County of Roussillon

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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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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. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 916: Sunifred II was the Count of Cerdanya and Conflent, ruling over a territory in the Pyrenees. In 915, his territory was absorbed into the County of Roussillon, ending his de facto independence.

January 991: In 990 the County of Roussillon passed to the vassalage of the Counts of Besalú.

January 1015: In 1014, Hugh I of Empúries invaded Roussillon.

January 1020: In 1019 a pact was signed making the two counties of Roussillon and Empúries permanently separate entities.

January 1172: On the death of Gerard II without heirs in 1172, Roussillon passed, as per prior agreement of the nobles with the count, to Alfonso II of Aragon.

Disestablishment

January 1173: On the death of Gerard II without heirs in 1172, Roussillon passed, as per prior agreement of the nobles with the count, to Alfonso II of Aragon.