Proper noun
Crown of Aragon
(historical) A composite monarchy, from 1162–1716, which began as the dynastic union of the Kingdom of Aragon with the County of Barcelona, was at its height in the 14th and 15th centuries and ended as a result of the War of the Spanish Succession.
And, in Catalonia, nationalists reclaimed Catalanism from before the Hispanicization of the Catholic Monarchs in the 15th century, when the Crown of Aragon was unified with the Castilian nobility. Source: Internet
Certain regions are not considered Castilian, such as Valencia and the Balearic Islands because historically they belong to the Crown of Aragon and because their local languages are Catalan dialects. Source: Internet
For the provinces of the Crown of Aragon this meant the end to much of their political autonomy as they were united into a Castilian Spanish state ruled from Madrid. Source: Internet
Engraving by Alfred Guesdon After several decades of being the battlefield where the Kingdom of Castile and the Crown of Aragon clashed, Alicante became a major Mediterranean trading station exporting rice, wine, olive oil, oranges and wool. Source: Internet
However, in 1420 the city was sold along with the remaining territory for 100,000 florins to the Crown of Aragon, replaced by Spain after 1479 on the joining of the Aragonese and Castilian thrones. Source: Internet
In the autonomous Crown of Aragon (as Philip IV) and the Kingdom of Navarre (as Philip VII), Philip V was represented by his viceroys. Source: Internet