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County of Pallars Jussà

1011 CE – 1192 CE · capital Tremp

The lower half of the Pyrenean county of Pallars, centred on Tremp, which passed to the Crown of Aragon in 1192.

Origins

When Count Sunyer of Pallars died in 1011, his lands were divided between his sons: Ramon III received the southern, lower part around Tremp and the Noguera Pallaresa valley, while his brother Guillem took the mountainous north, the County of Pallars Sobirà.

Rule and society

Pallars Jussà was a frontier county facing the Taifa of Lérida and expanded south by conquest. Its counts were often at odds with their cousins in the north and with the powerful frontier lord Arnau Mir de Tost. Like other Catalan counties, it was organised through castles, feudal oaths and religious foundations such as the canonry of Santa Maria de Mur, established by the counts in 1069.

Decline and legacy

In 1192 Countess Dolça bequeathed the county to Alfonso II of Aragon, who incorporated it into the Crown of Aragon. Its lands later formed part of the Principality of Catalonia.

Lineage

County of Pallars 872 CE – 1011 CECounty of Pallars JussàCrown of Aragon 1162 CE – 1716 CE

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). County of Pallars Jussà. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/county-of-pallars-jussa
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