Ermengol II (died 1038), called the Pilgrim, was the Count of Urgell from 1011 to his death. He was the son of Ermengol I

Ermengol I of Urgell

Ermengol 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...

. He was a child when he succeeded his father and was put under the regency

Regent

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 of his uncle Raymond Borrel of Barcelona until 1018. Ermengol went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land

Holy Land

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 and died in 1038 at Jerusalem.

With his uncle's help, Armengol began a successful war of reconquest

Reconquista

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 to the south, taking Montmagastre, Alòs

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, Malagastre, Rubió

Rubió

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, and Artesa. Around 1015, the bishop of Urgell, Armengol

Saint Ermengol

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, repopulated the region of Guissona

Guissona

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. Finally, Arnau Mir de Tost

Arnau Mir de Tost

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 occupied the castle of Àger

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 in 1034. The taifa

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 kings of Lleida

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 and Zaragoza

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 also granted lands to him and to the church of Urgel.

He married before November 24, 1031, Constança, also called Velasquita. She survived until 1059 at least and acted as regent for her son Ermengol III

Ermengol III of Urgell

Ermengol 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....

. She may have been the homonymous daughter of Count Bernard I of Besalu and Countess Tota-Adelaide, named in her father's will in October 1021.