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.
All labels observed (1)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.