thanx anton
i appreciate this distinction

one source also indicates that andorra has been paying annual tribute or tax
continuously since 1133 albeit in alternating years to both the spanish &
the french nobility or clergy or government depending on the era

& that fact alone in both the moorish & christian cultures that have shaped
this area would seem to me to indicate & qualify as a sort of esfr
condominium
at least historically
tho i realize andorra is an independent entity today

m

>From: Anton Sherwood <bronto@...>
>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] web pages with chfrit tripoint photos
>Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 22:28:57 -0700
>
>m donner wrote:
> > & wasnt andorra originally or previously an esfr condo
> > if not right up to the 1276 event you mention
>
>hm, in 1276 neither France nor Spain was a unitary state!
>
>Andorra's heads of state are the bishop of Urgel (in Spain) and the
>count of Foix. The county reverted to the French crown* and now the
>part of the count is played by the President of the French Republic.
>
>*In 1572 the countess of Foix died leaving a son, Henri de Bourbon, who
>in 1589 succeeded also to the throne of France. Hm, unless one of the
>kings altered the succession of Foix, the senior claimant would seem to
>be the duke of Parma or one of his cousins. It would be interesting to
>see him or her press a claim in Andorra.
>
>
>--
>Anton Sherwood -- br0nt0@... -- http://ogre.nu/
>............ unemployment 2002, here i come! ............
>
>

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