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447:; they turned Osona into a central and important part of Catalonia. There was a viscounty of Osona from 900. The viscounts controlled the region on behalf of the counts, who were usually resident in Barcelona. The viscountship later changed its name to viscounty of Cabrera. Wilfred, who established the viscounty, also built new castles along the frontier of Osona, at
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Bernard died without heirs, Osona returned to Barcelona. This was to be the end for Osona as a nominally distinct county; the use of the terms "county" and "count" of Osona disappeared subsequently. From that point, its history was linked to the
467:(commandment) were the central organising feature of Osona after its repopulation. Wilfred also reorganised the church in Osona — after the bishopric, Wilfred's foundation of the convent of
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671:Atles del comtat d'Osona (798â993)
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364:The ancient diocese of Osona was
535:. The title was revived for the
471:, originally under his daughter
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370:reconquest by Christian powers
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469:Sant Joan de les Abadesses
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27:Medieval Catalan countship
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178:Common languages
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669:and VĂctor Hurtado.
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601:Counts of Barcelona
588:Counts of Barcelona
516:Ramon Berenguer III
366:sacked by the Arabs
265:⢠Established
138:Comitatus Ausonae (
771:Medieval Catalonia
424:Emirate of CĂłrdoba
408:Count of Barcelona
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182:Old Catalan
765:Categories
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709:Lewis, 47.
700:Lewis, 41.
545:Medinaceli
465:mandamenta
444:aprisiones
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376:ordered a
319:Al-Andalus
188:Government
461:appendici
457:Tarabaldi
453:Montgrony
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581:GuillemĂł
484:Ermengol
429:In 879,
416:GuillemĂł
405:Frankish
389:Casserès
238:de facto
218:Borrel I
151:798â1111
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613:William
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569:Bernard
557:Borrell
537:Cabrera
506:William
477:serfdom
451:(881),
449:TorellĂł
439:minores
385:Cardona
381:Borrell
221:(first)
168:Capital
133:Catalan
111:comarca
106:diocese
88:in the
82:of the
55:Catalan
49:, also
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563:Rampon
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412:Rampon
401:Urgell
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