This is a list of the counts of
Urgell
Urgell (), also known as ''Baix Urgell'' (''baix'' meaning "lower", by contrast with Alt Urgell "Upper Urgell"), is a ''comarca'' (county) in Ponent, Catalonia (Spain), forming only a borderland portion of the region historically known as Urgel ...
, a
county
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of the
Principality of Catalonia
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in the 10th through 13th centuries.
{{circa, 798–870 Counts appointed by the
Carolingians
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*798–820
Borrell, count of Urgell and
Cerdanya
Cerdanya (; , ; , ) or often La Cerdanya is a natural region, natural comarca and historical region of the eastern Pyrenees divided between France and Spain. Historically it was one of the Catalan counties, counties of Catalonia.
Cerdanya has a ...
*820–824
Aznar Galíndez I, count of
Aragon
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, was given Borrell's counties while he was exiled from Aragon
*824–834
Galindo Aznárez I
*834–848
Sunifred I
*848–870
Solomon
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(or Miró)
870–992 Counts from the
House of Barcelona
The House of Barcelona was a medieval dynasty that ruled the County of Barcelona continuously from 878 and the Crown of Aragon from 1137 (as kings from 1162) until 1410. They descend from the Bellonids, the descendants of Wilfred the Hairy. Th ...
*870–897
Wilfred the Hairy
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Count of Barcelona
The count of Barcelona (, , , ) was the ruler of the County of Barcelona and also, by extension and according with the Usages of Barcelona, Usages and Catalan constitutions, of the Principality of Catalonia as Prince#Prince as generic for ruler, p ...
,
Girona
Girona (; ) is the capital city of the Province of Girona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 106,476 in 2024, but the p ...
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Osona
Osona () is a comarques of Catalonia, comarca situated in the Central Catalonia, central region of Catalonia, Spain. Its capital is Vic, Spain, Vic. Its population in 2001 was 129,543. Osona covers roughly the same area as the historic Catalan co ...
and Urgell-Cerdanya
*898–948
Sunifred II
*948–966
Miró de Barcelona, born c. 940
*966–30 September 992
Borrell II, count of Barcelona, Girona, Osona
992–1213 Counts from the House of Barcelona-Urgell
*992 – 1 September 1010
Ermengol I ''el de Còrdova'' ("of Cordoba"), born 975, killed in battle at
Córdoba in 1010
*1010–1038
Ermengol II ''el Peregrí'' ("the Pilgrim"), born 1009, died on pilgrimage to
Jerusalem
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, 1038
*1038–1065
Ermengol III ''el de Barbastre'' ("of Barbastro"), born c. 1033, killed at
Barbastro
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in February or March 1065
*1065–11 March 1092
Ermengol IV ''el de Gerp'' ("of Gerp"), born c. 1056
*1092–1102
Ermengol V ''el de Mollerussa'' ("of Mollerussa"), born 1078/1079, died in the
Battle of Mollerussa
The Battle of Mollerussa (or Mollerusa) took place in the south of the county of Urgell on 11 or 14 September 1102. In the battle, Count Ermengol V was defeated and killed by an Almoravid army. Mollerussa lies halfway between Bellpuig and Llei ...
*1102–1153/1154
Ermengol VI ''el de Castella'' ("of Castile"), born 1096
*1153/1154–1184
Ermengol VII ''el de València'' ("of Valencia")
*1184–1208/1209
Ermengol VIII ''el de Sant Hilari'' ("of Sant Hilari")
*1208/1209–1213 Countess
Aurembiaix (first time) under regency of
Peter II of Aragon
Peter II the Catholic (; ) (July 1178 – 12 September 1213) was the King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona from 1196 to 1213.
Background
Peter was born in Huesca, the son of Alfonso II of Aragon and Sancha of Castile, Queen of Aragon, Sancha ...
1213–1228 Counts from the
House of Cabrera
The House of Cabrera was an important Catalan people, 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 Sicily, Sicilian County of Modica and the Coun ...

*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 I. She died in 1231.
*1231–1236 King
James I of Aragon
James I the Conqueror ( Catalan/Valencian: ''Jaume I or Jaume el Conqueridor''; Aragonese: ''Chaime I'' ''o Conqueridor''; ; 2 February 1208 – 27 July 1276) was King of Aragon, Count of Barcelona, and Lord of Montpellier from 1213 to 1 ...
1236–1314 Counts from the House of Cabrera
*1236–1243
Ponç I (Ponç IV of Cabrera)
*1243
Ermengol IX son of previous.
*1243–1268
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The patronymic surname derived from this name is Álvarez.
Given name Artists
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''el Castellà'' ("the Castilian") brother of previous.
*1268–1314
Ermengol X son of previous.
1314–1413 Counts from the
House of Barcelona
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*10 November 1314 – 1327 King
Alfonso IV of Aragon
Alfonso IV (2 November 1299 – 24 January 1336), called the Kind (also ''the Gentle'' or ''the Nice'', ), was King of Aragon and Count of Barcelona (as Alfons III) from 1327 to his death. His reign saw the incorporation of the County of Urgell ...
, died 1366, Married Teresa de Entença, who was the grandniece and legal heir of
Ermengol X, Count of Urgell.
*1327–1347
James I of Urgell, Prince of Aragon, born 1321, poisoned in
Barcelona
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in 1347
*1347–1408
Peter II of Urgell, born 1340, died at
Balaguer, 1408
*1408–31 October 1413
James II of Urgell. When
Martin I of Aragon
Martin the Humane (29 July 1356 – 31 May 1410), also called the Elder and the Ecclesiastic, was King of Aragon, Valencia, Sardinia and Corsica and Count of Barcelona from 1396 and King of Sicily from 1409 (as Martin II). He failed to secure th ...
died, James was a candidate to the crown, but the
Compromise of Caspe
The 1412 Compromise of Caspe (''Compromiso de Caspe'' in Spanish, ''Compromís de Casp'' in Catalan) was an act and resolution of parliamentary representatives of the constituent realms of the Crown of Aragon (the Kingdom of Aragon, Kingdom of V ...
preferred
Ferdinand of Antequera
Ferdinand I (Spanish: ''Fernando I''; 27 November 1380 – 2 April 1416 in Igualada, Òdena) named Ferdinand of Antequera and also the Just (or the Honest) was king of Aragon, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia and (nominal) Corsica and king of Sicil ...
. James revolted, and on 31 October 1413, surrendered to the king. The
county of Urgell
The County of Urgell (, ; ) is one of the historical Catalan counties, bordering on the counties of County of Pallars, Pallars and Cerdanya.
History
The county of Urgell was carved by the Franks out of a former section of the Mark of Toulouse w ...
was dissolved and count James died in jail in the castle of Xàtiva on 1 June 1433.
See also
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County of Urgell
The County of Urgell (, ; ) is one of the historical Catalan counties, bordering on the counties of County of Pallars, Pallars and Cerdanya.
History
The county of Urgell was carved by the Franks out of a former section of the Mark of Toulouse w ...
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House of Cabrera
The House of Cabrera was an important Catalan people, 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 Sicily, Sicilian County of Modica and the Coun ...
History of Catalonia
Medieval history of Spain
Catalan nobility
Urgell
Urgell (), also known as ''Baix Urgell'' (''baix'' meaning "lower", by contrast with Alt Urgell "Upper Urgell"), is a ''comarca'' (county) in Ponent, Catalonia (Spain), forming only a borderland portion of the region historically known as Urgel ...