County of Urgell
County of Urgell Comtat d'Urgell ( Latin ) | |||||||||
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| 798–1413 | |||||||||
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Feudal monarchy | |||||||||
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• 798–820 | Borrell (first) | ||||||||
• 1408–1413 | James II (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 798 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1413 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Andorra Spain | ||||||||
The County of Urgell (
Latin: Comitatus Urgellensis) is one of the historical Catalan counties, bordering on the counties of Pallars and Cerdanya
.
History
The county of Urgell was carved by the Franks out of a former section of the Mark of Toulouse when the Alt Urgell area became part of the Carolingian Empire between 785 and 790.[1]
The original territory was made up of the
Its maximal extension territory was between the
James II of Urgell, against the king Ferdinand I of Aragon
.
First dynasty
Ramon Borrell (992-1017), while Urgell went to Ermengol I (992-1010), so that the Count of Urgell title became separated from the House of Barcelona
. Thus the first dynasty of Urgell began with Ermengol I. The first dynasty is also known as Barcelona-Urgell.
- Ermengol I (992 - 1010), son of Borrell II, Count of Barcelona
- Ermengol II(1010 - 1038)
- Ermengol III(1038 - 1065)
- Ermengol IV(1065 - 1092)
- Ermengol V(1092 - 1102)
- Ermengol VI(1102 - 1154)
- Ermengol VII(1154 - 1184)
- Ermengol VIII(1184 - 1209)
- Aurembiaix (1209 - 1231)
The title was disputed by Peter I and Guerau IV de Cabrera during Aurembiaix's time.
Second dynasty
In 1231 Countess
Ponç IV of Cabrera
as the successor to the County of Urgell. The second dynasty is also known as Cabrera-Urgell.
- Ponç I (Ponç IV of Cabrera)(1236 - 1243)
- Ermengol IX(1243)
- Àlvar I(1243 - 1267)
- Ermengol X(1267 - 1314)
Third dynasty
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Ermengol X d'Urgell named his niece
Alfons el Benigne, son of James II of Aragon
. The third and last dynasty is also known as Aragon-Urgell.
- Jaume I of Urgell(1336 - 1347)
- Pere II of Urgell(1347 - 1408)
- Jaume II of Urgell(1408 - 1413)
Diocese of Urgell
There is also a
Alcuin of York in Contra Felicem.[3]
Joan Enric Vives Sicília, is simultaneously joint head of state of Andorra
alongside the President of the French Republic.
See also
References
- ^ L'Enciclopèdia: Comtat d'Urgell
- ^ L'Enciclopèdia: Comtat d'Urgell: Acta de consagració de la Catedral d'Urgell
- Manichee, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1947.
- ISBN 84-232-0700-5.