County of Pallars

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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.

January 880: The County of Ribagorza was originally the independent creation of a local dynasty.

Chronology

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1. Frankish Partitions

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.

2. Hungarian invasions of Europe

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.

3. Reconquista

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.

February 921: After their raid in Gascony, the Muslim forces of Cordoba left the region.

3.1.Conquests of Abd ar-Rahman III

Were the conquests of the Emir and later Caliph of Córdoba, Abd ar-Rahman III.

January 921: 920: Muslim forces cross the Pyrenees, invade Gascony, besiege Toulouse and kill the garrison of Muez.

4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 1025: Barcelona conquers of Ager.

January 1171: In 1170 the Count of Bigorra Céntulo III declared himself a vassal of Alfonso II of Aragon, who granted him in exchange in 1175 the title of Count of Pallars Sobirá.

Disestablishment

January 1194: Pallars Jussà passed into the hands of King Alfonso II of Aragón in 1193.

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