The Pyrenees and the Hispanic March

While the Hispanic March might be considered part of Iberia, portions of the kingdom of Castille and Navarre, as well as the kingdom of Aragon and the county of Barcelona stretch up into the Pyrenees to brush up against Provence. Lonely metal crosses planted on mountainsides and places where the spring melt flows north or south demarcate the border.

Much like the patchwork of Narbonnais, these domains and their peoples are intimately tied not only to each other, but also their immediate neighbors with relationships stretching back generations. Noble ladies of the region married the king of England and the counts of Burgundy and Toulouse, while King Pedro II of Aragon wedded Marie of Montpelier. The rulers of these lands participated in the Reconquista as much as the Albigensian Crusade, and cared deeply about both outcomes.