AndorraandAND⤬THE JUNCTION
3 SHARED EVENTSFrance

Entangled histories

3 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · AND LEFT · FRA RIGHT

1. 1607

   The French crown becomes co-prince

   After the rights of Foix passed through Navarre to Henry IV, an edict confirmed the King of France and the Bishop of Urgell as Andorra's co-princes; the French role later passed to the head of state.

   Politics & Power · from the Andorra chronicle · Two Princes, Neutrality and Endurance · REFS 2 — Andorra: Countries, Andorra: History, Facts & Points of Interest

2. 1789–1815

   Neutrality through revolution and war

   Through the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars the co-principality survived; the French co-princely role transferred to each new French regime while Andorra guarded its neutrality.

   Politics & Power · from the Andorra chronicle · Two Princes, Neutrality and Endurance · REFS 2 — Andorra: History, Facts & Points of Interest, Andorra: Member state

3. 1939–1945

   Neutral in the Second World War

   Andorra preserved its neutrality through the Second World War, its mountain passes serving as a quiet crossing-point between Vichy France and Spain.

   War & Rupture · from the Andorra chronicle · Reform, a Brief 'King', and the Strains of the Old Order · REFS 2 — Andorra: History, Facts & Points of Interest, Andorra: Member state