The count of Barcelona ( Catalan : comte de Barcelona , Spanish : conde de Barcelona , French : comte de Barcelone , Latin : comes Barcinonensis ) was the ruler of the County of Barcelona and also, by extension and according with the Usages and Catalan constitutions , of the Principality of Catalonia as Princeps for much of Catalan history , from the 9th century until the 18th century. After 1164, with Alfonso II of Aragon and I of Barcelona , the title of count of Barcelona was united with that of king of Aragon , and after the 16th century, with that of king of Spain .
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40-467: A general meeting of nobles, prelates and noted middle-class men, where they drew up a 46 article administration doctrine of the place. It was ratified by the Treaty of Paris and signed on 12 April 1229 on the square of Notre-Dame. This Ariège geographical article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Count of Barcelona The Emperor Charlemagne conquered the area north of
60-472: A historical royal title without claiming to be the current king of Spain, especially after his son Juan Carlos became the prospective successor of the then-ruler of Spain, Francisco Franco . In 1977, after Juan Carlos had become king upon Franco's death in 1975, he officially awarded the comital title to his father, who had renounced his rights to the throne. Juan held that title until his death in 1993, when it reverted to Juan Carlos. Juan de Borbón's widow used
80-450: A rectangular entry with a door made out of wood, a drawbridge and ditch at the foot of the walls. In the middle of the beautiful paved yard is a well which is 62 meters depth and 2 meters in diameter cut with stone 1.20 metres thick. Simon de Montfort, 5th Earl of Leicester allotted the village of Lagarde and its castle to Guy I of Lévis , lieutenant of his army, in 1212. This was conducted after Simon de Montfort convened at Pamiers in
100-552: A series of military tests that led to the adoption of the .45 ACP Cartridge. Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Lagarde . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lagarde&oldid=1232873663 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
120-458: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Lagarde, Ari%C3%A8ge Lagarde ( French pronunciation: [laɡaʁd] ; Occitan : La Garda ) is a commune in the Ariège department in southwestern France. On 25 May 1969, the commune of Lagarde was struck by an F3 tornado . It destroyed nearby hamlets and transportation in
140-580: The Duke of Vendôme captured Barcelona, and Louis XIV of France was reinstated as Count of Barcelona for some months. On 9 January 1698, Catalonia (including Barcelona) was returned to Charles II by the Peace of Ryswick . Charles II named as his successor Philip of Anjou , a younger grandson of Louis XIV. The other European powers thought that meant too much power for France. They tried to impose another candidate as King of Spain: Archduke Charles of Austria , in
160-861: The Spanish war of Succession against the Bourbon pretender Philip of Anjou . Through the Nueva Planta decrees , Philip of Anjou as the new king of Spain Philip V abolished the Catalan Constitutions and dissolved the Crown of Aragon and merged its territories with the territories of the Crown of Castile to form the Kingdom of Spain . The Principality of Catalonia became another province and thus
180-687: The War of the Spanish Succession . The Catalans were caught in the middle of this major conflict. They initially supported Philip, but then shifted their allegiance to Charles, who was committed to maintaining the composite monarchy system and thus respected the Catalan Constitutions . However, Philip won the war. In 1714, Catalonia, which had supported the Habsburg pretender to the Spanish throne, Archduke Charles of Austria, lost their war within
200-647: The Catalan counts, resulted in a disconnection between them and the Carolingian central power far North. The County of Barcelona became a hereditary title. The succession of Ramon Berenguer IV and Petronilla led to the creation of the Crown of Aragon . Martin died without legitimate descendants ( interregnum 31 May 1410 – 24 June 1412). By the Compromise of Caspe of 1412 the County of Barcelona and
220-519: The County. In 1516, Queen Joanna of Castile also succeeded in Catalonia and Aragon, forming the Monarchy of Spain . The title of Count of Barcelona remained one of the many hereditary titles of the Spanish monarchy . In the 20th century, the title regained some prominence when Juan de Borbón , the exiled heir to the Spanish throne, adopted the title of Count of Barcelona. In doing so, he claimed
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#1732791884568240-584: The bond of the Counts to their Frankish overlords loosened, especially after the Capetian dynasty supplanted the Carolingians . In 1150, Count Raymond Berengar IV married Queen Petronilla of Aragon . Their son Alfonso succeeded as Count and also as King of Aragon , establishing the Crown of Aragon . In the Treaty of Corbeil (1258) , King Louis IX of France relinquished France's historical claim to
260-559: The king left the country and the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed on 14 April 1931. During the 2nd Spanish Republic and Francoist Dictatorship the Bourbons remained in exile and retained their dynastic titles, including 'Count of Barcelona'. Although on 26 July 1947, Spain was declared a kingdom, no monarch was designated until 1969, when Franco established Juan Carlos of Bourbon as his official heir. With
280-581: The king of Italy Victor Emmanuel II . A pronunciamiento deposed the Republican government that followed the abdication of Amadeo I and restored the Bourbons as kings of Spain. In the 12 April 1931 municipal elections , the Republicans short of winning a majority of councilors overall, won a sweeping majority in major cities. These elections were perceived as a plebiscite on the monarchy, and
300-674: The rest of the dominions of the Crown of Aragon passed to a branch of the House of Trastamara . During the Catalan Civil War the Catalan authorities transferred the title of Count of Barcelona to a succession of 3 foreign sovereigns. After the Catalan Civil War , the House of Trastamara was restituted as tenants of the Count of Barcelona title and thus sovereigns of the Principality of Catalonia. In 1697, French troops under
320-536: The river Ebro and captured the city of Barcelona in 801 . He then organized these lands, historiographically known as the Marca Hispanica , into various counties, one of which was the County of Barcelona , with the city of Barcelona as its capital. The Count of Barcelona, usually holding other counties simultaneously, eventually obtained primacy over the region. As the County became hereditary in one family,
340-658: The title Countess of Barcelona until her death in 2000. During this period, the County of Barcelona was one of many Counties at the March located in the Eastern Pyrenees and known as Gothia or Marca Hispanica . The Counts of this March were appointed by the Carolingian authorities. The crisis of the Carolingian Empire, incapable of attending to the requests for help against the Moorish attacks coming from
360-682: The title of Count of Barcelona was emptied of real political significance and power. Since then, the numbering of the Counts of Barcelona follows that of the Crown of Castille . That is the reason why Philip of Anjou was called by the Catalan Authorities 'Felip IV' in 1702 but called himself 'Felipe V' when he sized the title of Count of Barcelona in 1714, after winning the war against the Catalans. In 1808 Charles IV and his son Ferdinand resign from their Crown of Spain titles and transfer them to Emperor Napoleon , who kept for himself
380-577: The title of Count of Barcelona. By 1812, once he had full military control over the Principality of Catalonia , he separated it from the Crown of Spain and annexed it to the French Empire . Isabella of Spain was deposed by a liberal revolution and went into exile. After a brief Republican period , the Spanish government offered the kingship and its accessory titles (including that of 'Count of Barcelona') to Amadeo Duke of Aosta and son of
400-450: The village and the surrounding area. A few hours later in the department of Aude the tornado devastated the village of Leuc . Such a wave of powerful tornadoes is rare in France. The Château de Lagarde is an imposing medieval building constructed in the 11th century with the first square tower (1063–1065) by Ramiro I , King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona . Between the 1176 and 1180 the chateau developed with 4 square towers and with
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