County of Urgell
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The County of Urgell is one of the historical Catalan counties, bordering on the counties of Pallars and Cerdanya.
Sepulchre of Àlvar I and Cecília de Foix at The Cloisters, New York City
Historical-artistic reconstruction of the coat of arms of the counts of Urgell (from the tomb of Àlvar I and Cecilia de Foix) by the heraldic artist Dario Scaricamazza.
Principality of Catalonia
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The Principality of Catalonia was a medieval and early modern state in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula. For most of its existence it was in personal union with the Kingdom of Aragon and other state
County of Urgell
…capital was first la Seu d'Urgell and later Balaguer. The county of Urgell was extinguished and absorbed by the Crown of Aragon in 1413 as a part of the Principality of Catalonia, after the revolt of the last count, James II of Urgell, against the king Ferdinand I of Aragon. Sunifred II of Urgell (897–948) died without descendants…
Wilfred the Hairy, depicted in the Genealogy of the Kings of Aragon, c. 1400
Queen Petronilla of Aragon and Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, dynastic union of the Crown of Aragon. 16th-century painting by Filippo Ariosto
James I the Conqueror
Peter III of Aragon in the Coll de Panissars during the Aragonese Crusade