The House of Barcelona was a medieval dynasty that ruled the County of Barcelona continuously from 878 and the Crown of Aragon

Crown of Aragon

The Crown of Aragon Corona d'Aragón Corona d'Aragó Corona Aragonum controlling a large portion of the present-day eastern Spain and southeastern France, as well as some of the major islands and mainland possessions stretching across the Mediterranean as far as Greece...

 from 1137 (as kings from 1162). From the male part they descend from the Bellonids, the descendants of Wifred the Hairy. They inherited most of the Catalan counties

Catalan counties

The Catalan counties were the administrative divisions of the eastern Carolingian Marca Hispanica created after its Frankish conquest. The various counties roughly defined what came to be known as the Principality of Catalonia....

 by the thirteenth century and established a territorial Principality of Catalonia

Principality of Catalonia

The Principality of Catalonia , is a historic territory in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula, mostly in Spain and with an adjoining portion in southern France....

, uniting it with the Kingdom of Aragon

Kingdom of Aragon

The Kingdom of Aragon was a medieval and early modern kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula, corresponding to the modern-day autonomous community of Aragon, in Spain...

 through marriage and conquering numerous other lands and kingdoms until the death of the last legitimate

Legitimacy (law)

At common law, legitimacy is the status of a child who is born to parents who are legally married to one another; and of a child who is born shortly after the parents' divorce. In canon and in civil law, the offspring of putative marriages have been considered legitimate children...

 male of the main branch, Martin the Humanist, in 1410. Cadet branches of the house continued to rule Urgell (since 992) and Gandia

Duke of Gandia

The hereditary Spanish title duke of Gandía was created in 1485 by Ferdinand II of Aragon from the original Italian title "duke of Candia" belonging to the Italian Stato di Mare or Italian Kingdoms of the Mediterranean Sea; originally granted around 1206 to a Genoan marquis member of the House of...

. Cadet branches of the dynasty had also ruled Ausona intermittently from 878 until 1111, Provence

Provence

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 from 1112 to 1245, and Sicily

Kingdom of Sicily

The Kingdom of Sicily was a state that existed in the south of Italy from its founding by Roger II in 1130 until 1816. It was a successor state of the County of Sicily, which had been founded in 1071 during the Norman conquest of southern Italy...

 from 1282 to 1409. By the Compromise of Caspe

Compromise of Caspe

The Compromise of Caspe made in 1412 was an act and resolution of parliamentary representatives on behalf of the Kingdoms of Aragon and Valencia and the County of Barcelona, to resolve the interregnum commenced by the death of King Martin I of Aragon in 1410 without a legitimate heir, in Caspe.The...

 of 1412 the Crown of Aragon passed to a branch of the House of Trastámara, descended from the infanta Eleanor of the house of Barcelona.

Titles of the House of Barcelona and date of acquisition

This list does not include titles held by the early Bellonids that did not remain with the family during the tenth century.

• Count of Urgell (870–992)
• Count of Barcelona (878–1410)
• Count of Girona
  Count of Girona
  The Counts of Girona were:*Rostany *Odilon *Bera *Rampo *Bernard I , first reign*Berengar *Bernard I , second reign*Sunifred I *Wilfred I *Odalric...
  
   (878–1410)
• Count of Ausona (1111–1410)
• Count of Besalú (1111–1410), inherited from another branch of the family
• Count of Provence (1112–1245)
• Count of Berga (1118–1410)
• Count of Cerdagne (1118–1410), inherited from another branch of the family
• Count of Conflent (1118–1410)
• Prince of Aragon (1137–1162)
• King of Aragon (1162–1410)
• Count of Roussillon (1172–1410)
• Count of Pallars Jussà (1192–1410)
• Lord of Montpellier (1204–1249)
• King of Valencia (1238–1410)
• King of Majorca (1276–1410)
• King of Sicily (1282–1410)
• King of Sardinia and Corsica (1297–1410)
• Duke of Athens (1312–1388)
• Count of Urgell (1314–1413)
• Duke of Neopatria (1319–1390)

See also

• Royal House of Aragon