County of Roussillon

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feudal territory former administrative territorial entity medieval county

The County of Roussillon was a medieval feudal territory in what is now southern France, historically significant as a borderland between the Catalan-Aragonese and French realms.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Roussillon 44
County of Roussillon canonical 9
Count of Roussillon 3

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf feudal territory ⓘ
former administrative territorial entity ⓘ
medieval county ⓘ
associatedWithConflict Franco-Spanish border wars ⓘ
borderWith France ⓘ
Kingdom of Aragon ⓘ
capital Perpignan ⓘ
coatOfArms or four pallets gules (arms of Aragon-Catalonia) ⓘ
country Kingdom of France ⓘ
currencyUsed various medieval Catalan-Aragonese currencies ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished Treaty of the Pyrenees ⓘ
endTime 1659 ⓘ
feudalSystem vassalage to the Crown of Aragon ⓘ
governedBy County of Roussillon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: counts of Roussillon
governingSystem feudal monarchy ⓘ
historicalEra Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period

Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Catalonia ⓘ
historicalRole borderland between Catalan-Aragonese and French realms ⓘ
languageUsed Catalan ⓘ
Occitan ⓘ
legalSystem Catalan customary law ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Catalonia ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Pyrenees region

County of Roussillon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Roussillon

Southern France ⓘ
surface form: southern France
mergedInto Pyrénées-Orientales department ⓘ
surface form: Province of Roussillon
partOf Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Kingdom of Majorca ⓘ
surface form: Crown of Majorca

Marca Hispanica ⓘ
Principality of Catalonia ⓘ
presentDayLocation France ⓘ
Pyrénées-Orientales department ⓘ
previouslyRuledBy County of Barcelona ⓘ
Crown of Aragon ⓘ
Kingdom of Majorca ⓘ
surface form: Crown of Majorca
regionType Pyrenean border county ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent cession to France by the Treaty of the Pyrenees ⓘ
incorporation into the Crown of Aragon ⓘ
sovereignStateAfter Kingdom of France ⓘ
startTime 9th century ⓘ
strategicImportance control of passes through the eastern Pyrenees ⓘ

Referenced by (60)

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

Crown of Aragon → hasPart → County of Roussillon ⓘ
Occitanie → containsCity → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pyrénées-Orientales
Occitanie → hasCulturalRegion → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Gallo-Romance languages → spokenIn → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
County of Roussillon → locatedIn → County of Roussillon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
County of Roussillon → governedBy → County of Roussillon self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: counts of Roussillon
Aragonese Crusade → hasLocation → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
County of Cerdanya → borderedBy → County of Roussillon ⓘ
Treaty of the Pyrenees → cededTerritoryToFrance → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Kingdom of Majorca → includedTerritory → County of Roussillon ⓘ
Collioure → historicalProvince → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Southern France → hasSubregion → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Gersonides → deathPlace → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Italian War of 1542–1546 → hasTheatre → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Capcir → historicalRegionOf → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Capcir → historicalAffiliation → County of Roussillon ⓘ
Maury AOC → locatedIn → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Maury AOC → region → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Canet-en-Roussillon → locatedInHistoricalRegion → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Roussillon AOC → locatedIn → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Côtes du Roussillon AOC → locatedIn → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Canigou → symbolOf → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Miquel → usedInRegion → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Collioure AOC → locatedIn → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Carignan → notableRegion → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Prades → historicalProvince → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Luberon massif → contains → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Perpignan → partOf → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: historical province of Roussillon
Argelès-sur-Mer → region → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Franco-Spanish War (1673–1678) → hasMainTheater → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Roussillonnais Catalan → spokenIn → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Gordes → locatedNear → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
King of Majorca → hasTerritorialExtent → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Battle of the Tech → location → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Army of the Eastern Pyrenees → campaignRegion → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Northern Catalonia → hasSubregion → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Catalan people → nativeTo → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Queen of Aragon → associatedWithTerritory → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Marca Hispanica → contains → County of Roussillon ⓘ
Pyrénées-Orientales department → contains → County of Roussillon ⓘ
subject surface form: Pyrénées-Orientales
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Pyrénées-Orientales department → historicalRegion → County of Roussillon ⓘ
subject surface form: Pyrénées-Orientales
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Franco-Spanish border wars → frontierRegion → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Spain (part – Spanish March) → includedRegion → County of Roussillon ⓘ
subject surface form: Spanish March
Spain (part – Spanish March) → presentDayLocation → County of Roussillon ⓘ
subject surface form: Spanish March
this entity surface form: Roussillon (France)
Alfonso II of Aragon → positionHeld → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count of Roussillon
Alfonso II of Aragon → nobleTitle → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Count of Roussillon
GR 10 → passesThrough → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
fortifications of Perpignan → locatedInHistoricalRegion → County of Roussillon ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roussillon
Philip III of France → deathPlace → County of Roussillon ⓘ
House of Majorca → territoryIncluded → County of Roussillon ⓘ