State · 785 – 1413

County of Urgell

A state of 785 – 1413 — 628 years in Europe. It replaced Spanish march. It was replaced by Andorra and Principality of Catalonia. The atlas records 20 things within it — people 20. Its line of rulers holds 28 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: 628 years; 785 – 1413
Rulers: 28; the Count of Urgel
Most ground: 15,400 km²; in 878
Within it: 20; recorded rows
Symbols: 2; on record, with years

Map: County of Urgell in 878, its borders in gold among its neighbours — County of Urgell in 878, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 15,400 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 Urgell in 878, 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.

County of Urgell in 1344, last 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.

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

Spanish march · replaces

After it

Principality of Catalonia · replaced by · 1173 – 1714
Andorra · replaced by · 1278 – present

Rulers

The line of Count of Urgel - 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

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Borrell, Count of Osona	798 – 820	22 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Bello of Carcassonne	800 – 812	12 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Aznar Galíndez I	820 – 824	4 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone
Galindo Aznárez I	824 – 838	14 years	ending not on record	child
Sunifred of Barcelona	838 – 848	10 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Solomon of Urgell	848 – 869	21 years	ending not on record
Guifré el Pilós	870 – 897	27 years	died in battleWikidata's manner of death
Sunifred II of Urgell	897 – 948	51 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Borrell II	948 – 992	44 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	nephew or niece
Ermengol I	992 – 1010	18 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Ermengol II	1011 – 1038	27 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	child
Ermengol III	1038 – 1066	28 years	the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone	child
Ermengol IV	1066 – 1092	26 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Ermengol V	1092 – 1102	10 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Ermengol VI	1102 – 1154	52 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Ermengol VII	1154 – 1184	30 years	ending not on record	child
Ermengol VIII	1184 – 1209	25 years	the term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone	child
Aurembiaix	1209 – 1231	22 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Ponç IV de Cabrera	1231 – 1243	12 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
James I of Aragon	1234 – 1276	42 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Ermengol IX	1243 – 1243	under a year	ending not on record
Álvaro, Count of Urgell	1243 – 1268	25 years	exiled, imprisoned or confined, the article saysread from the ruler's own article	sibling
Ermengol X	1268 – 1314	46 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Teresa d'Entença	1314 – 1327	13 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death
Alfonso IV of Aragon	1314 – 1328	14 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	spouse
James I of Urgell	1328 – 1347	19 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Peter II of Urgell	1348 – 1408	60 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
James II of Urgell	1408 – 1413	5 years	ended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term	child

28 rulers, 28 with terms dated as terms, covering 798 – 1413. Median reign 22 years. 6 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.

15,400 km² in 885, 300 km² in 1413; at its largest 15,400 km² in 885. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedBlason de la famille d'Urgel (Catalogne) · CC BY-SA 3.0
flag, undatedFlag of the County of Urgell · Public domain

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.

700 – 7991 row

Bello of Carcassonne · ruler · 770 – 812

800 – 8994 rows

Galindo Aznárez I · ruler · 801 – 867
Borrell, Count of Osona · ruler · 800 – 820
Sunifred II of Urgell · ruler · 890 – 948
Solomon of Urgell · ruler · 801 – 873

1000 – 10995 rows

Ermengol I · ruler · 1000 – 1010
Ermengol III · ruler · 1032 – 1065
Ermengol VI · ruler · 1096 – 1154
Ermengol II · ruler · 1009 – 1039
Ermengol V · ruler · 1070 – 1102

1100 – 11993 rows

Ermengol VII · ruler · 1101 – 1184
Aurembiaix · ruler · 1196 – 1231
Ermengol VIII · ruler · 1158 – 1208

1200 – 12993 rows

Ermengol X · ruler · 1261 – 1314
Álvaro, Count of Urgell · ruler · 1239 – 1267
Ermengol IX · ruler · 1201 – 1243

1300 – 13994 rows

James II of Urgell · ruler · 1388 – 1433
Teresa d'Entença · ruler · 1300 – 1327
James I of Urgell · ruler · 1321 – 1347
Peter II of Urgell · ruler · 1340 – 1408

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 stood628 years
stood longer than 91% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held15,400 km²
held more ground at its peak than 19% 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 median22 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 68% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record28
has more rulers on record than 94% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 3 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.

linked

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, 722 – 1476, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 878, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q1514510 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.