State · 801 – 1164

County of Barcelona

A state of 801 – 1164 — 363 years in Europe. It replaced County of Osona, Emirat de Siurana and Gothia and 4 more. It was replaced by Principality of Catalonia and followed by Crown of Aragon. The atlas records 21 things within it — wars and battles 2 · people 19. Its line of rulers holds 25 people.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 363 years; 801 – 1164
Rulers: 25; the Count of Barcelona
Most ground: 19,400 km²; in 1152
Within it: 21; recorded rows

Map: County of Barcelona in 1152, its borders in gold among its neighbours — County of Barcelona in 1152, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 19,400 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

County of Barcelona in 898, first mapped — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

County of Barcelona in 1152, at its largest — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Emirat de Siurana · replaces
Gothia · replaces
County of Osona · replaces · 798 – 1364
County of Ripoll · replaces
County of Girona · replaces
Spanish march · replaces
County of Berga · replaces

After it

Principality of Catalonia · replaced by · 1173 – 1714
Crown of Aragon · followed by · 1162 – 1715

Rulers

The line of Count of Barcelona - the office this state names as its head of state.

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared throne

1 terms are shared from [object Object].

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Bera	801 – 820	19 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Rampon, Count of Barcelona	820 – 826	6 years	the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Bernard of Septimania	826 – 832	6 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Berengar the Wise	832 – 835	3 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Bernard of Septimania	835 – 844	9 years	executedWikidata's manner of death
Sunifred of Barcelona	844 – 848	4 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
William of Septimania	848 – 850	2 years	executedWikidata's manner of death
Isembard, Count of Autun	850 – 852	2 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Aleran	850 – 852	2 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Odalric of Barcelona	852 – 858	6 years	ending not on record
Humfrid	858 – 864	6 years	ending not on record
Bernard of Gothia	865 – 878	13 years	ending not on record
Guifré el Pilós	878 – 897	19 years	died in battleWikidata's manner of death
Wilfred II Borell	897 – 911	14 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Sunyer of Barcelona	911 – 947	36 years	abdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term	sibling
Miro of Barcelona	947 – 966	19 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Borrell II	947 – 992	45 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	sibling
Ramon Borrell	992 – 1017	25 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Berenguer Ramon I	1021 – 1035	14 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Ramon Berenguer I of Barcelona	1035 – 1076	41 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Berenguer Ramon II	1076 – 1082	6 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	child
Ramon Berenguer II of Barcelona	1076 – 1082	6 years	killedWikidata's manner of death	sibling
Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona	1082 – 1097	15 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	child
Berenguer Ramon II	1082 – 1097	15 years	resigned or stood down, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona	1097 – 1131	34 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	nephew or niece
Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona	1131 – 1162	31 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Petronilla of Aragon	1162 – 1164	2 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	spouse
Alfonso II of Aragon	1162 – 1196	34 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child

25 rulers, 25 with terms dated as terms, covering 801 – 1196. Median reign 13.5 years. 9 of 27 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

5,800 km² in 901, 19,400 km² in 1164; at its largest 19,400 km² in 1164. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

800 – 8997 rows

Wilfred II Borell · ruler · 874 – 911
Sunyer of Barcelona · ruler · 890 – 950
Bernard of Gothia · ruler · 801 – 880
William of Septimania · ruler · 826 – 850
Aleran · ruler · 800 – 852
Odalric of Barcelona · ruler · 801 – 859
Isembard, Count of Autun · ruler · 820 – 858

900 – 9995 rows · 2 wars and battles

Borrell II · ruler · 928 – 993
Ramon Borrell · ruler · 972 – 1017
Miro of Barcelona · ruler · 926 – 966
Hungarian raid in Spain · battle · 942
Sack of Barcelona · battle · 985

1000 – 10994 rows

Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona · ruler · 1082 – 1131
Ramon Berenguer II of Barcelona · ruler · 1053 – 1082
Ramon Berenguer I of Barcelona · ruler · 1023 – 1076
Berenguer Ramon II · ruler · 1054 – 1097

1100 – 11991 row

Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona · ruler · 1113 – 1162

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood363 years
stood longer than 79% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held19,400 km²
held more ground at its peak than 21% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median14 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 46% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record25
has more rulers on record than 93% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 7 causes the record names and 12 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

in the articlelinked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 765 – 1200, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1152, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q1233672 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.