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.

Aliases (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	counts of Roussillon →
governingSystem	feudal monarchy →
historicalEra	Early modern period → Middle Ages →
historicalRegion	Catalonia →
historicalRole	borderland between Catalan-Aragonese and French realms →
languageUsed	Catalan → Occitan →
legalSystem	Catalan customary law →
locatedIn	Eastern Pyrenees region → Roussillon → southern France →
mergedInto	Province of Roussillon →
partOf	Crown of Aragon → Crown of Majorca → Marca Hispanica → Principality of Catalonia →
presentDayLocation	France → Pyrénées-Orientales department →
previouslyRuledBy	County of Barcelona → Crown of Aragon → 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 (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
County of Cerdanya →	borderedBy
Treaty of the Pyrenees ("Roussillon") →	cededTerritoryToFrance
Occitanie ("Pyrénées-Orientales") →	containsCity
Gersonides ("Roussillon") →	deathPlace
County of Roussillon ("counts of Roussillon") →	governedBy
Occitanie ("Roussillon") →	hasCulturalRegion
Aragonese Crusade ("Roussillon") →	hasLocation
Crown of Aragon →	hasPart
Southern France ("Roussillon") →	hasSubregion
Italian War of 1542–1546 ("Roussillon") →	hasTheatre
Capcir →	historicalAffiliation
Collioure ("Roussillon") →	historicalProvince
Kingdom of Majorca →	includedTerritory
County of Roussillon ("Roussillon") →	locatedIn
Gallo-Romance languages ("Roussillon") →	spokenIn