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The county of Barcelona (red) in the context of peninsular
expansion of the Crown of Aragon. Capital Barcelona Languages
Catalan Religion Roman Catholic Government Feudal monarchy Count
of Barcelona  -  801–820 Berà  -  1131–1162 Ramon Berenguer IV
Historical era Middle Ages  -  Established 801  - 
Disestablished 1162 Today part of  Spain   The County of
Barcelona was originally a frontier region under the rule of the
Carolingian dynasty. By the end of the 10th century, the Counts
of Barcelona were de facto independent, hereditary rulers in
constant warfare with the Islamic caliphate of Córdoba and its
successor states. The counts, through marriage alliances and
treaties, acquired the other Catalan counties and extended their
influence along Occitania. Barcelona formed then nucleus of the
emergent Principality of Catalonia.[1] In 1164, the count of
Barcelona, Alfons I, inherited the