County of Girona

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The County of Girona was a medieval Catalan county centered on the city of Girona, playing a key role in the political and military frontier of the Carolingian Marca Hispanica.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
County of Girona canonical 5
Count of Girona 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catalan county ⓘ
former administrative territorial entity ⓘ
medieval county ⓘ
borderedBy County of Barcelona ⓘ
County of Besalú ⓘ
Old County of Empúries ⓘ
surface form: County of Empúries

territories of al-Andalus ⓘ
capital Girona ⓘ
continent Europe ⓘ
country Carolingian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Frankish Empire
dissolved 11th century ⓘ
when united with the County of Barcelona ⓘ
establishedBy Carolingian Empire ⓘ
Charlemagne ⓘ
Emperor Louis the Pious ⓘ
surface form: Louis the Pious
followedBy County of Barcelona ⓘ
Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
follows Visigothic territorial organization in the region ⓘ
governmentForm feudal county ⓘ
hasSite Girona Cathedral ⓘ
surface form: Girona cathedral

Girona ⓘ
surface form: city of Girona
historicalRegion Old Catalonia ⓘ
inception c. 785 ⓘ
late 8th century ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
Catalan ⓘ
surface form: Old Catalan
locatedIn Girona ⓘ
Northeastern Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
present-day Catalonia ⓘ
present-day Spain ⓘ
mergedInto County of Barcelona ⓘ
notableRuler Count Berà of Barcelona and Girona ⓘ
Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona ⓘ
surface form: Count Ramon Berenguer I of Barcelona

Sunyer I, Count of Barcelona ⓘ
surface form: Count Sunyer I of Empúries and Girona
partOf Catalonia ⓘ
Frankish feudal system ⓘ
Marca Hispanica ⓘ
Spanish March ⓘ
presentIn Early Middle Ages ⓘ
High Middle Ages ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
role frontier county of the Carolingian Empire ⓘ
military frontier zone against al-Andalus ⓘ
political center in the Marca Hispanica ⓘ
rulingClass Catalan nobility ⓘ
Frankish nobility ⓘ
significance early nucleus of the Catalan counties ⓘ
key stronghold in Carolingian defense system in Iberia ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

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

County of Barcelona → borderedBy → County of Girona ⓘ
Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona → nobleTitle → County of Girona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count of Girona
Marca Hispanica → contains → County of Girona ⓘ
Wilfred the Hairy → positionHeld → County of Girona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count of Girona
Wilfred the Hairy → associatedWith → County of Girona ⓘ
Spain (part – Spanish March) → includedRegion → County of Girona ⓘ
subject surface form: Spanish March
County of Besalú → borderedBy → County of Girona ⓘ
Raymond Berengar III of Barcelona → title → County of Girona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count of Girona
Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona → title → County of Girona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count of Girona