Spanish March

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The Spanish March was a buffer frontier territory established by the Carolingian Empire in the late 8th and early 9th centuries to defend against Muslim-ruled al-Andalus in northeastern Iberia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Spanish March canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Carolingian march ⓘ
buffer zone ⓘ
frontier territory ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Counties of Barcelona, Girona, and Osona ⓘ
County of Cerdanya ⓘ
County of Pallars ⓘ
County of Ribagorza ⓘ
County of Roussillon ⓘ
County of Urgell ⓘ
territories south of the Pyrenees under Frankish control ⓘ
capital Barcelona ⓘ
country Frankish Empire ⓘ
linked to: Carolingian Empire
createdBy Carolingian rulers ⓘ
linked to: Carolingian dynasty

Charlemagne ⓘ
dissolvedBy progressive autonomy of Catalan counts ⓘ
weakening of Carolingian central authority ⓘ
endTime 10th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Basque populations ⓘ
Romance-speaking populations ⓘ
follows Frankish conquest of Girona and Barcelona ⓘ
Umayyad control in northeastern Iberia ⓘ
governmentType feudal counties under Frankish suzerainty ⓘ
hasEffect emergence of County of Barcelona as a principality ⓘ
foundation of medieval Catalonia ⓘ
gradual independence of Catalan counties from Frankish rule ⓘ
hasPart County of Barcelona ⓘ
County of Cerdanya ⓘ
County of Girona ⓘ
County of Osona ⓘ
County of Pallars ⓘ
County of Ribagorza ⓘ
County of Roussillon ⓘ
County of Urgell ⓘ
hasPurpose buffer between Carolingian Empire and Muslim-ruled territories ⓘ
defense against al-Andalus ⓘ
language Occitan ⓘ
Vulgar Latin ⓘ
early Catalan ⓘ
locatedIn Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
eastern Pyrenees ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Pyrenees

northeastern Iberia ⓘ
region of modern Aragon ⓘ
region of modern Catalonia ⓘ
militaryConflict Frankish–Umayyad conflicts in Iberia ⓘ
Siege of Barcelona (801) ⓘ
opposedTo al-Andalus ⓘ
linked to: Al-Andalus
partOf Carolingian Empire ⓘ
religion Latin Christianity ⓘ
startTime early 9th century ⓘ
late 8th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Marca Hispanica → alsoKnownAs → Spanish March ⓘ
Breton March → relatedTo → Spanish March ⓘ
County of Girona → partOf → Spanish March ⓘ