. The
County of Portugal
separated to become the independent
Kingdom of Portugal
in 1139 and the eastern, inland part of León was joined to the
Kingdom of Castile
in 1230.
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