County of Cerdanya

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The County of Cerdanya was a medieval Catalan Pyrenean county that became an important frontier territory within what later formed the Crown of Aragon.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
County of Cerdanya canonical 10
Count of Cerdanya 2
Cerdagne 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catalan county
former administrative territorial entity
medieval county
borderedBy County of Besalú
County of Foix
County of Roussillon
County of Urgell
capital Hix
Llívia
contains Cerdanya valley
Segre river valley
country Frankish Empire
linked to: Carolingian Empire
currency denier
endTime 1117
early 12th century
event union with County of Barcelona in 1117
followedBy Crown of Aragon
governmentType hereditary county
historicalRegion Cerdanya
historicalRole component of the formation of the Crown of Aragon
frontier territory between Christian and Muslim polities
language Latin
Old Catalan
legalSystem feudal law
locatedIn Catalonia
Iberian Peninsula
eastern Pyrenees
linked to: Pyrenees
mergedInto County of Barcelona
notableRuler Oliba Cabreta
Raymond Berengar III of Barcelona
Wilfred the Hairy
overlord Carolingian Empire
Kingdom of Aragon
partOf Crown of Aragon
Marca Hispanica
politicalStatus feudal fief
frontier county of the Carolingian Empire
presentIn Department of Pyrénées-Orientales
Province of Girona
modern France
linked to: French Republic

modern Spain
religion Roman Catholicism
rulerTitle Count of Cerdanya
linked to: County of Cerdanya
startTime c. 798
late 8th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Crown of Aragon hasPart County of Cerdanya
Pyrenees containsValley Cerdanya
linked to: County of Cerdanya
Occitanie hasCulturalRegion Cerdagne
linked to: County of Cerdanya
County of Cerdanya rulerTitle Count of Cerdanya
linked to: County of Cerdanya
Kingdom of Majorca includedTerritory County of Cerdanya
Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona nobleTitle Count of Cerdanya
linked to: County of Cerdanya
Marca Hispanica contains County of Cerdanya
Llívia partOf comarca of Cerdanya
linked to: County of Cerdanya
Wilfred the Hairy associatedWith County of Cerdanya
Oliba Cabreta countryOfCitizenship County of Cerdanya
Spanish March includedRegion County of Cerdanya
subject linked to: Spain (part – Spanish March)
County of Urgell borders County of Cerdanya
County of Besalú borderedBy County of Cerdanya
House of Majorca territoryIncluded County of Cerdanya
Conflent historicallyPartOf County of Cerdanya