The Cornels are mentioned already in documents from the XIIIth century, together with James I the Conqueror.

Pere Cornel was the personal tutor of King James. His son Luis is buried in Valencia, just after the conquest of the town. His grandsons become Lords of Alfajarín and other villages in Aragon. And still everybody is turning their eyes towards Cerler.

Pedro Cornel, bishop of Tarazona in the XVth century, requests to be buried in the ground of his ancestors, in the Casa Cornel of Cerler. Juan Manuel Cornel, bishop of Barbastro in the XVIIIth century, returns to the house regurarly, and orders the construction of an oratory for his withdrawal.

The branch of the Cornel, through the centuries, extends and spreads. Antonio Cornel becomes Minister in the XVIIIth century, others join the army, become clergymen and Mariquita Cornel proves her nobility and purity of blood in order to enter the convent of Sigena and later she becomes abbess of the monastery. The ones who stay behind in the house, live according to their times and those are the ones who maintain the property.

Shortage and prosperity, traditions, wars: all the thoughts and desires remain reflected in the family tree of the Casa Cornel.


Rural Hostel Casa Cornel
C/ Obispo 11 - Cerler (Huesca)
Valle de Benasque-Pirineo Aragonés
Telephone: 974.55.11.02
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