Leonese people

Leonese English language Leonese: Llïoneses Spanish: Leoneses

Total population
(2021-2022) 1 263 223 (Spain) [citation needed]
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Majority: Spanish Minority: Leonese • Galician
Religion
Roman Catholicism[1]
Related ethnic groups
other Spaniards (Asturians, Cantabrians, Vaqueiros de alzada, Extremadurans, Galicians, Castilians), Mirandese

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The Leonese (Leonese: Llïoneses; Spanish: Leoneses) are a subgroup of Spaniards, native to León in Spain.

The Leonese Kingdom was an independent kingdom in the Middle Ages until 1230 when it was joined to the Kingdom of Castile (from 1296 to 1301 the Kingdom of León was again independent); after the re-union with Castile in 1301 it remained a kingdom until 1833, but as part of a united Spain from 1479. In 1833 it was divided into three provinces. The languages of the Leonese people are Leonese, Galician and Castilian Spanish in Spain.