The family of the Counts of Barcelona
Part 1: The Counts of
Part 2: The Counts of Barcelona/Kings of Aragon from 1162
to 1410; the Kings of Majorca 1276-1343; the Barones de Ejerica; the Counts of
Ampurias 1341-1401; the Counts of Urgel 1328-1413; and the branch of the Dukes
of Gandia
Part 3. The Kings of
Part 4: The Barones de Ayerbe and Princes di Cassano
Part 5: The illegitimate descendants of King Jaime I of
Part 6: The Counts of Urgel 989-1231
Part 7: The Counts of Ampurias and
Part 8: The Vizcondes de Rocaberti ca 1100-1324
Part 9: The later family of Rocaberti
Part 1
The earliest
confirmed ancestor of this family seems to have been Ct
1a) Ct Gisclafred of Carcassone and Rasez, d.ca 821
2a) Ct Oliva I of Carcassone, d.837; m.1st Ermentrude
N; m.2nd Richilda N
1b) Ct Oliva II of Carcassone
and Rasez, d.879
1c) Ct Bencio I of Carcassone
and Rasez, d.908
2b) Ct Acfredo I of Carcassone
and Rasez, d.906; m.Adelinda, dau.of Bernard Plantvelue, Cte d'Autun, de Rodez
et d'Auvergne, and sister of Guillaume le Pieux, Duc d'Aquitaine
1c) Guillaume II "le
Jeune", Duc d'Aquitaine, Cte d'Auvergne et de
2c) Acfred, Duc d'Aquitaine,
Cte d'Auvergne, d.927/37
1d) Arsinda, Cts de Carcassone;
m.Arnaldo, Cte de Comminges et de Couserans
3c) Bernard III, Cte
d'Auvergne, fl 932
1d) Etienne, fl 936
2d) Bernard, fl 936
3b) Sunifredo, Abbot of La Grasa
3a) Sunifredo, d.849, Ct of
1b) Wifredo I "the
Hairy", Ct of
1c) Rodolfo, Bp of Urgel, Abbot
of Ripoll, d.940
1d) Oliva, d.947; m.Eilo ___
2d) Sunifredo, d.924
2c) Wifredo II Borell, Ct of
Barcelona, Girona and Osona, d.26 Apr 911; m.898 Gersende, probably dau.of Cte
Eudes de Toulouse
1d) Riquilda, d.962; m.933
Odon, Vcte de Narbonne (d.933)
3c) Suniario I, Ct of
Barcelona, Girona and Osona, d.15 Oct 950; m.1st Aimilda ___ (d.ca
920); m.2nd 920/5 Richilde (d.after 954) dau.of Armengol de
Toulouse, Cte de Rouergue
1d) [probably by 1st
m., but parentage not proved] Guinidilda; m.Hugues de Rouergue, Sire de Quercy
[by 2nd m.]:
2d) Ct Armengol of Osona,
d.940/3
3d) Ct Borell II of
1e) Ct Ramon Borell I of
1f) Ct Berenguer Ramon "el
Curvo" of
[by 2nd m.]:
1g) Ramon Berenguer I "el
Viejo", Ct of
[by 1st m.]:
1h) Pedro Ramon, d.after 1071
2h) Arnaldo, d.ca 1045
3h) Berenguer, d.ca 1045
[by 3rd m.]:
4h) Ramon Berenguer II
"Cabeza le Estopa", Ct of
1i) Ramon Berenguer III
"el Grande", Ct of Barcelona, atc, Ct of Cerdagne (11 Nov 1082-19 Jul
1131); m.1st before 1103 Maria (d.1106) dau.of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar
"el Cid"; m.2nd 1106 Almodis de Mortain (d.ca 1110); m.3rd
3 Feb 1112 Dulce I de Gevaudun, Cts de Provence, Vcts de Milhaud, de Gevaudun,
et de Rodez (d.1127/30), dau of Gilbert de Gevaudun by Gerberga Css of Provence
[by 1st m.]:
1j) Jimena, b.1105/6; m.1st
[by 3rd m.]:
2j) Ramon Berenguer IV, Ct of
Barcelona, Cerdagne, Besalu, Girona and Osona (1113-6 Aug 1162); m.11 Aug 1137
Queen Petronilla I of Aragon, Sobrarbe and Ribagorza (d.1173); for their descendants See Part 2
3j) Berenguer Ramon I, Ct of
1k) Raymond Berangar V, Ct of
Provence and Melgeuil, Vcte de Rodez, de Gevaudun et de Carladet (1140-1166);
m.after 1162 Richeza (d.ca 1185) dau.of Pr Wladislaw II of Silesia and Cracow,
and widow of King Alfonso VII of Castile (and later wife of Albrecht Gf von
Everstein)
1l) Dulce II, Css of
4j) Bernardo, d.ca 1117
5j) Berenguela (1116-Feb 1149);
m.Nov 1128 King Alfonso
6j) Estefania, b.1118; m.1st
1128 Centulio III, Cte de Bigorre (d.after 1128); m.2nd ca 1130
Ramon II Arnaldo, Vcte de Dax (d.1167)
7j) Mafalda; m.1st Jasperto,
Vcte de Castelnau (d.ca 1151); m.2nd Guillermo, sn de Castellvell
(d.ca 1166)
8j Almodis, b.1126, d.after
1171; m.1148 Ponce de Cervera, Vscde de Bas (d.1155)
2i) Almodis, d.1140; m.Bernardo
Amat, Vscde de Cardona (d.1151)
5h) Berenguer Ramon II "el
Fratricida" of
6h) Sancha, d.after 1079;
m.Guillen Ramon, Cte de Cerdagne et de Berga (d.1095)
[by 3rd m.]:
2g) Ct Sancho Berenguer of
Olerdota
3g) Ct Guillen Ramon of Osona,
d.after 1057
4g) Bernardo Berenguer
1h) [parentage unproved]
Berenguer Ramon, Bp of
5g) Sibylle (1035-1074); m.ca
1056 Henri de
2f) Borell Ramon
3f) Adelaida; m.1st Roger
de Toeny; m.2nd Richard, Cte d'Evreux
2e) Armengol I, Cde de Urgel; for his descendants see Part 6
3e) Ermengarde, d.1030;
m.Geriberto, Vscde de Barcelona (d.ca 1014)
4e) Riquilda, d.after 1041;
m.Udalardo, Vscde de Barcelona
4d) Ct Miron of
5d) Wifredo, d.after 986
6d) Adelaida=Bonafilla, Abbess
of San Juan de Ripoll, d.ca 955
4c) Mirón II "el
Joven", Ct of Besalu and Cerdagne, d.Oct 927; m.Ava (probably de
Ribagorza)
1d) Ct Sunifredo II of Besalu
and Cerdagne 927-965/7
2d) Ct Wifredo II of Besalu,
murdered at Besalu Nov/Dec 957
3d) Ct Oliva II Cabreta of
Cerdagne and Besalu 965-988, entered the Benedictine monastery at Montecassino
ca 988, d.990; m.Ermengarde (d.994) probably dau.of Ct Gausberto I of Ampurias
1e) Ct Bernardo I
"Tallaferro" of Besalu and Ripoll, d.1020; m.ca 992 Toda, probably
dau.of Ct Guillaume II of
1f) Ct Guillermo I of Besalu
and Ripoll, d.ca 1052; m.1020 Adelaida ___
1g) Ct Guillermo II Trunus of
Besalu and Ripoll, murdered 1066/70; m.Estefania (d.ca 1085) dau.of Ct Geoffroy
I de Provence
1h) Ct Bernardo III of Besalu
and Ripoll, d.ca 1111; m.1107 Jimena, dau.of Ct Ramon Berenguer III of
2h) Estefania, living 1095;
m.Roger II, Cte de Foix (d.1124)
2g) Ct Bernardo II of Besalu
and Ripoll, d.1100; m.Ermengarde, dau.of Ct
3g) Adelaida, d.ca 1055; m.ca
1050 Ct Armengol II of Urgel (d.1065)
2f) Wifredo, Bp of Besalu and
Carcassone, d.1054
3f) Hugo Berenguer
4f) Adelaida; m.Ct
5f) Garsenda; m.Berenguer I,
Vcte de Narbonne (d.1067)
6f) Enrique
7f) [parentage unproved] Constanza
Velasquita; m.Ct Armengol II of Urgel (d.1038)
2e) Ct Wifredo III of Cerdagne
and Berga 988-1036, then a priest at San Martin del Canigo, d.1050; m.1st
Guisla (probably de Pailhars]; m.2nd Isabel ___
1f) Ct Ramon Wifredo I of
Cerdagne 1035-68; m.Adelaida ___
1g) Ct Guillermo Ramon I of Cerdagne
and Berga, d.1095; m.1st Adela, dau.of Ct Pedro II of
Carcassone-Rasez; m.2nd Sancha, dau.of Ct Ramon Berenguer I of
1h) Ct Guillermo
2h) Ct Bernardo I of Cerdagne
and Berga, d.1117/8; m.(probably) Sancha de Alvar
2g) Enrique, d.1102/17
2f) Wifredo, Archbishop of
3f) Berenguer, Bp of Elna,
d.1053
4f) Ardoina, d.1050
5f) Guillermo, Bp of Urgel,
d.1075
6f) Ct Berenguer Wifredo of
Berga, Bp of Girona, d.1094
7f) Ct Bernardo of Berga,
d.1050
8f) Fe; m.Cte Hugo I de
Rouergue (d.1053)
9f) Isabel
3e) Ct Oliva of Berga and
Ripoll, Bp of Vicq, d.1046
4e) Berenguer, Bp of Elna,
d.1003
5e) Adelais, d.1024; m.Juan de
Oriol, sn de Sales
6e)
[by Ingiberga de Besora] Ingiberga, Abbess of San Juan de Ripoll, d.ca 1046
4d) Ct Mirón III of Besalu, Bp
of Girona, d.984
5d) Fredeburga, Abbess of San
Juan de Ripoll
[Mirón II had the following
illegitimate issue by Vigilia de Ampurias (d.957)]:
6d) Cixilona; m.Ajalberto ___
7d) Gotruda, d.956/63; m.Lope
I, Cte de Pailhars (d.947)
8d) Guilinda
9d) Sesenanda
10d) Fredelon, d.after 964
5c) Ct Sunifredo of Urgel,
d.948; m.Adelais, dau.of Armengol de Toulouse, Cte de Rouergue
1d) Armengol
2d) Borrell
3d) Gisla; m.Bernardo de
Conflant
6c) Emmon, Abbot of San Juan de
Ripoll, d.942
7c) Riquilla
8c) Ermesinde, d.after 925
9c) Cixilona, a nun, d.945
10c) [parentage not
proved]Guinidilda; m.Cte Raymond II of
2b) Ct Mirón I of
1c) Gotlana; m.Ct Bencio I of
Ampurias (d.916)
3b) Ct Rodulfo I of Besalu, d.ca
920; m.Redlinda, probably dau.of Ct Bera I de Rasez
4b) Sunifredo, Abbot of
5b) Riculfo, Bp of Elna, d.916
6b) Sesenanda
7b) Ermesenda, d.ca 898
8b) [parentage unproved] Cixilona,
d.after 890; m.Ct Dela I of Ampurias
4a) Ct Suniario of Ampurias; for his descendants See Part 7