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Kingdom of the Canary Islands
1404–1448
Flag of Canary Islands
Flag
Coat of arms of Canary Islands
Coat of arms
StatusVassal state of the Crown of Castile
CapitalBetancuria (1404–1425)
Teguise (1425–)
Common languagesOld Norman,
Early Modern Spanish,
Guanche
Religion
Catholicism (Official),
Guanche religion
GovernmentMonarchy
King 
• 1404–1425
Jean de Béthencourt
• 1425–1448
Maciot de Béthencourt
Historical eraMiddle Ages
• Conquest of Lanzarote
1404
• Lordship of Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, and El Hierro sold to Portugal (disputed by Castile)
1448
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of the Canary Islands Guanches
Kingdom of Portugal Kingdom of the Canary Islands
Crown of Castile Kingdom of the Canary Islands
Today part ofSpain

The Kingdom of the Canary Islands was a vassal state of the Crown of Castile located in North Africa, lasting from 1404 to 1448.

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Kingdom of the Canary Islands

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Flag of the Canary Islands

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The flag of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands is a vertical tricolour of three equal bands of white, blue, and yellow. The state flag includes...

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Conquest of the Canary Islands

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The conquest of the Canary Islands by the Crown of Castile took place between 1402 and 1496 and described as the first instance of European settler colonialism...

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Canary Islands

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The Canary Islands (/kəˈnɛəri/, Spanish: Canarias, Spanish: [kaˈnaɾjas]), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and...

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Geology of the Canary Islands

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The geology of the Canary Islands is dominated by volcanic rock. The Canary Islands and some seamounts to the north-east form the Canary Volcanic Province...

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Demographics of the Canary Islands

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Day of the Canary Islands

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autonomous community of the Canary Islands. The day was chosen as the anniversary of the first session of the Parliament of the Canary Islands, held on 30 May...

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the Canary Islands chat due to its once widespread distribution on the Canary Islands, is a sedentary resident bird found only on the island of Fuerteventura...

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Atlantic canary

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Canary Islands chiffchaff

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The Canary Islands chiffchaff (Phylloscopus canariensis) is a species of leaf warbler endemic to the Canary Islands, Spain. Sometimes the English name...

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Betancuria

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municipality in the western part of the island of Fuerteventura in the Province of Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. The population is 811 (2013), and the area...

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List of reptiles of the Canary Islands

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List of reptiles of the Canary Islands is an incomplete list of reptiles found in the Canary Islands. This list includes both endemic and introduced species...

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Canary

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surrounding islands (the Canary Islands). It may also refer to: Canaries, birds in the genera Serinus and Crithagra including, among others: Atlantic canary (Serinus...

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Telephone numbers in the Canary Islands

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International Direct Dialing code Canary Islands dialing codes - accessed 3 May 2010. Call someone on the Canary Islands - accessed 14 November 2018. v t...

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Monarchies in Africa

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of the United Kingdom and the Canary Islands and Ceuta and Melilla of Spain. Due to trans-Saharan trade, the early settlements of West Africa and the...

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Phoenix canariensis

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the Canary Island date palm or pineapple palm, is a species of flowering plant in the palm family Arecaceae, native to the Canary Islands off the coast...

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Canary Islands oystercatcher

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The Canary Islands oystercatcher, Canarian oystercatcher, or Canarian black oystercatcher (Haematopus meadewaldoi), was a shorebird of uncertain taxonomy...

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Canary Islanders

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Canary Islands quail

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The Canary Islands quail (Coturnix gomerae) is an extinct quail species that once occurred on the islands of El Hierro, La Palma, Tenerife and Fuerteventura...

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Popular Front of the Canary Islands

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List of islands in the Atlantic Ocean

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Graciosa, São Jorge, Pico, Faial Island, Flores, Corvo Berlengas (Portugal) Bissagos Islands (Guinea-Bissau) Canary Islands (Spain) Lanzarote, Fuerteventura...

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List of birds of the Canary Islands

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This is a list of the bird species recorded in the Canary Islands. The avifauna of the Canary Islands include a total of 394 species, of which seven are...

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Canary Wharf

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Normandy

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in the Crusader states of Asia Minor and the Holy Land. The 14th-century explorer Jean de Béthencourt established a kingdom in the Canary Islands in 1404...

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Domestic canary

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the finch family originating from the Macaronesian Islands (the Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands). Canaries were first bred in captivity in the...

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Guanches

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La Palma

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bonita (English: The Beautiful Island) and historically San Miguel de La Palma, is the most northwesterly island of the Canary Islands, Spain, which is...

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