Editing Cervera (section)

=== The town and its medieval origins ===
In the year 1026, three peasant families built the first settlement in the comarca of [[Segarra]], as in those days it was uninhabited. Later on, the [[Barcelona]] counts committed ownership of those lands to those people. By this, the counts wanted to establish their power in the area, as the [[Segarra]] was at that time the border between Christian and Muslim territories, thereby establishing the first fortress (''castrum Cervarie'').

When the Western border was established at [[Lleida]] at the year 1149, Cervera grew up into [[terraced house]]s on the other side of the border. The inhabitants were freed from the feudal lord's abuses and with the royal privileges, the town gradually became established first as a Confraria (1182), then Consolat (municipal organ) (1202), and from 1267 up to the present, as a Paeria.

The most significant episode was the signature, in 1452, of the nuptial agreement between Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile (the Spanish Catholic Monarchs).

Historically, there was a prosperous [[Jewish]] community in Cervera, dating from the 12th century to the [[expulsion of the Jews from Spain|expulsion of the Jews]] in the 15th century.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cervera, Spain |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/cervera |website=Jewish Virtual Library |access-date=28 June 2024}}</ref>

In 1702, the town got the title of city from the king [[Philip V of Spain|Philip V]], for which the townspeople thanked the king. The king bestowed this title because in a small way during the war, and then more strongly after the war, the local people had demonstrated support for the king's politics.