William I of Cerdanya
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William I Raymond (1068–1095) was the count of Cerdanya and Berga from the year of his birth till that of his death, giving up Berga a year earlier to his son William-Jordan
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He was the son of Raymond I of Cerdanya, who died a short while after his birth. He married Sancha, daughter of Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona
, while they were both very young. William became the tutor of his nephew, the future Ramon Berenguer III
. He took an interest in repopulating parts of his domain and promulgated the charter to the people of Villafranca.
In 1094, he granted Berga to his sons and the elder, William, inherited Cerdanya when he died the next year.
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William-Jordan
William II Jordan was the Count of Berga beginning in 1094, the Count of Cerdanya beginning in 1095, and Regent of the County of Tripoli beginning in 1105....
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He was the son of Raymond I of Cerdanya, who died a short while after his birth. He married Sancha, daughter of Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona
Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona
Ramon Berenguer I the Old was Count of Barcelona in 1035–1076. He promulgated the earliest versions of a written code of Catalan law, the Usages of Barcelona....
, while they were both very young. William became the tutor of his nephew, the future Ramon Berenguer III
Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona
Ramon Berenguer III the Great was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 1082 , Besalú from 1111, Cerdanya from 1117, and Provence, in the Holy Roman Empire, from 1112, all until his death in Barcelona in 1131...
. He took an interest in repopulating parts of his domain and promulgated the charter to the people of Villafranca.
In 1094, he granted Berga to his sons and the elder, William, inherited Cerdanya when he died the next year.
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- Image of a miniature, from the Liber feudorum CeritaniaeLiber feudorum CeritaniaeThe Liber feudorum Ceritaniae is, as its Latin title indicates, a book registering the fiefs within the counties of County of Cerdagne , which at the time included the old counties of Roussillon and Conflent, and the feudal obligations of the count and his vassals...
, depicting a convention between Folch, Bishop of Urgell, and William, concerning the castle of CardonaCardonaCardona is a town ìn Catalonia, Spain, in the province of Barcelona; about 90 km northwest of the city of Barcelona, on a hill almost surrounded by the river Cardoner, a branch of the Llobregat.Near the town is an extensive deposit of rock salt...
, of which Folch was lord. See also the whole page.
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