Wilfred or Wifred, called the Hairy (in Catalan: Guifré el Pilós), (died 11 August 897) was Count of Urgell (from 870), Cerdanya (from 870), Barcelona...
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Frieden in German). Wilfred the Hairy (died 897), a count in what is now Spain Wilfred Baddeley (1872–1929), British tennis player Wilfred Benítez (born 1958)...
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1410. They descend from the Bellonids, the descendants of Wilfred the Hairy. They inherited most of the Catalan counties by the thirteenth century and...
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Lubb ibn Muhammad (category People from the Emirate of Córdoba)
army mortally wounded the count Wilfred the Hairy, who died later on August 11 from his injuries, probably not too far away from the castle of Aura. Lubb's...
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roughly the same size as the current comarca of Garrotxa but sometime extended as far as Corbières, Aude, in France. Wilfred the Hairy, credited with the unification...
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religion". In 878, he gave the counties of Barcelona, Girona, and Besalú to Wilfred the Hairy. His final act was to march against the invading Vikings, but...
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Santa Maria de Ripoll (category Christian monasteries established in the 9th century)
in 888 by Count Wilfred the Hairy (called Guifré el Pilós in Catalan) who used it as a centre to bring about the repopulation of the region after conquering...
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Sunyer, Count of Barcelona (category 10th-century people from the County of Barcelona)
was the son of Wilfred the Hairy and younger brother of the previous count of Barcelona, Wilfred II Borrel. He worked jointly with his brother in the government...
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The Hairy is an epithet applied to: John the Hairy, a 16th-century holy fool (yurodivy) of the Russian Orthodox Church Wilfred the Hairy (died 897), Count...
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comes up representing Wilfred of Arrià, mythical father of Wilfred the Hairy, who wears a barred shield. In this way, when the son of Peter IV of Aragon...
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(c. 898–948) was Count of Urgell. He was the son of Wilfred the Hairy of Urgell and succeeded his father on the latter's death in 897. He was still ruling...
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Raid of 897 against Barcelona (category Battles involving the Emirate of Córdoba)
forces would be still fighting against the Franks, while in retreat. Wilfred the Hairy was succeeded by his son Wilfred II, and Barcelona was not seized by...
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Galindo Aznárez I 834–848 Sunifred I 848–870 Solomon (or Miró) 870–897 Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona, Girona-Osona and Urgell-Cerdanya 898–948 Sunifred...
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Castle of Cardona (category Buildings and structures completed in the 880s)
hill overlooking the river valley of the Cardener and the town of Cardona. The fortress was initially constructed by Wilfred the Hairy in 886; it is now...
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red stripes on a golden background appears only in the royal images painted of Wilfred the Hairy Count of Barcelona (878–897), Ramon Berenguer IV, Count...
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Miró II of Cerdanya (redirect from Miro the Younger)
to 927. The lands he controlled lay in the eastern Pyrenees. He was the son of Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona, from whom he inherited the county...
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counties in the 9th and 10th centuries. His most famous grandson was Wilfred the Hairy, who founded the House of Barcelona, rulers of the County of Barcelona...
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Bello of Carcassonne (category S-bef: 'before' parameter begins with the word 'new')
death. He was the founder of the Bellonid Dynasty of Carcassonne and Razès which reached its apex in Wilfred the Hairy, progenitor of the House of Barcelona...
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Bernard of Gothia (category 9th-century people from the County of Barcelona)
were given to Wilfred the Hairy, eldest son of Sunifred I. The County of Conflent was given to the second son of Sunifred, Miró the Old. The other three...
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Sunifred, Count of Barcelona (category 9th-century people from the County of Barcelona)
natural causes, but the cause of Sunyer's death is unknown. Sunifred I married Ermesende, and had the following children: Wilfred the Hairy (died 11 August...
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Catalan counties (redirect from The Catalan counties)
especially during the reign of Wilfred the Hairy in the late 9th century. At that time, the power of the Carolingian Empire was waning and the neglected Hispanic...
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896. He was the son of Sunifred I, count of Barcelona, Urgell, Cerdanya, and Besalú, and Ermesende, and thus the brother of Wilfred the Hairy and Radulf...
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Wifred II, Count of Barcelona (redirect from Wilfred II of Barcelona)
his father, Wilfred I the Hairy. His mother was Guinedilda. Upon his father's death, the patrimony was divided between his sons Wilfred ΙΙ, Sunifred...
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to the Visigoths. It has a famous Benedictine monastery built in the Romanesque style, Santa Maria de Ripoll, founded by the count Wilfred the Hairy in...
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the County of Barcelona throughout that period. In 879, Wilfred the Hairy began the repopulation of the county with free minores, who cultivated the lands...
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848-869 Solomon 869-897 Wilfred I the Hairy 897-927 Miró II 927-968 Sunifred II 968-984 Miró III 968-988 Oliba Cabreta 988-1035 Wilfred II 1035-1068 Raymond...
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VI, pope of the Catholic Church Theodore II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 840) Wilfred the Hairy, Frankish nobleman Ya'qubi, Muslim geographer (or 898)...
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Together with Dela, he tried to occupy Girona, but their cousin, Wilfred the Hairy, stopped them. In 888, he travelled to Orléans to do homage to King...
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Vic, Spain (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference)
which the name Vic was derived. It was repopulated by Wilfred the Hairy in 878 who gained control over the high part of the city and gave up the lowest...
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Judith of Flanders (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
904), who married Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona before 27 June 875. According to Allison Weir, this parentage is confirmed in the Gestis Comitum...
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