County of Urgell

Medieval Catalonian county (785–1413)

14 dated entries naming County of Urgell, drawn from 14 separate years between 731 CE and 1196 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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8th century

  • 731Umayyad conquest of Gaul: Munuza, Moorish governor of Cerdagne (eastern Pyrenees), rebels against Umayyad authority. He is defeated and executed by Muslim forces under Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi at Urgell (Catalonia). Muslim garrisons in Septimania raid the cities Millau and Arles.source
  • 785The Frankish Kingdom conquers Girona and Urgell (modern Spain) from the Moors. The Franks divide Catalonia into 14 countships. Charlemagne suppresses a rebellion by count Hardrad of Thuringia.source

10th century

  • 974Ermengol I, count of Urgell (died 1010)source
  • 993Borrell II, count of Barcelona and Urgellsource

11th century

  • 1010Ermengol I (or Armengol), count of Urgell (born 974)source
  • 1032Ermengol III (or Armengol), count of Urgell (died 1065)source
  • 1065Ermengol III (or Armengol), count of Urgell (born 1032)source
  • 1078Ermengol V, count of Urgell (Catalonia) (died 1102)source
  • 1092Ermengol IV (or Armengol), count of Urgell (born 1056)source
  • 1096Ermengol VI ("el de Castilla"), count of Urgell (died 1154)source

12th century

  • 1106The city of Balaguer (located in Catalonia) is conquered from the Moors by Ermengol VI, count of Urgell.source
  • 1154June 20 – Ermengol VI ("el de Castilla"), count of Urgell (born 1096)source
  • 1187February 23 – Peter I (Pedro), count of Urgell (died 1258)source
  • 1196Aurembiaix, Spanish countess (House of Urgell) (died 1231)source

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