County of Besalú

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The County of Besalú was a medieval Catalan county centered on the town of Besalú in northeastern Iberia, notable for its strategic location and role in the early formation of Catalonia.

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Label Occurrences
County of Besalú canonical 5

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative territorial entity
historic Catalan county
medieval county
borderedBy County of Cerdanya
Old County of Empúries
surface form: County of Empúries

County of Girona
Osona
surface form: County of Osona
capital Besalú
continent Europe
country Carolingian Empire
surface form: Frankish Empire
currency denier
endTime 12th century
followedBy County of Barcelona
follows Carolingian County of Barcelona
surface form: Carolingian frontier counties
governmentType feudal county
hasCenter town of Besalú
hasHeritageSite Jewish quarter of Besalú
Romanesque bridge of Besalú
hasStrategicLocation yes
historicalRegion Catalonia
historicalSignificance example of Carolingian frontier polity
important in consolidation of Catalan counties
language Latin
Catalan
surface form: Old Catalan
legalSystem feudal law
locatedIn northeastern Iberian Peninsula
present-day Catalonia
present-day Spain
mergedInto County of Barcelona
notableRuler Bernard I of Besalú
Oliba Cabreta
Wilfred the Hairy
overlord Carolingian dynasty
surface form: Carolingian kings

King of Aragon
surface form: Kings of Aragon
partOf Marca Hispanica
Old Catalonia
presentIn High Middle Ages
religion Roman Catholicism
religiousInstitution Sant Joan de les Abadesses
surface form: monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses

monastery of Sant Pere de Besalú
roleIn early formation of Catalonia
rulingDynasty House of Barcelona
local comital line of Besalú
startTime 9th century
todayWithin Autonomous community of Catalonia
surface form: autonomous community of Catalonia

Province of Girona
surface form: province of Girona

Referenced by (5)

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

County of Cerdanya borderedBy County of Besalú
Marca Hispanica contains County of Besalú
Wilfred the Hairy associatedWith County of Besalú
Oliba Cabreta countryOfCitizenship County of Besalú
County of Girona borderedBy County of Besalú