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The now-extinct title of '''se suzerainty and, in 1259 , by the Treaty Of Corbeil , the King Of France relinquished his feudal authority to the king of Aragón. Thus, Barcelona left the French kingdom, completing the process of decentralisation, localisation, and subinfeudation that failed to separate any other great province, save perhaps Flanders . The names below are given in Catalan . NOMINATED COUNTS OF BARCELONA: FRANKISH VASSALS Nominated by the Emperor then the king of France, to whom they were Feudatories .
NOTES: #Sunifred I and his son Wilfred the Hairy claimed the title Margrave of the Spanish March , which depended on the province of Septimania #Although in this period the title of Count was not hereditary, Bernat of Septimania was father of Guillem, and Sunifred I was father of Wilfred I the Hairy. HEREDITARY COUNTS OF BARCELONA: FRANKISH VASSALS With the accession of Wilfred the Hairy, the county became hereditary in fact, if not in law, though the Frankish connection remained.
HEREDITARY COUNTS OF BARCELONA: ''DE FACTO'' INDEPENDENCE From 985 , when the King Lothair Of France ignored Barcelonan pleas for aid agains the Saracens , Barcelona ceased to depend on France for its security and began looking elsewhere for suzerains of value. In 987 , the Carolingian dynasty came to an end, but the count did not recognise Hugh Capet and His New Dynasty . In 1018 , the count was forced to recognise the suzerainty of Sancho The Great of Navarre, but this seems to have had no effect after Sancho's 1035 death.
COUNTS OF BARCELONA: WITHIN THE CROWN OF ARAGóN Raymond Berenguer IV took the title of Prince of Aragón from his marriage to Petronila and on his death, she abdicated the throne to their son. Thus, Barcelona and Aragon became united and the Crown Of Aragón begins. In Aragonese history, this dynasty is called the House Of Barcelona .
In 1228 , James the Conqueror took the Balearic Islands and the title King Of Majorca , then ( 1238 ) he took the city of Valencia and the title King Of Valencia with it. In 1259 , as mentioned above, by the Treaty Of Corbeil , King Louis IX Of France relinquished his feudal authority over most of the count's possessions, though some lands were altogether relinquished by the count ( Toulouse ) and some were kept under French suzerainty ( Montpellier ).
In 1409 , Martin inherited the Kingdom Of Sicily , united it to the Crown and making the Aragonese Empire in the Mediterranean more extensive than ever.
When Martin, the last descendant of Wilfred the Hairy to rule, died without legitimate heirs, the magnates of the different realms of the Crown negotiated for two years until the Compromise Of Casp gave the throne to the Castilian scion, Ferdinand of Antequera. Thus began the reign of the House Of Trastámara in Barcelona and all of Spain with the exception of Granada and Navarre was under their rule. In 1442 , the Kingdom Of Naples was added to the Empire through conquest.
COUNTS DURING THE WAR AGAINST JOHN II None of these reigned in Valencia, which remained under the control of John II.
COUNTS OF BARCELONA: ALSO KINGS OF SPAIN
The Hapsburg Dynasty (also called the House of Austria) commenced with Charles accession.
COUNTS DURING THE REAPERS' WAR All of these of the House Of Bourbon , none of these reigned in Valencia, which remained under the control of Philip IV of Spain.
COUNTS DURING THE WAR OF THE SPANISH SUCCESSION
The Crown of Aragon (and by definition its constituent County of Barcelona) was officially merged with the other realms that had been ruled by a common monarch for over two and a half centuries to create formally Spain . From this point, there are no more monarchs of the Aragonese crown, and thus, no more Counts of Barcelona. The title of Count of Barcelona becomes simply one of the many hereditary titles of the Spanish Monarchy . During the dictatorship of Francisco Franco , the exiled heir to the Spanish throne, Juan De Borbón , used the title of Count of Barcelona. This seems to have been intended as a half-measure, claiming a title that was historically royal, but stopping short of claiming to be a current king of Spain. Upon the restoration of the Spanish monarchy in 1975 , Juan de Borbón was passed over as king in favor of his son Juan Carlos ; the son officially awarded him the title of Count of Barcelona in 1978, which he held until his death in 1993 . SEE ALSO
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