Lord of Caboet

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Part of the Complaints of Guitard Isarn (Greuges de Guitard Isarn)

The Lord of Caboet or Lord Arnau de Caboet[1] was a nobleman who played an influential role[peacock prose] in the creation of Andorra, which was a county established by Charlemagne as part of the Spanish March, a military buffer zone to stop the Moors from invading the Frankish Empire.[2][unreliable source?] In the 11th century, an account cited how the lord protected the Bishop of Urgel from military action conducted by neighboring lords through a defensive agreement.[1][clarification needed] The title[clarify] was fought over by the Bishop of Urgell and the Count of Foix, who became the heir of Lord Caboet through marriage.[2] The lord's family later merged with the house of Castellbo with the marriage between Viscount Arnau de Castellbo and the lord's descendant Arnaua de Caboet.[3]

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  1. ^ a b Klieger, P. Christiaan (2012). The Microstates of Europe: Designer Nations in a Post-Modern World. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. p. 29. ISBN 9780739174265.
  2. ^ a b Andorra Business Law Handbook. Washington, D.C.: International Business Publications. 2007. p. 17. ISBN 978-1433001048.
  3. ^ Barton, Thomas W. (2019). Victory's Shadow: Conquest and Governance in Medieval Catalonia. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. p. 179. ISBN 9781501736162.