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 | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11349741 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Spanish March Context triple: [Marca Hispanica, alsoKnownAs, Spanish March]
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A.
Marcha Real
Marcha Real is the official national anthem of Spain, notable for being one of the few national anthems in the world without official lyrics.
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B.
Siege of Madrid
The Siege of Madrid was a prolonged and pivotal early campaign of the Spanish Civil War in which Republican forces successfully resisted Nationalist attempts to capture Spain’s capital.
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C.
Bloody Week
Bloody Week was the brutal final suppression of the Paris Commune in May 1871, marked by intense street fighting and mass executions of Communards by French government forces.
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D.
Iberica (Spanish Wars)
Iberica (Spanish Wars) is a section of Appian’s Roman History that narrates Rome’s military and political campaigns in the Iberian Peninsula.
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E.
Siege of Burgos
The Siege of Burgos was a 1812 Peninsular War campaign in which British and allied forces under the Duke of Wellington unsuccessfully attempted to capture the French-held fortress of Burgos in northern Spain.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Spanish March Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Marcha Real
Marcha Real is the official national anthem of Spain, notable for being one of the few national anthems in the world without official lyrics.
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B.
Siege of Madrid
The Siege of Madrid was a prolonged and pivotal early campaign of the Spanish Civil War in which Republican forces successfully resisted Nationalist attempts to capture Spain’s capital.
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C.
Bloody Week
Bloody Week was the brutal final suppression of the Paris Commune in May 1871, marked by intense street fighting and mass executions of Communards by French government forces.
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D.
Iberica (Spanish Wars)
Iberica (Spanish Wars) is a section of Appian’s Roman History that narrates Rome’s military and political campaigns in the Iberian Peninsula.
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E.
Siege of Burgos
The Siege of Burgos was a 1812 Peninsular War campaign in which British and allied forces under the Duke of Wellington unsuccessfully attempted to capture the French-held fortress of Burgos in northern Spain.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Carolingian march
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buffer zone ⓘ frontier territory ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
Counties of Barcelona, Girona, and Osona
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County of Cerdanya NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Pallars NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Ribagorza NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Roussillon NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Urgell NERFINISHED ⓘ territories south of the Pyrenees under Frankish control ⓘ |
| capital | Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Frankish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Carolingian rulers
NERFINISHED
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Charlemagne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedBy |
progressive autonomy of Catalan counts
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weakening of Carolingian central authority ⓘ |
| endTime | 10th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Basque populations
ⓘ
Romance-speaking populations ⓘ |
| follows |
Frankish conquest of Girona and Barcelona
NERFINISHED
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Umayyad control in northeastern Iberia ⓘ |
| governmentType | feudal counties under Frankish suzerainty ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
emergence of County of Barcelona as a principality
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foundation of medieval Catalonia ⓘ gradual independence of Catalan counties from Frankish rule ⓘ |
| hasPart |
County of Barcelona
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
County of Cerdanya NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Girona NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Osona NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Pallars NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Ribagorza NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Roussillon NERFINISHED ⓘ County of Urgell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
buffer between Carolingian Empire and Muslim-ruled territories
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defense against al-Andalus ⓘ |
| language |
Occitan
NERFINISHED
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Vulgar Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ early Catalan ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Iberian Peninsula
ⓘ
eastern Pyrenees NERFINISHED ⓘ northeastern Iberia ⓘ region of modern Aragon ⓘ region of modern Catalonia ⓘ |
| militaryConflict |
Frankish–Umayyad conflicts in Iberia
NERFINISHED
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Siege of Barcelona (801) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedTo | al-Andalus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Carolingian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Latin Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime |
early 9th century
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late 8th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Spanish March Description of subject: 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.
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