The family of the Counts of Barcelona

Part 1: The Counts of Barcelona until 1162, including some branches such as the early Counts of Carcassone, Besalu and Cerdagne (Cerdana).

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 Sicily 1296-1401 and their descendants

Part 4: The Barones de Ayerbe and Princes di Cassano

Part 5: The illegitimate descendants of King Jaime I of Aragon

Part 6: The Counts of Urgel 989-1231

Part 7: The Counts of Ampurias and Roussillon 834-1322

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 Bello of Carcassone (fl before 812); he had issue:

1a) Ct Gisclafred of Carcassone and Rasez, d.ca 821

2a) Ct Oliva I of Carcassone, d.837; m.1^st Ermentrude N; m.2^nd 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 Macon, d.926/7

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 Barcelona, Urgel, Girona and Osona; he apparently led a revolt of the indigenous [Visigothic] population against Bernard of Septimania (father of Bernard Plantvelue, above); he conquered Cerdagne (Cerdana) and Urgell in the 830s and checked a Moorish invasion; he was killed in a counter-attack by Guillaume le Pieux 849; m.Ermesinde N

1b) Wifredo I "the Hairy", Ct of Barcelona, Besalu, Girona, Osona, Urgel & Cerdagne, d.shortly after 21 Aug 897; m.877 Guinidilda ___

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.1^st Aimilda ___ (d.ca 920); m.2^nd 920/5 Richilde (d.after 954) dau.of Armengol de Toulouse, Cte de Rouergue

1d) [probably by 1^st m., but parentage not proved] Guinidilda; m.Hugues de Rouergue, Sire de Quercy

[by 2^nd m.]:

2d) Ct Armengol of Osona, d.940/3

3d) Ct Borell II of Barcelona, Girona, Osona and Urgel, d.30 Sep 992; m.1^st 968 Ledgarda (d.after 977) dau.of Cte Raimund III de Toulouse; m.2^nd 977/83 Aimerudis, dau.of Cte Raymund d'Auvergne

1e) Ct Ramon Borell I of Barcelona, Girona and Osona (972-25 Feb 1018); m.990/1 Ermesinde (d.1 Mar 1057) dau.of Roger de Comminges, Cte de Carcassone

1f) Ct Berenguer Ramon "el Curvo" of Barcelona, etc, d.1035; m.1^st 1018 Sancha de Gascogne; m.2^nd 1021 Sancha of Castile; m.3^rd 1027 Gisela de Lluça (d.after 1079)

[by 2^nd m.]:

1g) Ramon Berenguer I "el Viejo", Ct of Barcelona, etc (1023-26 May 1076); m.1^st Isabel (d.29 Jun 1050) dau.(probably) of Raymond Bernard I Vcte de Nimes; m.2^nd before 16 Mar 1051 (repudiated 1052) Blanca ___; m.3^rd 1053 Almodis (murdered 16 Oct 1071) dau.of Bernard, Cte de la Marche

[by 1^st m.]:

1h) Pedro Ramon, d.after 1071

2h) Arnaldo, d.ca 1045

3h) Berenguer, d.ca 1045

[by 3^rd m.]:

4h) Ramon Berenguer II "Cabeza le Estopa", Ct of Barcelona, etc (ca 1055-murdered 6 Dec 1082); m.1078 Matilda (d.1111/2) dau.of Duke Robert Guiscard of Apulia and Calabria

1i) Ramon Berenguer III "el Grande", Ct of Barcelona, atc, Ct of Cerdagne (11 Nov 1082-19 Jul 1131); m.1^st before 1103 Maria (d.1106) dau.of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar "el Cid"; m.2^nd 1106 Almodis de Mortain (d.ca 1110); m.3^rd 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 1^st m.]:

1j) Jimena, b.1105/6; m.1^st 1 Oct 1107 Cte Bernardo III de Besalu (d.1111); m.2^nd ca 1117 Roger III, Cte de Foix (d.1147/8)

[by 3^rd 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 Provence, Vcte de Rodez, de Gevaudun et de Carladet (1114-murdered 1144); m.1135 Beatrix, Cts de Melgeuil, dau of Bernard Cte de Melgeuil by Guillemette de Montpellier (and later wife of Bernard Pelet d’Alet)

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 Provence et de Melgeuil, etc, d.1172

4j) Bernardo, d.ca 1117

5j) Berenguela (1116-Feb 1149); m.Nov 1128 King Alfonso VII of Catile and Léon (d.1157)

6j) Estefania, b.1118; m.1^st 1128 Centulio III, Cte de Bigorre (d.after 1128); m.2^nd ca 1130 Ramon II Arnaldo, Vcte de Dax (d.1167)

7j) Mafalda; m.1^st Jasperto, Vcte de Castelnau (d.ca 1151); m.2^nd 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 Barcelona, etc, d.ca 1097

6h) Sancha, d.after 1079; m.Guillen Ramon, Cte de Cerdagne et de Berga (d.1095)

[by 3^rd 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 Barcelona

5g) Sibylle (1035-1074); m.ca 1056 Henri de Bourgogne

2f) Borell Ramon

3f) Adelaida; m.1^st Roger de Toeny; m.2^nd 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 Barcelona and Osona, living 965

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 Provence

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 Barcelona

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 Ponce of Ampurias

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 Ponce I of Ampurias (d.1078)

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.1^st Guisla (probably de Pailhars]; m.2^nd Isabel ___

1f) Ct Ramon Wifredo I of Cerdagne 1035-68; m.Adelaida ___

1g) Ct Guillermo Ramon I of Cerdagne and Berga, d.1095; m.1^st Adela, dau.of Ct Pedro II of Carcassone-Rasez; m.2^nd Sancha, dau.of Ct Ramon Berenguer I of Barcelona; m.3^rd ca 1071 Isabel (d.ca 1071) dau.of Ct Armengol III of Urgel; both children were from 2^nd m.

1h) Ct Guillermo Jordan of Cerdagne, Ct of Tortosa [Syria], d.1109

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 Narbonne, d.1079

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 Toulouse (d.923)

2b) Ct Mirón I of Roussillon and Conflent; m.Cixilona ___

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 Arles, d.ca 890

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