The Leonese (Leonese: Llïoneses Spanish: Leoneses) are an ethnic group[citation needed] whose homeland is the former Kingdom of León now known as region of Leon.[citation needed] This area was formerly a country in Southwestern Europe that covered a territory in northwestern Spain and northeastern Portugal.The Leonese Kingdom was an independent kingdom in the Middle Ages [citation needed] until the 1833 territorial division of Spain.
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