County of Girona

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Catalan county former administrative territorial entity medieval county

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
County of Girona canonical	5
Count of Girona	4

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 ⓘ

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