Principality of Catalonia

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former principality historical polity

The Principality of Catalonia was a historical polity in northeastern Iberia with its own institutions, laws, and identity, which later became a core part of modern Spain.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Catalonia 1

Statements (61)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former principality ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ
abolished 1716 ⓘ
abolishedBy Nueva Planta decrees in Catalonia ⓘ
surface form: Nueva Planta decrees
borderedBy Kingdom of Aragon ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Kingdom of Valencia ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
capital Barcelona ⓘ
country Crown of Aragon ⓘ
currency Barcelona dinero ⓘ
Catalan pound ⓘ
established 12th century ⓘ
c. 1162 ⓘ
follows feudal system ⓘ
foundedBy Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona ⓘ
hasCoatOfArms Arms of the Crown of Aragon with Catalan stripes ⓘ
hasEthnicGroup Catalonia ⓘ
surface form: Catalans
hasExecutiveBody Diputació del General ⓘ
Government of Catalonia ⓘ
surface form: Generalitat de Catalunya
hasFlag Senyera ⓘ
hasGovernmentForm composite monarchy constituent ⓘ
constitutional principality ⓘ
hasIdentity Catalan national identity ⓘ
hasInstitution Consell de Cent of Barcelona ⓘ
Diputació del General ⓘ
surface form: Generalitat de Catalunya
hasJudicialBody Royal Audience of Catalonia ⓘ
hasLegalSystem Catalan constitutions ⓘ
Usatges de Barcelona ⓘ
surface form: Catalan customary law

Usatges de Barcelona ⓘ
hasLegislature Parliament of Catalonia ⓘ
surface form: Catalan Courts

Parliament of Catalonia ⓘ
surface form: Corts Catalanes
hasMotto often associated with "Princeps namque" in military context ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Catalan ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Occitan ⓘ
hasReligion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
hasSymbol Senyera ⓘ
historicalPeriod Early modern period ⓘ
Middle Ages ⓘ
includesTerritory Barcelona ⓘ
Girona ⓘ
Lleida ⓘ
Tarragona ⓘ
influenced Catalan legal and political traditions ⓘ
development of modern Catalan autonomy ⓘ
legalStatusAfter1716 integrated into a centralized Spanish monarchy ⓘ
locatedIn Europe ⓘ
northeastern Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
partOf Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Spanish monarchy ⓘ
surface form: Monarchy of Spain
ruledBy County of Barcelona ⓘ
surface form: Counts of Barcelona

King of Aragon ⓘ
surface form: Kings of Aragon

King of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Kings of Spain
significantEvent Siege of Barcelona (1713–1714) ⓘ
Union of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon ⓘ
surface form: Union of the Crown of Aragon with the Crown of Castile

War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ
successor Province of Catalonia within the Kingdom of Spain ⓘ
modern autonomous community of Catalonia ⓘ
unitedByDynasticUnionWith Kingdom of Aragon ⓘ
unitedWith Kingdom of Aragon ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Usatges de Barcelona → appliesTo → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
Diputació del General → appliesToJurisdiction → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
Royal Audience of Catalonia → appliesToJurisdiction → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
Nueva Planta decrees in Catalonia → appliesToTerritory → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
Senyera → associatedWith → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
Siege of Barcelona (1713–1714) → belligerent → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
Catalan pound → country → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
Consell de Cent of Barcelona → country → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
Diputació del General → country → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
Royal Audience of Catalonia → country → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
Rafael Casanova → countryOfCitizenship → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
County of Barcelona → followedBy → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
Catholic Monarchy → hasComponentTerritory → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
King of Aragon → hasJurisdictionOver → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
Crown of Aragon → hasPart → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
Siege of Barcelona (1713–1714) → historicalRegion → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Catalonia
Catalan Revolt → location → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
Siege of Barcelona (1713–1714) → location → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
Peter II of Aragon → monarchOf → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
County of Roussillon → partOf → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
Kingdom of Valencia → sharesMonarchWith → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
Compromise of Caspe → significantEventFor → Principality of Catalonia ⓘ