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Year 1081 (MLXXXI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
The Diocese of Urgell is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in Catalonia (Spain) and the Principality of Andorra in the historical County of Urgell, with origins in the fifth century AD or possibly earlier. It is based in the region of the historical Catalan County of Urgell, though it has different borders. The seat and Cathedral of the bishop are situated in la Seu d'Urgell town. The state of Andorra is a part of this diocese.
The County of Carcassonne was a medieval fiefdom controlling the city of Carcassonne, France, and its environs. It was often united with the County of Razès.
Ermengol or Armengol IV (1056–1092), called el de Gerb or Gerp, was the Count of Urgell from 1066 to his death. He was the son of Ermengol III and Adelaide.
Roger-Bernard III was the Count of Foix from 1265 to his death. He was the son of Roger IV of Foix and Brunissende of Cardona. He entered into conflicts with both Philip III of France and Peter III of Aragon, who held him in captivity for a time. He was nevertheless a distinguished poet and troubadour.
The County of Pallars or Pallás was a de facto independent petty state, nominally within the Carolingian Empire and then West Francia during the ninth and tenth centuries, perhaps one of the Catalan counties, originally part of the Marca Hispanica in the ninth century. It was coterminous with the upper Noguera Pallaresa valley from the crest of the Pyrenees to the village of Tremp, comprising the Vall d'Àneu, Vall de Cardós, Vall Ferrera, the right bank of the Noguera Ribagorçana, and the valley of the Flamicell. It roughly corresponded with the historic region of Catalonia called Pallars. Its chief city was Sort.
The County of Pallars Jussà or Lower Pallars was a county in the Hispanic March during the eleventh and twelfth centuries, long after the march had ceased to be effectively administered by the Kings of France. It was a division of the County of Pallars, which had been de facto, and possible de jure, independent since the late ninth century. It roughly corresponded with the modern Catalan comarca of Pallars Jussà.
Raymond IV was the Count of Pallars Jussà from 1047 until his death in 1098. He was the son and successor of Raymond III and Ermessenda. His reign was characterised by ceaseless wars and litigations with his cousins Artau I and Artau II of Pallars Sobirà, yet it was transformative in the history of Pallars through the new modes of exercising comital power that Raymond introduced. The viscounties of Pallars Jussà during the time of Raymond IV were Vilamur, Bellera, and Orcau.
Arnau Mir de Tost was a Catalan nobleman of Urgell, the lord of Llordà and viscount of Àger, a major figure in the eleventh-century Reconquista in Catalonia. Arnau is sometimes praised as the "El Cid of the Lands of Lleida" for his foundational role in reestablishing Christian rule in the region to the south of Urgell.
Henry II, of the House of Millau, was the Count of Rodez and Viscount of Carlat from 1274 until his death. He was the son of Hugh IV of Rodez and Isabeau de Roquefeuil.
Artau I was the Count of Pallars Sobirà from 1049 until his death in or around 1081. His reign was characterised by ceaseless wars and litigations with his more powerful cousin and neighbour Raymond IV of Pallars Jussà.
Eudoxia Laskarina Asanina, sometimes known as Laskara, was a member of the Byzantine Laskaris family. In later life, she fled to Aragon, where she was known as Irene Lascaris.
ArnauMir was the Count of Pallars Jussà from 1124/6 until his death.
Artau II, the Count of Pallars Sobirà from 1081 until his death c.1115, was active in the Reconquista and sometimes referred to himself as comes et marchio, because he governed a frontier district. He was the son and successor of Artau I.
Arnau may refer to:
Raymond III, called Ramon Sunyer, was the first Count of Pallars Jussà from 1011 until his death. He succeeded his father, Count Sunyer I of Pallars, who divided his county between his two sons. Raymond, the elder, received Pallars Jussà and William II, the younger, received Pallars Sobirà. Raymond's mother, Ermentrude, was Sunyer's first wife.
Oria de Pallars (c.1120 – 1178) (or "Aurea") was a medieval Spanish noblewoman, countess of Pallars Jussà and wife of Arnau Mir del Pallars Jussà (count from 1124–74). Oria was the daughter of Bernat de Entenza and his wife Garsenda. She founded the Cistercian monastery of Santa Maria de la Gloria, in Casbas de Huesca in 1173, with Arnau's support.
Count Suñer I was sovereign Count of Pallars from 948 until his death. He was also the Count of Ribagorza de iure uxoris.
The 3rd Count of Cardona, Joan Ramon II Folc de Cardona, was a Catalan nobleman in the late Middle Ages. His titles included Count of Cardona and Count-consort of Prades, as well as Viscount of Vilamur.
Hugh Roger III de Pallars Sobirà was a military leader during the Catalan Civil War and the last Count of Pallars Sobirà from 1451 to 1487 and by marriage, Baron de Ponts from 1478 to 1487.