Arnau Ramon of Pallars Jussà

Arnau Ramon (died 1112) was the Count of Pallars Jussà from 1098 until his death.[1] He was the second son of Ramon IV and co-ruled with his elder brother Pere Ramon until the latter's death in 1111. After this he was succeeded by his younger brother Bernat Ramon. There is preserved a document recording how Ramon IV exempted Arnau from owing his brother Pere potestas for the castle of Talarn:

Et mandavit Raimundus comes que non donasset potestatem Arnallus iamdictus de ipso castro de Talarn a Petro comite, si non erat bauzia conprobata.[2]

And Count Ramon ordered that the aforementioned Arnau should not give potestas for that castle of Talarn, unless he was proved a traitor.

The Torre de la Presó, remains of the castle of Talarn, once held by Arnau Ramon

The right of potestas ("power") was the right of a superior to assume direct control of a castle upon request.[3]

Notes

1. His dates are given in Kosto, 347.
2. Kosto, 93n.
3. Kosto, 92.

References

• Kosto, Adam J. 2001. Making Agreements in Medieval Catalonia: Power, Order, and the Written Word, 1000–1200. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-79239-8