County of Barcelona

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Catalan principality historical polity medieval county

The County of Barcelona was a medieval Catalan principality centered on the city of Barcelona that became the political and economic core around which the Crown of Aragon coalesced.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Counts of Barcelona 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catalan principality ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ
medieval county ⓘ
achievedDeFactoIndependenceFrom Frankish kings ⓘ
borderedBy County of Girona ⓘ
Osona ⓘ
surface form: County of Osona

Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
capital Barcelona ⓘ
coalescedInto Crown of Aragon ⓘ
country Crown of Aragon ⓘ
currency Barcelona diner ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
endTime 1162 ⓘ
12th century ⓘ
followedBy Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
founder Wilfred the Hairy ⓘ
governmentType feudal county ⓘ
hasCity Barcelona ⓘ
hasPort Port of Barcelona ⓘ
importantEvent dynastic union with Kingdom of Aragon ⓘ
hereditary establishment under Wilfred the Hairy ⓘ
languageUsed Latin ⓘ
Catalan ⓘ
surface form: Old Catalan
legalSystem Usatges de Barcelona ⓘ
surface form: Usatges of Barcelona
locatedIn Catalonia ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Spain ⓘ
mergedInto Crown of Aragon ⓘ
notableRuler Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona ⓘ
surface form: Ramon Berenguer I

Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona ⓘ
surface form: Ramon Berenguer III

Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona ⓘ
surface form: Ramon Berenguer IV

Wilfred the Hairy ⓘ
overlord Carolingian Empire ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
partOf Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Marca Hispanica ⓘ
playedRole economic core of the Crown of Aragon ⓘ
political core of the Crown of Aragon ⓘ
predecessor Carolingian County of Barcelona ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
rulingDynasty House of Barcelona ⓘ
House of Trastámara ⓘ
startTime 9th century ⓘ
c. 801 ⓘ
unionType dynastic union ⓘ
unionWith Kingdom of Aragon ⓘ
unionYear 1137 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Usatges de Barcelona → appliesTo → County of Barcelona ⓘ
Aragonese conquest of Sardinia → belligerent → County of Barcelona ⓘ
Caliphate of Córdoba → borderedBy → County of Barcelona ⓘ
House of Barcelona → country → County of Barcelona ⓘ
subject surface form: Crown of Aragon
Crown of Aragon → hasPart → County of Barcelona ⓘ
County of Cerdanya → mergedInto → County of Barcelona ⓘ
Peter II of Aragon → monarchOf → County of Barcelona ⓘ
House of Barcelona → originatedAs → County of Barcelona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Counts of Barcelona
Crown of Aragon → precededBy → County of Barcelona ⓘ
County of Roussillon → previouslyRuledBy → County of Barcelona ⓘ
Principality of Catalonia → ruledBy → County of Barcelona ⓘ
this entity surface form: Counts of Barcelona
Kingdom of Aragon → unionWith → County of Barcelona ⓘ