County of Roussillon

The County of Rosselló ( Roussillon county also, Catalan Comtat del Rosselló, French Comte de Roussillon ) was one of the historical Catalan counties and part of the Spanish Mark. This was built by the Franks for protection against the Moors. By the Treaty of the Pyrenees from 1659 it belonged to the kingdom of Aragon and after the personal union of Aragon with Castile in 1469 to Spain. After the area was French as a county Roussillon province. After the French Revolution in 1789, the department of Pyrenees- Orientales was formed primarily from the area of the county.

List of Counts of Rosselló

Carolingian Count:

  • Gauzhelm of Roussillon ( 812-832 ) son of William Gellone
  • Berengar of Toulouse ( 832-835 )
  • Bernard of Septimania ( 835-844 ) brother of Gauzhelm
  • Sunifred ( 844-848 ) son of Bello of Carcassonne
  • William of Septimania ( 848-850 )
  • Aleran ( 850-852 )
  • Isembart ( 850-852 )
  • Odalric ( 852-858 )
  • Humphrey ( 858-864 )
  • Bernard of Gothia ( 865-878 ) nephew of William of Gellone

The counts from the family of Bello of Carcassonne:

  • Miro the Elder ( 878-895 ), son of Sunifred I.
  • Sunifred II ( 895-915 ), cousin of Miró
  • Bencion ( 915-916 ) son
  • Gausbert ( 915-931 ) Brother
  • Gausfred I. ( 931-991 ), son
  • Giselbert I. (991-1014) son
  • Gausfred II (1014-1074) son
  • Giselbert II (1074-1102) son
  • I. Girard (1102-1113) son
  • Gausfred III. (1113-1164) Son
  • Girard II (1164-1173) son

Association of County with the Crown of Aragon.

  • Sancho (1209-1223) brother of King Alfonso II of Aragon
  • Nuno Sanchez (1223-1242) son

The county falls to the kings of Mallorca.

  • Catalan history
  • Northern Catalonia
  • Graf ( Roussillon )
Provinces of France Carolingian dynasty Berengar the Wise Sunifred, Count of Barcelona Isembard, Count of Autun Humfrid Girard I of Roussillon Gausfred III of Roussillon Sancho, Count of Provence Nuño Sánchez
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