Everything about Urgell totally explained
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.
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.
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