page_title: Arnau Ramon of Pallars Jussà
hierarchical_section_title: Arnau Ramon of Pallars Jussà
caption_attribution_description: Català: Torre de la Presó (Talarn, Pallars Jussà) This is a photo of a monument indexed in the Catalan heritage register of Béns Culturals d'Interès Nacional and the Spanish heritage register of Bienes de Interés Cultural under the reference RI-51-0006492.
context_page_description: Arnau Ramon was the Count of Pallars Jussà from 1098 until his death. 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.
  And Count Ramon ordered that the aforementioned Arnau should not give potestas for that castle of Talarn, unless he was proved a traitor.
  The right of potestas was the right of a superior to assume direct control of a castle upon request.
context_section_description: Arnau Ramon (died 1112) was the Count of Pallars Jussà from 1098 until his death. 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.
  And Count Ramon ordered that the aforementioned Arnau should not give potestas for that castle of Talarn, unless he was proved a traitor.
  The right of potestas ("power") was the right of a superior to assume direct control of a castle upon request.
caption: The Torre de la Presó, remains of the castle of Talarn, once held by Arnau Ramon
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