Counts of Urgell
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ca. 798798Year 798 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 798 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Coenwulf of Mercia invades Kent, deposes and...
-870870Year 870 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* Prague Castle is founded....
Counts appointed by the Carolingians
- 798798Year 798 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 798 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- Europe :* Coenwulf of Mercia invades Kent, deposes and...
-820820Year 820 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.- Asia :* Tahir, the son of a slave, is rewarded with the governorship of Khurasan for supporting the caliphate...
Borrell, count of Urgell and Cerdanya - 820820Year 820 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.- Asia :* Tahir, the son of a slave, is rewarded with the governorship of Khurasan for supporting the caliphate...
-824824Year 824 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* Third Battle of Roncevaux Pass: The Basques and Banu Qasi defeat counts Eblo and Aznar, Frankish vassals....
Aznar I GalíndezAznar I GalíndezAznar Galíndez I was the Count of Aragon and Conflent from 809 and Cerdanya and Urgell from 820. Aznar has been confused with Aznar Sánchez, Duke of Gascony, and some authorities have even considered the two like-named contemporaries to be one and the same person.Aznar succeeded Aureolus as count...
, count of AragonCounty of AragonThe County of Aragon or Jaca was a small Frankish marcher county in the central Pyrenean valley of the Aragon river, comprising Ansó, Echo, and Canfranc and centred on the small town of Jaca...
, was given Borrell's counties while he was exiled from Aragon - 824824Year 824 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* Third Battle of Roncevaux Pass: The Basques and Banu Qasi defeat counts Eblo and Aznar, Frankish vassals....
-834834Year 834 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* The Vikings first raid Dorestad ....
Galindo I AznárezGalindo I AznárezGalindo Aznárez I was Count of Aragón from 844 to 867, succeeding Galindo Garcés. He was the son of Aznar Galíndez I, who had been Count of Aragón from 809 to 820 and Count of Urgell, Cerdanya, and Conflent... - 834834Year 834 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* The Vikings first raid Dorestad ....
-848848Year 848 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* The Saracens destroy Leontini.* Charles the Bald, Louis the German and Lothar meet in Koblenz....
Sunifred I - 848848Year 848 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* The Saracens destroy Leontini.* Charles the Bald, Louis the German and Lothar meet in Koblenz....
-870870Year 870 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* Prague Castle is founded....
Solomon (or Miró)
870870Year 870 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* Prague Castle is founded....
-992992Year 992 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.- Africa :* The Ghana Empire captures the Berber town of Awdaghost.- Europe :* Boleslaus I becomes Duke of Poland....
Counts from the House of Barcelona
- 870870Year 870 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* Prague Castle is founded....
-897897Year 897 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.- Asia :* Emperor Uda of Japan is succeeded by Emperor Daigo....
Wilfred the HairyWilfred the HairyWilfred or Wifred, called the Hairy, was Count of Urgell , Cerdanya , Barcelona , Girona , Besalú , and Ausona ....
, count of BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
, GironaGironaGirona is a city in the northeast of Catalonia, Spain at the confluence of the rivers Ter, Onyar, Galligants and Güell, with an official population of 96,236 in January 2009. It is the capital of the province of the same name and of the comarca of the Gironès...
-Osona and Urgell-Cerdanya - 898898Year 898 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* A Magyar army headed by Álmos besieges Kiev.* Magyar tribes found the state of Szekesfehervar in Hungary....
-948948Year 948 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.- Africa :* The Nri Kingdom in what is now Southeastern Nigeria is started by Eri.- Asia :...
Sunifred IISunifred II, Count of UrgellSunifred II was Count of Urgell. He was the son of Wilfred the Hairy and succeeded his father on the latter's death in 897. He was still ruling as late as 940, when he appears with his wife Adelaide.... - 948948Year 948 was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.- Africa :* The Nri Kingdom in what is now Southeastern Nigeria is started by Eri.- Asia :...
-966966Year 966 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* April 14 or April 30 – Mieszko I, the first duke of Poland, is baptized a Christian. This is usually considered the beginning of the Polish state ....
Miró de Barcelona, born ca. 940940Year 940 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.- Asia :* Saadia Gaon compiles his siddur in Iraq.* Narita-san Temple is founded in Chiba, Japan.... - 966966Year 966 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar.- Europe :* April 14 or April 30 – Mieszko I, the first duke of Poland, is baptized a Christian. This is usually considered the beginning of the Polish state ....
-30 September 992 Borrell IIBorrell II, Count of BarcelonaBorrell II was Count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 945 and Count of Urgell from 948.Borrell is first seen acting as count during the reign of his father Marquis Sunyer in 945 at the consecration of the nunnery church of Sant Pere de les Puelles in Barcelona, and succeeded Sunyer along with...
, count of Barcelona, Girona, Osona
992992Year 992 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.- Africa :* The Ghana Empire captures the Berber town of Awdaghost.- Europe :* Boleslaus I becomes Duke of Poland....
-1213 Counts from the House of Barcelona-Urgell
- 992992Year 992 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.- Africa :* The Ghana Empire captures the Berber town of Awdaghost.- Europe :* Boleslaus I becomes Duke of Poland....
-1 September 1010 Ermengol IErmengol I of UrgellErmengol I , called el de Córdoba, was the Count of Urgell from 992 to his death. He was the second son of Borrell II of Barcelona and his first wife, Letgarda...
el de Còrdova ("of Corboba"), born 975975Year 975 was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.- Africa :* Al-Azhar University is founded in Cairo, Egypt .- Asia :...
, killed in battle at CórdobaCórdoba, Spain-History:The first trace of human presence in the area are remains of a Neanderthal Man, dating to c. 32,000 BC. In the 8th century BC, during the ancient Tartessos period, a pre-urban settlement existed. The population gradually learned copper and silver metallurgy...
in 1010 - 1010-1038 Ermengol IIErmengol II of UrgellErmengol II , called the Pilgrim, was the Count of Urgell from 1011 to his death. He was the son of Ermengol I. He was a child when he succeeded his father and was put under the regency of his uncle Raymond Borrel of Barcelona until 1018...
el Peregrí ("the Pilgrim"), born 1009, died on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, 1038 - 1038-1065 Ermengol IIIErmengol III of UrgellErmengol III , called el de Barbastre, was the Count of Urgell from 1038 to his death. He was the son of Ermengol II and Constance, daughter of the Count of Besalú....
el de Barbastre'=Latin Barbatius,Barbastro,France Barbazan or Italy Barbaccia,Barbazza or Barbazzi' ("of Barbastro"), born ca. 1033, killed at BarbastroBarbastroBarbastro is a city in the Somontano county, province of Huesca, Spain...
in February or March 1065 - 1065-11 March 1092 Ermengol IVErmengol IV of UrgellErmengol IV , called el de Gerb or Gerp, was the Count of Urgell from 1066 to his death. He was the son of Ermengol III and Clemencia, daughter of Bernard II of Bigorre....
el de Gerp ("of Gerp"), born ca. 1056 - 1092-1102 Ermengol VErmengol V of UrgellErmengol V , called El de Mollerussa , was the Count of Urgell from 1092 to his death. He was the son of Ermengol IV and his first wife, Lucy of La Marche....
el de Mollerussa ("of Mollerussa"), born 1078/1079, died in Mollerussa - 1102-1153/1154 Ermengol VIErmengol VI of UrgellErmengol VI , called el de Castilla, was the Count of Urgell from 1102 to his death. He was the son and successor of Ermengol V and María Ansúrez.He was born in Valladolid, whence his nickname comes...
el de Castella ("of Castile"), born 1096 - 1153/1154-1184 Ermengol VIIErmengol VII of UrgellErmengol VII was the Count of Urgell from 1154 to his death. He was called el de Valencia.The son of Ermengol VI and his first wife, Arsenda of Cabrera, in 1157, Ermengol VII married Dulce, daughter of Roger III of Foix and Jimena de Osona, who acted as his regent during his absences in Castile...
el de València ("of Valencia") - 1184-1208/1209 Ermengol VIIIErmengol VIII of UrgellErmengol VIII , known as el de Sant Hilari, was the Count of Urgell from 1184 to his death. He was a son of Ermengol VII and Dulce, daughter of Roger III of Foix....
el de Sant Hilari ("of Sant Hilari") - 1208/1209-1213 Aurembiaix (first time) under regency of Peter II of AragonPeter II of AragonPeter II the Catholic was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1196 to 1213.He was the son of Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile...
1213-1228 Counts from the House of CabreraHouse of CabreraThe House of Cabrera was an important Catalan dynasty. It began to rule in the Viscounty of Girona, which would be called Viscounty of Cabrera, as well as the Viscounty of Àger, the Sicilian County of Modica and the County of Urgell.- Origin :...
- 1213-1228 Guerau I of Urgell, IV of Cabrera (usurper)
1228-1236 Counts from the House of Barcelona-Urgell
- 1228-1231 Countess Aurembiaix (second time), from 1229 with her husband, Peter, son of Sancho I of PortugalSancho I of PortugalSancho I , nicknamed the Populator , second monarch of Portugal, was born on 11 November 1154 in Coimbra and died on 26 March 1212 in the same city. He was the second but only surviving legitimate son and fourth child of Afonso I of Portugal by his wife, Maud of Savoy. Sancho succeeded his father...
. She died in 1231 - 1231-1236 King James I of AragonJames I of AragonJames I the Conqueror was the King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1276...
1236-1314 Counts from the House of Cabrera
- 1236-1243 Ponç I
- 1243 Ermengol IX
- 1243-1268 ÁlvaroÁlvaro of UrgellÁlvaro , called Álvar el Castellà in Catalan, was the Count of Urgell and Viscount of Àger from 1243...
el Castellà ("the Castilian") - 1268-1314 Ermengol XErmengol X of UrgellErmengol X was the Count of Urgel and Viscount of Àger from 1268, though his succession was disputed. He was the son of Álvaro of Urgell and his second wife, Cecilia, daughter of Roger-Bernard II of Foix....
1314-1413 Counts from the House of Barcelona
- 10 November 1314-1327 King Alfonso IV of AragonAlfonso IV of AragonAlfonso IV, called the Kind was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1327 to his death. He was the second son of James II and Blanche of Anjou...
, died 1366 - 1327-1347 James I of UrgellJames I of UrgellJames I , the eighteenth Count of Urgell, was the fourth son of Alfonso IV King of Aragon and Teresa d'Entença & Cabrera, 17th Countess of Urgell.-Biography:...
, Prince of Aragon, born 1321, poisoned in BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
in 1347 - 1347-1408 Peter II of Urgell, born 1340, died at BalaguerBalaguerBalaguer is the capital of the comarca of Noguera, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia, Spain.It is located by the river Segre, a tributary to the Ebre....
, 1408 - 1408-31 October 1413 James II of UrgellJames II of UrgellJames II was the Count of Urgell , Viscount of Àger, and lord of Antillón, Alcolea de Cinca, and Fraga...
. When Martin I of AragonMartin I of AragonMartin of Aragon , called the Elder, the Humane, the Ecclesiastic, was the King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia, and Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409...
died he was a candidate to the crown, but the Compromise of CaspeCompromise of CaspeThe Compromise of Caspe made in 1412 was an act and resolution of parliamentary representatives on behalf of the Kingdoms of Aragon and Valencia and the County of Barcelona, to resolve the interregnum commenced by the death of King Martin I of Aragon in 1410 without a legitimate heir, in Caspe.The...
preferred Ferdinand of AntequeraFerdinand I of AragonFerdinand I called of Antequera and also the Just or the Honest) was king of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia and Corsica and king of Sicily, duke of Athens and Neopatria, and count of Barcelona, Roussillon and Cerdanya...
. He revolted and on 31 October 1413, surrendered to the king. The county of Urgell was dissolved and count James died in jail in the castle of Xàtiva on 1 June 1433.