Urgell (Spanish: Urgel) is one of the historical Catalan counties, bordering on the counties of Pallars and Cerdanya. Its maximal extension territory was between the Pyrenees and the taifa of Lleida, that is, the current comarques of Alt Urgell, Noguera, Solsonès, Pla d'Urgell, Urgell itself, and the still independent country of Andorra. The historical capital was first la Seu d'Urgell and later Balaguer. The county of Urgell was extinguished and absorbed by the County of Barcelona in 1413, after the revolt of the last count, James II of Urgell, against the king Ferdinand I of Aragon. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Hispanic March. ... Pallars is one of the historical Catalan counties, collindant with the county of Ribagorça and the county of Urgell. ... Map of Baixa Cerdanya in Catalonia Cerdanya (French Cerdagne) is one of the historical Catalan counties in the eastern Pyrenees, bordering the county of Alt Urgell. ... Pic de Bugatetin the Néouvielle Natural Reserve Central Pyrenees For the mountains in Victoria, Australia, see Pyrenees (Victoria). ... The term taifa in the history of Iberia refers to an independent Muslim-ruled principality, an emirate or petty kingdom, of which a number formed in Spain (Arabic: Al-Andalus) after the final collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in 1031. ... Location Coordinates : Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Lleida (Catalan) Spanish name Lérida Founded 6th century BC Postal code 25XXX Website http://www. ... This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ... Other Catalan comarques Province Lleida Capital Seu dUrgell Largest city Seu dUrgell Demonym   Population (2001) 19,105 hab. ... Other Catalan comarques Province Lleida Capital Balaguer Largest city Balaguer Demonym   Population (2001) 34,744 Area 1,733. ... Solsonès is a comarca (county) in Catalonia. ... Other Catalan comarques Province Lleida Capital Mollerussa Largest city Mollerussa Demonym   Population (2002) 30,934 Area 304. ... Province Lleida Capital Tàrrega Largest city Tàrrega Demonym   Population 31,026 (2001) Area 586. ... La Seu dUrgell is the capital of the comarca of Alt Urgell, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain. ... Balaguer, in Noguera Demonym (In Catalan) balaguerí, balaguerina Population (2001) 13,359 Surface area 57. ... History of Spain series Prehistoric Spain Roman Spain Medieval Spain - Visigoths - Al-Andalus - 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 Transition to Democracy Modern Spain Topics Economic History Military History Social History... // March 21 - Henry V becomes King of England. ... Ferdinand I (of Aragón and Sicily), called The Just (27 November 1380 – 2 April 1416) was King of Aragón and Sicily from 1412 to 1416. ...

There is also a diocese of Urgell. The diocese was an old one, and traditions of the early Christian church lingered; Felix of Urgel's tendencies towards the heretical position of adoptionism was attacked by Alcuin of York in Contra Felicem (Runciman, 1947). Andorra was ceded to the bishop of Urgell by the count Ermengol IV of Urgell in the 12th century. There is still a bishop of Urgell, who since 2003 has been Joan Enric Vives Sicília. This role carries with it the position of joint head of state of Andorra. The Bishop of Urgell is the Roman Catholic bishop for Urgell in Catalonia, Spain and also the ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. ... Pope Pius XI blesses Bishop Stephen Alencastre as fifth Apostolic Vicar of the Hawaiian Islands in a Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace window. ... The Early Christians is a term used to refer to the early followers of Jesus of Nazareth, before the emergence of established Christian orthodoxy. ... Felix, Bishop of Urgel (or Urgell), was a religious figure who lived at the monastery Sant Sadureni de Tabernoles in the foothills of the Pyrenees. ... Look up Heresy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Adoptionism is a minority Christian belief that Jesus was born merely human and that he became divine later in his life. ... Flaccus Albinus Alcuin (about 735 - May 19, 804) was a monk from York, England. ... The Bishop of Urgell is the Roman Catholic bishop for Urgell in Catalonia, Spain and also the ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. ... Ermengol or Armengol IV (1056 – 1092), called el de Gerb, was the Count of Urgell from 1066 to his death. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... The Bishop of Urgell is the Roman Catholic bishop for Urgell in Catalonia, Spain and also the ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Joan Enric Vives i Sicília (born July 24, 1949) is the current Bishop of Urgell and ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra. ...

See also

• Counts of Urgell
• Urgell (comarca), about the modern-day Catalan comarca (county) of Urgell.

This is a list of the counts of Urgell. ... Province Lleida Capital Tàrrega Largest city Tàrrega Demonym   Population 31,026 (2001) Area 586. ... This is a list of the comarques (singular comarca) of Catalonia. ...

Reference

• Steven Runciman, The Medieval Manichee, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1947.