Lord of Caboet

The Lord of Caboet or Lord Arnau de Caboet[1] was a Catalan nobleman. He played an influential role in the creation of Andorra, which was established by Charlemagne as one of the buffer states that kept the Moors from invading France.[2] 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] The title 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]

Catalan text on a piece of old paper.
Part of the Complaints of Guitard Isarn (Greuges de Guitard Isarn), one of the oldest Catalan language documents in existence

References
  1. Klieger, P. Christiaan (2012). The Microstates of Europe: Designer Nations in a Post-Modern World. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books. p. 29. ISBN 9780739174265.
  2. 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.


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