Lleida and the Segre plain
Lleida. Which empire held this ground in which years — and, the part that matters, which archive that means.
Whose archive this ground was
| Years | Who held it | Whose archive that means |
|---|---|---|
| 750–1149 | Muslim Lleida | no registers survive Before registers. Muslim rule began in the 8th century. |
| 1149–1644 | Crown of Aragon | PARES · FamilySearch Count Ramon Berenguer IV of Barcelona took Lleida in 1149. Its university, founded in 1297, was the oldest in the Crown of Aragon until 1717. |
| 1644–1717 | Spain: after the Reapers' War | PARES · FamilySearch Spanish forces under Felipe da Silva retook the city in 1644 during the Reapers' War; Philip V moved the university to Cervera in 1717. |
| 1717–1937 | Spain | PARES · FamilySearch · Geneanet The Seu Vella cathedral was turned into a military fortress in the 18th century. |
| 1937–1938 | Civil War | PARES The Condor Legion bombed Lleida on 2 November 1937, killing about 300 people across that day's raids. |
| 1938–2026 | Spain | PARES · FamilySearch · Geneanet Lleida was bombed and besieged again in 1938 and then taken by Franco's forces. |
The rings are approximate — deliberately. They exist to shade which filing system a place fell under, not to adjudicate a border. A place near a ring's edge should be checked against both neighbours.
See the whole span, 750–2026, on the map →
The map takes a range, and a range that crosses one of the rows above is where records get lost: the family never moved, and the archive on the far side of the handover will tell you it holds nothing.