Granada (province, Spain)

Granada (province, Spain), historic province in southern Spain, in Andalusia Region, bordering the Mediterranean. It was captured by the Moors in 711 and was dominated by them until 1492. In the 13th century Granada became an independent Moorish kingdom, later obliged to pay tribute to the Christian king of Castile. In 1492, when the vassal king of Granada refused to render the usual tribute, Ferdinand V and Isabella I, joint sovereigns of Castile, conquered the kingdom, making it one of the 13 provinces of 15th-century Spain. In 1833, old Granada was divided into the present-day provinces of Granada, Almería, and Málaga.