County of Ribagorza

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The County of Ribagorza was a medieval Pyrenean frontier county in what is now northeastern Spain, playing a key role in the early Christian resistance and territorial organization against Muslim rule.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
County of Ribagorza canonical 5
Count of Ribagorza 2
County of Ribagorça 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pyrenean county ⓘ
frontier county ⓘ
medieval county ⓘ
associatedWith early Christian repopulation of the Ebro valley ⓘ
formation of the Kingdom of Aragon ⓘ
borderedBy County of Aragon ⓘ
linked to: Count of Aragon

County of Pallars ⓘ
County of Sobrarbe ⓘ
County of Urgell ⓘ
capital Roda de Isábena ⓘ
country Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
culturalRegion Aragonese-Catalan borderland ⓘ
era early Reconquista ⓘ
event integration into the Crown of Aragon ⓘ
governmentType hereditary county ⓘ
hasBishopric Bishopric of Roda ⓘ
historicalRegion Aragon ⓘ
Catalonia ⓘ
language Catalan dialects ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Navarro-Aragonese ⓘ
early Aragonese ⓘ
locatedIn Pyrenees ⓘ
eastern Pyrenees ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Pyrenees

historic region of Aragon ⓘ
northeastern Spain ⓘ
militaryFunction fortified frontier ⓘ
namedAfter Ribagorza region ⓘ
linked to: Sobrarbe region
notableFeature mountainous terrain ⓘ
river valleys of the Ésera and Isábena ⓘ
partOf Christian frontier against al-Andalus ⓘ
Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Marca Hispanica ⓘ
politicalStatus feudal county ⓘ
presentIn autonomous community of Aragon ⓘ
province of Huesca ⓘ
linked to: Huesca province
regionToday Aragonese Pyrenees ⓘ
comarca of Ribagorza ⓘ
linked to: County of Ribagorza
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
role Christian resistance against Muslim rule ⓘ
Pyrenean defensive march ⓘ
territorial organization in the Reconquista ⓘ
rulingDynasty House of Aragon ⓘ
House of Barcelona ⓘ
House of Ribagorza ⓘ
strategicImportance buffer zone against al-Andalus ⓘ
control of Pyrenean passes ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Ages ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

Marca Hispanica → contains → County of Ribagorza ⓘ
Alfonso II of Aragon → positionHeld → Count of Ribagorza ⓘ
linked to: County of Ribagorza
Alfonso II of Aragon → nobleTitle → Count of Ribagorza ⓘ
linked to: County of Ribagorza
Petronilla of Aragon → monarchOf → County of Ribagorza ⓘ
County of Ribagorza → regionToday → comarca of Ribagorza ⓘ
linked to: County of Ribagorza
Spanish March → appliesToJurisdiction → County of Ribagorza ⓘ
Spanish March → hasPart → County of Ribagorza ⓘ
Catalan counties → hasPart → County of Ribagorça ⓘ
linked to: County of Ribagorza