Viscountry Urgell (Urgel) ( Cat. Vescomtat d'Urgell , French: Vicomté d'Urgell , Spanish Vizcondado de Urgel ) is a feudal estate in the territory of the historical province of Catalonia , which was originally feudally dependent on the county of Urhel . Currently, the territory on which the Viscount was located, is part of Spain .
| viscountcy | |
| Residency of Urhel | |
|---|---|
| cat. Vescomtat d'urgell fr. Vicomté d'Urgell Spanish Vizcondado de urgel | |
 Catalonia in the 9th-12th centuries | |
←  →first half of the 10th century - 1127 | |
| Religion | Christianity |
| Dynasty | Castelbon House |
| Continuity | |
| ← County Urhel | |
| Viscountry Castelbon → | |
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History
The first mention of the Viscounts who had some possessions in Urhel appeared in the 10th century , but it is not known for certain whether they all bore the title of Viscounts of Urhel. The first reliably established Viscount of Urhel was Miro I , mentioned in 953 - 975 years . His son, Guillaume I , received in 989 from Count Borrell II the valley of Castell-leleo ( Cat. Castell-lleó ), which later became known as Castelbo ( Cat. Castellbó [1] ).
Guillaume's son, Miro II, circa 1040, took a vassal oath to Count Cerdani . He was married to the sister of Arnau, Miro de Toast , who significantly expanded the territory of Urhel at the expense of lands conquered from the Moors . Including he conquered Ager . In 1094, Earl of Urhel Ermengol I created the Viscountry of Baho Urhel (Nizhny Urhel), which later received the name Viscountry of Ager, on the conquered lands. And Viscount Urhel Ramon I , the son of Miro II, from 1094 began to bear the title Viscount Alt-Urhel (Upper Urhel).
The son of Ramon I, Pere (Pedro) I (d. 1150) in 1126 married Sybil , daughter and heiress of the Viscount Cerdany Ramon II . Thanks to this marriage, Pere combined both Viscountries in his hands and from this took the title of Viscount Castelbo .
Viscounts of Urhel
- OK. 929 : Ermenier (possibly Viscount Osona )
- OK. 941 : Giskafred
- OK. 950 : Maiel (possibly Maiel II , Viscount Narbonne )
- OK. 956 : Simplisius
- OK. 953 - 977 : Miro I (d. 977), Viscount of Urhel from approx. 953
- 977 - 1035 : Guillaume Miro (d. 1035), Viscount of Urgel from 977, son of the previous
- 1035 - 1079 : Miro II Guillaume (d. 1079), Viscount Urhel from 1035, son of the previous
- 1079 - 1114 : Ramon I Miro (d. 1114), Viscount Urhel 1079-1094, Viscount Alt-Urgell from 1094, son of the previous
- 1114 - 1150 : Pere (Pedro) I Ramon (d. 1150), Viscount Alt-Urgel 1114-1126, Viscount Alt-Urgel and Cerdani 1126-1127, Viscount Castelbo and Cerdani from 1127, son of the previous
Notes
- ↑ In French transcription Castelbon ( French Castelbon )
Links
- vescomtat d'Urgell (Catalan.) . l'Enciclopèdia. Date of treatment December 20, 2009. Archived on April 13, 2012.
See also
- County Urhel
- Viscountry Cerdany
- Viscountry Castelbon
- Viscountry Ager