County of Cerdanya
The County of Cerdanya (Catalan: Comtat de Cerdanya, IPA: [kumˈtad də səɾˈðaɲə]; Latin: Comitatus Ceritaniae; Spanish: Condado de Cerdaña, French: Comté de Cerdagne) was one of the Catalan counties formed in the last decades of the 8th century by the Franks in the Marca Hispanica. The original Cerdanya consisted of the valley of the upper Segre. Today Cerdanya is a Catalan comarca.
County of Cerdanya | |||||||||
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| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||||||
| Government | Feudal County | ||||||||
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• 798-820 | Borrell I (first) | ||||||||
• 1375-1403 | Isabella (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 798 | ||||||||
• Merged with the Crown of Aragon | 1403 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Catalonia | ||||||||
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