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	Urgell - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Urgell is one of the historical Catalan counties, bordering on the counties of Pallars and Cerdanya.
		Andorra was ceded to the bishop of La Seu d'Urgell by the count Ermengol IV of Urgell in the 12th century.
		The county of Urgell was extinguished and absorbed by the Kingdom of Aragon and the Count of Barcelona, after the revolt of the count James II of Urgell against the king Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1413.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Urgell (229 words)

	Counts of Urgell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		2 870-992 Counts from the House of Barcelona
		7 1314-1413 Counts from the House of Barcelona
		1327-1347 Jaume I of Urgell, Prince of Aragon, born 1321, poisoned in Barcelona in 1347
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Counts_of_Urgell (391 words)

	Fragrant WebSite Urgell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Urgell is one of the historical Catalonia counties, borɗering on the counties of Pallars anɗ Cerɗanya.
		Anɗorra was ceɗeɗ to the bishop of La Seu ɗ'Urgell by the count Ermengol IV of Urgell in the 12th century.
		The county of Urgell was extinguisheɗ anɗ absorbeɗ by the Kingɗom of Aragon anɗ the Count of Barcelona, after the revolt of the count James II of Urgell against the king Ferɗinanɗ II of Aragon in 1413.
	channele.info /en/Urgell (234 words)

	The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718-1050
		This family was allied to the earlier lords of the region, for a sister of Count William of Périgord, Santia, married Ademar, count of Poitou, mentioned earlier.
		A third family is one descended from a certain Rannoux, himself a son of Count Gerald of Auvergne, to whom in 838 Louis the Pious gave the county of Poitou.
		The dukes of Gascony were of Gascon origin, the counts of Carcassonne, Ampurias, and Barcelona were Gothic, the counts of Melgeuil, Toulouse, Auvergne, Angoulême, and Poitou, and the kings of Provence-Burgundy were Frankish, the counts of Pallars and Ribagorça were Hispano-Basque, and the counts of Périgord were either Frankish or Gallo-Roman.
	libro.uca.edu /lewis/sfc6.htm (8518 words)

	Eye on Andorra
		There exists a "Bill of Andorra's Foundation", kept by the archive of the Principate; this bill was issued by Charlemagne to his son "Lluís" and it is not accepted by all the historians, because it was written and given in a late period.
		During this century and the next, by means of purchases and permutes, the successors of the counts of Urgell, enlarge their possessions at Andorra.
		The territorial dominion of the bishop of Urgell, was then transformed into a "jurisdictional mastership" and their relations with Andorra will be in the future of "feudal style".
	www.eyeonsoutherneurope.com /EyeOnAndorra.htm (1619 words)

	Urgell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Andorra was ceded to the bishop of La Seu d'Urgell by the count Ermengol IV of in the 12th century.
		The county of Urgell was extinguished absorved by the Kingdom of Aragon and the Count of Barcelona after the revolt of the count II of Urgell against the king Ferdinand II of Aragon in 1413.
		This role carries with it the of joint head of state of Andorra.
	www.freeglossary.com /Urgell (217 words)

	The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718-1050
		With the assistance of the counts of the High Alps and the viscounts of Marseille and Fos, he drove the Moslems from Fraxinetum and reorganized disorderly regions east of the Rhone to create, almost single-handedly, a large, well-organized duchy, marquisate, or county of Provence.
		By 975 this family, which was descended from Count Miró, the brother of Count Guifred, and who were cousins of the House of Barcelona, had begun to consolidate their authority over their part of Catalonia.
		Soon after 1050, Raymond of Saint-Gilles, the younger son of Count Pons and Almodis, was to build upon this prestige and such possessions to create a true principality in Languedoc, one that could match in power those which had already been formed by the counts of Barcelona and the dukes of Aquitaine.
	libro.uca.edu /lewis/sfc17.htm (9147 words)

	FEVA - Federació d'Escacs Valls d'Andorra - El Principat d'Andorra
		Century onwards, the Counts of Urgell progressively gave up their rights to the church in Urgell, until 1113 when Count Ermengol IV transferred all his possessions in the Andorran Valleys to the Bishop of Urgell and requested the Andorrans to pay homage to the Bishop as their Lord.
		Several war hostilities of the neighbouring Lords against the church in Urgell, obliged the bishop to submit to the protection of the Caboet family.
		Various war conflicts confronted the Count of Foix -heir of the House of Caboet and Castellbó to the Bishop of Urgell.
	www.feva.ad /Andorra/Angles/Andorra01_history.htm (684 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Eventually, in 1133, Count Ermengol IV gave the Bishop all his possessions in the Valleys of Andorra, and at the same time requested that the Andorrans should pay homage to the Bishop and his successors as liege lords.
		The considerable hostility towards, and military actions against, the Church of Urgell by neighbouring lords and noblemen forced the Bishop to place himself and the Church of Urgell under the protection of the House of Caboet, and in 1159 a treaty was signed by both parties.
		Through numerous inter-marriages, the co-dominion of the Count of Foix descended to the Viscounts of Bearn, then to the Crown of Navarra, and ultimately to the head of the State of France when Henry IV the Bearnese became both Count of Foix and King of Navarra.
	www.andorrarealestate.com /history.htm (820 words)

	Seu de Urgell Beatus Finn's Fine Books Facsimile Book Catalogue
		There was a strong connection between the Counts of Urgell and Alfonso VI and his descendants.
		Armengol V (1092-1102) married Mary, daughter of Count Pedro Ansúrez, the founder of Valladolid.
		The style is very much that of the Mozarabic miniaturist tradition associated with Leon: strong colours, bold and vivid, in themselves a major challenge to facsimile reproduction; simplified drawings, reduced to essentials; the representation of people and objects throughout, and the use of superimposed coloured strips to achieve a degree of perspective.
	www.finns-books.com /urgell.htm (556 words)

	Spanish nobility - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For example, the daughter of Franco became duchess of Franco, Adolfo Suárez became duke of Suárez, Camilo José Cela became marquess of Iria Flavia (the Roman name of his birth city).
		He also exceptionally confirmed the title of Count of Barcelona (a sovereignty title attached to the crown) that his father Juan de Borbón had been used as a pretender to the Spanish crown.
		Furthermore, the son of a Count, Marquess or Duke may use the style of a Viscount.
	www.higiena-system.com /wiki/link-Spanish_nobility (801 words)

	History of the Principality of Andorra
		The first unquestionable document regarding the history of Andorra is the "Act of Consecration and Assignment of the Cathedral of Urgell" done by the bishop in front of the Count Sunifred the first of Urgell.
		The year 988 A.D. count Borrell the second of Barcelona and the bishop Sal.la, reach an exchange agreement for their property: the first mentioned gave lands of Lòria, Santa Coloma and Ordino in change of several rights for "Berga" and "Cerdanya".
		Altogether with count Ermengol guarantee this donation the six andorran delegates, "Arnau" count of the "Pallars", "Pere de Castellbó" viscount d'Urgell and "Cerdanya" and "Miró Guitard", Master of the "Valls de Cabó and Sant Joan".
	andorramania.org (3849 words)

	Calvo - The Oldest Chess PIeces in Europe
		Among the stronghold fortresses owned by the counts of Urgell was the closed valley of Ager.
		The Urgellian lord, count Arnau Mir de Tost, built a monastery at Ager in the middle of XI century.
		Kings are represented in form of a cylindrical block suggesting a throne or a seat, due to two perpendicular cuts in the upper section of the piece.
	www.goddesschess.com /chessays/calvopieces.html (3059 words)

	HISTORY Principality of Andorra Brussels belgium MERITXELL
		In the Charter granted by Charles the Bald to Sunifred in 843 the territory of Andorra was defined as a possession of the County of Urgell, and in the Act of Consecration of the Cathedral of the See of Urgell, signed in 860, it was made clear that the County was subject to the Church.
		The discord and violent confrontations between the Bishops of Urgell and the Counts of Foix ceased thanks to the efforts of King Peter II of Catalonia-Aragon and some Catalan counts who were concerned about keeping their prerogatives.
		Following a series of marriages, the Co-Lordship of the Count of Foix passed first to the Viscounts of Béarn and then to the French Head of State when Henry IV of Béarn, Count of Foix and Navarre, became King of France.
	www.andorra.be /en/2.1.htm (1923 words)

	Destination Andorra. Travel and tourist information . Hotels World travel information. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A period of conflict and hostility between the bishops of Urgell and the counts of Foix over the sovereignty of Andorra began in the 13th century and was brought to an end by the signature of two successive agreements called Pariatges.
		The first Pariatge was signed in 1278 by bishop Pere d'Urtx of Urgell and Roger Bernat III, count of Foix and viscount of Castellbò.The second was signed ten years later, in 1288, also by Pere d'Urtx and Roger Bernat III.
		The Pariatges are among the basic documents in the history of Andorra because they established the undivided co-lordship between the bishop of Urgell and the count of Foix.
	www.hotels-world.com /travelinfo/eu/andorra/country.htm (399 words)

	TrobAndorra. History of Andorre
		There exists a "Bill of Andorre's Foundation", kept by the archive of the Principate; this bill was issued by Charlemagne to his son "Lluís" and it is not accepted by all the historians, because it was written and given in a late period.
		During this century and the next, by means of purchases and permutes, the successors of the counts of Urgell, enlarge their possessions at Andorre.
		The territorial dominion of the bishop of Urgell, was then transformed into a "jurisdictional mastership" and their relations with Andorre will be in the future of "feudal style".
	www.trobandorra.com /hisang.html (3819 words)

	Introduce Andorra Constitution, History, People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		A descendant of the count later gave the lands to the diocese of Urgell, headed by Bishop of Seu d?rgell.
		The earliest document known that mentions Andorra is the act of consecration of the cathedral of Santa Maria of Urgell in 839, which mentions the parishes (administrative and territorial divisions) of Andorra as the fief of the Counts of Urgell.
		A period of struggle for sovereignty over the Andorran valleys began, particularly with the counts of Urgell, which caused the bishops to call on the closest nobles for aid and protection.
	www.andorranet.org (2425 words)

	Urgell - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
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		Urgell is one of the historical Catalan counties, bordering on the counties of Pallars and Cerdagne.
		You can find it there under the keyword Urgell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urgell)The list of previous authors is available here: version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Urgellandaction=history).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Urgell (290 words)

	HISTORY OF SOLSONA - Ajuntament de Solsona
		Recent studies have shown how this count was mortally wounded in a castle in SolsonÃ¨s, to be precise, a castle in the Aiguadora de NavÃ¨s.
		The Santa Maria received many donations from those places and the Counts of Urgell placed her as their patron virgin of the reconquest.
		In 1652 after the city had recovered from the fl death, Solsona announced that Mare de Déu del Claustre would be the patron virgin of the city.
	www.ajsolsona.net /en/ciutatsolsona/historia.aspx (1265 words)

	Andorra
		Andorra counts approximately 65 000 inhabitants divided on a territory of 464 kms2.
		The relief is very marked and the principal places of fishing are either lakes of mountain easy of access, or rivers.
		Founded, according to the legend by Charlemagne, into 784, feudal possession of the Bishops of Urgell and the Counts de Foix, nowadays it belongs to the Bishop of Urgell and to the president of the French Republic.
	mouches.free.fr /pagesus/articles/andorre.htm (590 words)

	urgAn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		is the capital of Alt Urgell The town's historic dual function - Episcopal seat and commercial center - is instantly clear from the town's appearance, as the austere cathedral contemplates the Cadí Mountains on one side and the Pyrenees in the other.
		Between the Valley of the Segre River and at 700 meter of level of sea.
		In the ninth century all the parishes of Andorra belonged to the Counts of Urgell, but in the wake of the Moorish retreat the counts were attracted by richer pickings further south, and by the early twelfth century they had ceded all their Andorran possessions to the bishop.
	www.terra.es /personal/fsegues/urgAn.htm (382 words)

	Parc Olimpic del Segre
		We leave on the left the hill upon there is the town of Montferrer, one old possession of the bishop of Urgell, where he built a castle to watch the goings and comings of viscounts of Castellbò.
		We go passing for the side of old military installations - "La Ciutadella" -, that was built at the century XVII to protect the Castle of Ciutat.
		We arrive at Castellciutat, dominated by the castle, that was the old residence of the counts of Urgell and, later, the most important fortification of the viscounts of Castellbò, that was transformed into a modern fortress by the Italian engineer Ambrosio Borsano, in 1692.
	www.parcolimpic.com /btt/eng/r14.html (283 words)

	Country listings - A1 Real Estate portal, making Global Real Estate Local! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The earliest known document concerning Andorra is an order in 843 from Charlemagne's grandson, Charles II, granting the Valls d'Andorra (Valleys of Andorra) to Sunifred, Count of Urgell, from the nearby Spanish town of La Seu d'Urgell.
		The country's first constitutional documents, the Paretages (the Acts of Joint Overlordship), were drawn up in 1278 and 1288 to settle conflicting claims of seigniorial rights made by the Catholic Bishop of Urgell and the Count of Foix in France.
		These agreements, under which the bishop and count agreed to share sovereignty, form the basis of Andorra's government to this day and are among the oldest such documents still in force.
	www.a1realestateportal.com /Country__Information__Andorra.htm (2284 words)

	Museu de la Noguera - el museu
		On an artistic level they present first Italian influences, specifically from Lombardy, with Sant Pere of Ponts as the most complete and monumental Catalan example with the upper part with three apses and a cupola over the transept.
		The arrival of the monastic orders during the whole of the 12th century, protected by the counts of Urgell, above all for the results they obtained in the organisation of the rural space, left two great architectonic exponents in the county.
		Santa Maria de Bellpuig de les Avellanes and the monastery of Santa Maria de les Franqueses, both started at the end of the 12th century and which include characteristics of the art which we frequently call the transition to the Gothic in the works created throughout the 13th century.
	www.museucn.com /english/b_urgell2.html (640 words)

	Balaguer
		It is located at 233 metres above the sea, by the river Segre, a tributary to the Ebre.
		Balaguer was conquered from the Moors by the Counts of Urgell in 1106, who made it their new capital.
		The town has a Gothic bridge over the Segre river.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ba/Balaguer.html (63 words)

	Andorra travel guide : WORLD TRAVEL WITH DOUBLEDOG.US (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		As a result of their cooperation with the bishop, the House of Caboet received the valleys of Andorra in fief.
		Through the marriages of various generations, the house of Caboet became linked with the houses of Castellbò, Foix and Béarn.
		The Pariatges establish the co-sovereignty of the bishop of Urgell and the count of Foix over Andorra: thus bringing the Principality of Andorra into existence.
	www.doubledog.us /TRAVEL_EUROPE/travel_andorra.html (758 words)

	Andorra
		Perched on a hilltop at an altitude of over 1126 meters, the Castle of Sant VicenÃ§ d'Enclar overlooks the village of Santa Coloma.
		This medieval complex was built between the 9th and the 12th centuries and was the home of the Counts of Urgell.
		Visit the church, the necropolis and various ruins as well as the remains of the battlements and the stone guard walk.
	www.espana-resort.com /andorra.html (531 words)

	Catalonia from Palau Robert
		The so-called middle Segre includes the plateaux of the north-east, eroded by the river, and lower Noguera stretches across the plain watered by the
		In the late Middle Ages, until the end of Muslim rule, the territory was part of the expansion area of the important county of Urgell (
		The economy is based on agriculture (market gardens and orchards on the banks of the Urgell canal and dry farming elsewhere) and stock breeding, with exploitation of the woodlands and a little developed industry (hydroelectric at the Camarasa, Llorenç de Montgai, Canelles and Santa Anna dams).
	www10.gencat.net /probert/comarca/i_a_nogu.htm (463 words)

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