Borrel II, count of Barcelona (947-992), under whose mandate the Hispanic March sufferred a terrible attack from Almanzor, who in 985 razed Barcelona. The petitions sent by the count to the king of France, at that time Lothaire, at Verdun were ignored. As a consequence of this, when Hugh Capet ascended the French throne, Borrel refused to pledge his fealty and the bond of vassalage between the March and France was broken. De facto independance had begun. History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Muslim Conquest of Iberia Timeline of Muslim Occupation Medieval Spain Age of Reconquest Age of Expansion Age of Enlightenment Reaction and Revolution First Spanish Republic The Restoration Second Spanish Republic Spanish Civil War The Dictatorship Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History... Events Births Deaths Topiltzin Ce Acatl Quetzalcoatl, Toltec ruler Categories: 947 ... Events Boleslaus I becomes Duke of Poland Births Deaths February 1 - Jawhar as-Siqilli, Fatimid statesman May 25 - Mieszko I Borell II, Count of Barcelona Categories: 992 ... Name assigned to the territories under frankish dominance in the south of the Pyrennes, that for the Arabs was the Upper Mark. ... Almanzor is a Western version of Arabic al-Mansur, the Victorious. Two people are known as Almanzor: the Andalusi general and statesman Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir the Abbasid Caliph Al Mansur of Baghdad Al Mansur. ... Events Barcelona sacked by Al-Mansur Greenland colonized by Icelandic Viking Erik the Red (the date is according to legend but has been established as at least approximately correct Рsee History of Greenland) Lady Wulfruna founded the town that later became the city of Wolverhampton Births Al-Hakim bi-Amr... Barcelona within Barcelon̬s Population (2003) 1,582,738 Area 100. ... Kings ruled in France from the Middle Ages to 1848. ... Lothair (941-986), king of France, son of Louis IV and Gerberge of Saxony, succeeded his father in 954, and was at first under the guardianship of Hugh the Great, duke of the Franks, and then under that of his maternal uncle Bruno, archbishop of Cologne. ... Verdun (German: Wirten, official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city and commune in Lorraine, northeast France, in the Meuse d̩partement, of which it is a sous-pr̩fecture. ... -1... De facto is a Latin expression that means in fact or in practice. It is commonly used as opposed to de jure (meaning by law) when referring to matters of law or governance or technique (such as standards), that are found in the common experience as created or developed without...