Editing Cerdanya (section)

=== Middle Ages ===
Devastated by the [[Vandals]] and other Germanic tribes, Cerdanya was part of the [[Visigoths|Visigothic]] kingdom of [[Toulouse]] and later [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]], until eventually it was conquered by the Muslims. After Muslim expansion was halted by [[Odo the Great]] in the [[Battle of Toulouse (721)]], the Berber commander [[Uthman ibn Naissa]] established a small realm in Cerdanya and allied with Odo, so that the Aquitanian leader could secure his south-eastern borders. However, Uthman ibn Naissa came next under Umayyad attack and the Berber lord was defeated, opening the way to [[Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi]]'s expedition into Aquitaine. During [[Abd al-Rahman I]]'s military campaign across the Ebro region (781), the Cordovan commander received the submission of Ibn Belaskut, or Galindo Belascotenes, in Cerdanya. Under Carolingian pressure, Cerdanya became a Frankish vassal about 785.

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The [[county of Cerdanya]] has its origin in the [[Marches|Spanish Marches]] established by [[Charlemagne]]. In the 9th century, Cerdanya was one of the lordships united in the person of the [[counts of Barcelona]], who were also counts of [[Girona]], [[Narbonne]], and [[Urgell]]. [[Wilfred the Hairy]] (count 870–897) had three sons and established the youngest, Miron (died 927), as Count of Cerdanya, a sovereign state.

[[File:Rosselló i Cerdanya sobre mapa actual.png|300px|thumb|center|The ancient counties of Rosselló and Cerdanya on a present-day political map]]

The sovereign county of Cerdanya bordered the [[counts of Urgel|county of Urgell]], the [[List of Counts of Barcelona|county of Barcelona]], the [[Besalú|county of Besalú]], the [[Roussillon|county of Roussillon]], and the [[Razès|county of Razès]].  The county of Cerdanya was made up of Cerdanya proper with the addition of other areas which it managed to acquire over time through inheritance, such as [[Capcir]] and [[Conflent]]. Thus, the county of Cerdanya was actually quite an important county. The counts of Cerdanya were great patrons of abbeys, most famously [[Saint-Michel de Cuxa]] (Catalan: ''Sant Miquel de Cuixà''), dating back to the 10th century and located in Conflent, and [[Saint-Martin-du-Canigou]] (Catalan: ''Sant Martí del Canigó''), dedicated by Count Guifred of Cerdanya in 1009.

However, the line of the counts died out in 1117 and the county was inherited by the counts of Barcelona, later to become [[kings of Aragon]].