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County of Barcelona

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33 dated entries naming County of Barcelona, drawn from 31 separate years between 812 CE and 1162 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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9th century

  • 812Charlemagne conquers Catalonia, as far south as the River Ebro and the Balearic Islands. The counties come under the rule of Bera, count of Barcelona. He signs a three-year peace treaty with the Emirate of Córdoba.source
  • 848Frankish forces under Count (comté) William of Septimania assume authority over the counties of Barcelona and Empúries (modern Spain).source
  • 870Sunyer, count of Barcelona (approximate date)source
  • 879Wilfred the Hairy, count of Barcelona, founds the Benedictine monastery at Ripoll, in Catalonia (Spain).source

10th century

  • 948Sunifred II of Urgell dies without descendants and is succeeded by his nephew Borrell II, count of Barcelona.source
  • 950Sunyer, count of Barcelona, Girona and Ausonasource
  • 972Ermesinde, countess and regent of Barcelona (d. 1058)source
  • 988Borrell II, count of Barcelona, does not renew his allegiance to Hugh Capet. He becomes a de facto independent ruler, and starts minting its own currency – this will be confirmed legally by the Treaty of Corbeil (1258).source
  • 993Borrell II, count of Barcelona and Urgellsource

11th century

  • 1017Ramon Borrell, count of Barcelona (b. 972)source
  • 1023Ramon Berenguer I, count of Barcelona (d. 1076)source
  • 1034King Sancho III (the Great) of Pamplona captures León, after defeating a string of rivals. His rule now extends from the borders of Galicia in the west to the County of Barcelona in the east.source
  • 1053Berenguer Ramon II, count of Barcelona (approximate date)source
  • 1058March 1 – Ermesinde, countess and regent of Barcelonasource
  • 1076May 26 – Ramon Berenguer I, count of Barcelona (b. 1023)source
  • 1081King Alfonso VI ("the Brave") of Castile exiles his most famous commander, El Cid, who goes into exile and offers his services to the twins – Counts Ramon Berenguer II and Berenguer Ramon II of Barcelona, but is turned down. He ends up in the service of Emir Yusuf al-Mu'taman ibn Hud of Zaragoza.source
  • 1082December 6 – Count Ramon Berenguer II of Barcelona is killed while hunting in the woods. He is succeeded by his twin brother Berenguer Ramon II as the sole ruler of Catalonia (modern Spain).source
  • 1082November 11 – Ramon Berenguer III, count of Barcelona (d. 1132)source

12th century

  • 1112February 3 – Ramon Berenguer III ("the Great"), count of Barcelona, obtains the county of Provence through his marriage to the heiress, Douce I. Ramon's dominion stretches as far east as Nice (modern France).source
  • 1113September 7 – The Republic of Pisa signs a treaty with Ramon Berenguer III ('the Great'), count of Barcelona. The Pisan fleet embarks on a campaign against the Moors in the Balearic Islands.source
  • 1114Battle of Martorell: The Almoravid governor of Zaragoza, Muhàmmad ibn al-Hajj, launches an expedition against the County of Barcelona, but is defeated in an ambush near Martorell.source
  • 1114Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona (d. 1162)source
  • 1117Ramon Berenguer III ("the Great"), count of Barcelona, inherits Cerdanya (located between the Pyrenees and the Ebro River) which becomes part of the Principality of Catalonia.source
  • 1131Ramon Berenguer III (the Great), count of Barcelona, dies after a 34-year reign. He leaves most of his Catalonian territories to his elder son Ramon Berenguer IV, who continues the fight against the Almoravid Muslims. His younger son Berenguer Ramon inherits Provence (Southern France) and will reign as Ramon I (until 1144).source
  • 1133Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona, launches a raid against Almoravid-held territories in Al-Andalus (modern Spain), and pillages the country all the way to Cádiz.source
  • 1134Called by Olegarius, the bishop of Tarragona, the Knights Templar establish their first stronghold in Catalonia.source
  • 1135A Moorish fleet raids the Catalan port-town of Elna (Southern France).source
  • 1142Reverter de La Guardia, viscount of Barcelona (or 1144)source
  • 1144Reverter de La Guardia, viscount of Barcelona (or 1142)source
  • 1146The Republic of Genoa reaches a commercial agreement with Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona, granting privileges to merchants of both nations in the Catalan and Ligurian ports.source
  • 1149October 24 – Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona, conquers Lleida from the Almoravids, after a siege of seven months (as well as Fraga and Mequinenza).source
  • 1153Confronted with important financial difficulty due to the expenses of the Spanish crusade, the Republic of Genoa has to sell a third of the city of Tortosa (which they had conquered in 1148 during an expedition against the Almoravids) to Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona.source
  • 1162August 6 – Ramon Berenguer IV, count of Barcelona (b. 1114)source

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