County of Barcelona
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Was one of the many independent counties that emerged in Catalonia during the period of instability after the death of West Frankish King Louis the Stammerer.
Establishment
January 880: After the death of Louis the Stammerer (879), Aquitaine and West Francia in general experienced a period of instability during which the outlying regions, such as Catalonia, became de facto independent of central royal authority.
Chronology
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The Frankish Kingdom was partitioned and reuinited several times as the Frankish rulers used to divide their territories equally among their heirs. This lead also to a number of wars and revolts.
1.1.Partition of West Francia
After the death of West Frankish Emperor Louis the Stammerer In March 880 at Amiens, the Kingdom was divided among his two sons.
The Magyars (or Hungarians) successfully conquered the Carpathian Basin (corresponding to the later Kingdom of Hungary) by the end of the ninth century, and launched a number of plundering raids thoughout Europe.
January 918: Between 917 and 925, the Magyars raided through Basel, Alsace, Burgundy, Provence and the Pyrenees.
February 918: Between 917 and 925, the Magyars raided through Basel, Alsace, Burgundy, Provence and the Pyrenees. The Magyars then left the raided territories.
January 943: Hungarians raided Spain, particularly Catalonia, in 942 AD.
February 943: Hungarians raided Spain, particularly Catalonia, in 942 AD. After the raid, they left the occupied regions.
Were a series military campaigns from the 8th century until 1492 by the Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula to reconquer the region from the Islamic rulers that had conquered it during the Umayyad conquest of Hispania.
January 977: Almansor, who was the ruler of the Caliphate of Córdoba, sacks Barcelona.
February 977: End of the sack of Barcelona by Morish forces.
January 986: Almansor, who was the ruler of the Caliphate of Córdoba, sacks Barcelona.
February 986: End of the sack of Barcelona by Morish forces.
January 1110: The Almoravids capture Talavera in western Toledo after a month-long siege.
January 1134: Conquest of Mequinonensa.
January 1137: Mequinenza on the Ebro is recaptured by the Moors.
January 1159: Alcaniz conquered by Almohad Caliphate.
January 949: Sunifred II of Urgell died without descendants and the county went to his nephew Borrell II, Count of Barcelona, Girona and Osona.
January 989: In 988, Borrell II, Count of Urgell, gave the Andorran valleys to the Diocese of Urgell in exchange for land in Cerdanya. Since then, the Bishop of Urgell, based in Seu d'Urgell, has been Co-prince of Andorra.
January 1025: Barcelona conquers of Ager.
January 1039: Barcelona conquers of Vallfogona.
January 1057: Barcelona conquers of Tarrega.
January 1059: In 1058, when Count Raymond accepted the pay of Raymond Berengar I of Barcelona to be his ally in the fight against the Moors, the fate of Cerdanya to be in the control of Barcelona was sealed. In the next centuries, Cerdanya was part of the Principality of Catalonia.
January 1071: Barcelona conquers of Agramunt.
January 1077: Based on available maps.
January 1079: Ponce I was the first count of Ampurias to render vassalage to the counts of Barcelona in 1078.
January 1081: Conquest of Montblanc.
January 1106: Conquest of Balaguer.
January 1110: Conquest of Valls.
January 1112: In 1111, Bernard of Besalú died and Barcelona inherited Besalú.
January 1114: In 1113, the Countess of Provence, Dolce I, granted the title and government of the county of Provence to her husband, Count Raimondo Berengario III of Barcelona, of the house of Barcelona.
January 1119: Conquest of Mont-Roig del Camp.
January 1119: Conquest of Terragona.
January 1126: The marquisate of Provence was formed in 1125 from a division of the county of Provence.
January 1148: Conquest of Alguaire.
January 1149: Count Ramón Berenguer IV of Barcelona acquired Amposta.
January 1149: Conquest of Tortosa.
November 1149: Conquest of Mequinonensa.
January 1150: Conquest of Lleida.
January 1152: Conquest of Falset.
January 1154: Conquest of Prades.
January 1158: Alcaniz was conquered by count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona in 1157.
January 1159: Alcaniz conquered by Kingdom of Aragon.
Disestablishment
January 1163: Alfonso II of Aragon became also count of Barcelona after the death of his father, Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona.
Selected Sources
Expansión peninsular de la Corona de Aragón. Wikipedia. Retrieved on 21 September 2021. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Expansi%C3%B3n_peninsular_de_la_Corona_de_Arag%C3%B3n.png
Sugar, P. F. / Hanák, P. (1994): A History of Hungary, Bloomington (USA), p. 13
