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County of Pallars
drawn on the map AD 875–1014
Comtat de Pallars. Emerged from the March of Toulouse under Raymond I of Pallars and Ribagorza (872–920), the first independent count; the region was the easternmost extent of Basque speech.
- Shown on the map
- AD 875–1014
- Peak area
- 5k km²
- Region
- Europe
Names
Comtat de Pallars. Emerged from the March of Toulouse under Raymond I of Pallars and Ribagorza (872–920), the first independent count; the region was the easternmost extent of Basque speech. In 1011, on the death of Count Sunyer, Pallars was divided between his sons: Pallars Jussà (Lower, the wealthier half) went to Raymond III, and Pallars Sobirà (Upper, poor and mountainous) to William II. Pallars Jussà was donated to Alfonso II and the Crown of Aragon on 27 May 1192 by the heiress Dolça de Só — the last major county annexed to the Crown. Pallars Sobirà survived far longer as an autonomous county under the Comminges and Mataplana dynasties; its last count, Hugh Roger III, lost it to the Crown in 1487 after the Catalan Civil War.
Common questions
- What was the County of Pallars?
- Comtat de Pallars. Emerged from the March of Toulouse under Raymond I of Pallars and Ribagorza (872–920), the first independent count; the region was the easternmost extent of Basque speech.
- When is the County of Pallars shown on the map?
- The border data draws the County of Pallars AD 875–1014. The source samples borders at fixed dates, so a span can begin late or run on past the end.
- How large was the County of Pallars?
- At its greatest extent drawn on this map, the County of Pallars covered about 5,000 km². That is the largest area the border data gives it across the years it is drawn, not necessarily its greatest extent in history.
Sources
This compendium cites its sources once for the whole document rather than per territory. Its bibliography names the English Wikipedia articles for al-Andalus, the taifas and the Christian kingdoms as the primary basis, with Encyclopædia Britannica, the World History Encyclopedia and academic work on the historiography of the Reconquista and the taifa period (García-Sanjuán). The article this entry is anchored on:
- Wikipedia — County of Pallars en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_of_Pallars
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