Catalan counties

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The Catalan counties were a group of medieval feudal territories in the eastern Pyrenees that formed the political and cultural foundation of what would become Catalonia.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Catalan counties canonical 3
Comarques of Catalonia 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal territory
historical region
medieval political entity
appliesToPeriod 10th century
11th century
12th century
9th century
early Middle Ages
borderedBy Kingdom of Aragon
al-Andalus
linked to: Al-Andalus
culturalSignificance cradle of Catalan language
origin of Catalan identity
developedInto Catalan-Aragonese Confederation
linked to: Crown of Aragon
followedBy Principality of Catalonia
follows Visigothic territorial organization
hasCapital Barcelona
hasCentralFigure Count of Barcelona
hasGovernmentForm county-based feudalism
feudal monarchy
hasPart County of Barcelona
County of Berga
County of Besalú
County of Cerdanya
County of Conflent
County of Empúries
County of Girona
County of Manresa
County of Osona
County of Pallars
County of Peralada
County of Ribagorça
linked to: County of Ribagorza

County of Roussillon
County of Urgell
County of Vallespir
historicalRole buffer zone against al-Andalus
foundation of Catalonia
influencedBy Frankish feudal system
languageUsed Latin
Old Catalan
legalSystem Catalan customary law
locatedIn eastern Pyrenees
linked to: Eastern Pyrenees

present-day France
present-day Spain
partOf Carolingian Empire
Marca Hispanica
religion Roman Catholicism
sovereigntyGraduallyFrom Carolingian kings
sovereigntyGraduallyTo hereditary Catalan counts

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Oliba Cabreta partOf Catalan counties
Gironès partOf Comarques of Catalonia
linked to: Catalan counties
Berà of Barcelona and Girona placeOfActivity Catalan counties
Count of Besalú partOf Catalan counties