Spanish March

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The Spanish March was a buffer frontier territory established by the Carolingian Empire in the late 8th and early 9th centuries to defend against Muslim-ruled al-Andalus in northeastern Iberia.

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Label Occurrences
Spanish March canonical 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Carolingian march
buffer zone
frontier territory
appliesToJurisdiction Counties of Barcelona, Girona, and Osona
County of Cerdanya NERFINISHED
County of Pallars NERFINISHED
County of Ribagorza NERFINISHED
County of Roussillon NERFINISHED
County of Urgell NERFINISHED
territories south of the Pyrenees under Frankish control
capital Barcelona NERFINISHED
country Frankish Empire NERFINISHED
createdBy Carolingian rulers NERFINISHED
Charlemagne NERFINISHED
dissolvedBy progressive autonomy of Catalan counts
weakening of Carolingian central authority
endTime 10th century
ethnicGroup Basque populations
Romance-speaking populations
follows Frankish conquest of Girona and Barcelona NERFINISHED
Umayyad control in northeastern Iberia
governmentType feudal counties under Frankish suzerainty
hasEffect emergence of County of Barcelona as a principality
foundation of medieval Catalonia
gradual independence of Catalan counties from Frankish rule
hasPart County of Barcelona NERFINISHED
County of Cerdanya NERFINISHED
County of Girona NERFINISHED
County of Osona NERFINISHED
County of Pallars NERFINISHED
County of Ribagorza NERFINISHED
County of Roussillon NERFINISHED
County of Urgell NERFINISHED
hasPurpose buffer between Carolingian Empire and Muslim-ruled territories
defense against al-Andalus
language Occitan NERFINISHED
Vulgar Latin NERFINISHED
early Catalan
locatedIn Iberian Peninsula
eastern Pyrenees NERFINISHED
northeastern Iberia
region of modern Aragon
region of modern Catalonia
militaryConflict Frankish–Umayyad conflicts in Iberia NERFINISHED
Siege of Barcelona (801) NERFINISHED
opposedTo al-Andalus NERFINISHED
partOf Carolingian Empire NERFINISHED
religion Latin Christianity NERFINISHED
startTime early 9th century
late 8th century

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Marca Hispanica alsoKnownAs Spanish March
Breton March relatedTo Spanish March
County of Girona partOf Spanish March