Bernard II (Catalan: Bernat, Spanish: Bernardo; died 1100) was the Count of Besalú and Ripoll in Catalonia, the brother, co-ruler (from 1052), and successor...

Bernard I (fl. 977 – 1020), called Taillefer (Bernat Tallaferro), was the Count of Besalú in Catalonia from 988 until his death. He was the eldest son...

The County of Besalú (Catalan: Comtat de Besalú, IPA: [kumˈtad də βəzəˈlu]; Latin: Comitatus Bisuldunensis) was one of the landlocked medieval Catalan...

Ausona from 1086 (jointly with Berenguer Ramon II and solely from 1097), Besalú from 1111, Cerdanya from 1117, and count of Provence in the Holy Roman Empire...

died 1066/1070) was the Count of Besalú from 1052 until his death, co-reigning for a time with his brother, Bernard II. He is described as having an "angry...

and his wife Velasquita "Constança", probably the daughter of Bernard I, Count of Besalú. Allied with his contemporary and second cousin Ramon Berenguer...

inherited Cerdanya. In 1111, after the death of Bernard III of Besalú, he opposed the integration of Besalú into the County of Barcelona as it was technically...

The Viscounty of Besalú, or Bas (from the Latin Basso), was the sub-comital authority in the county of Besalú during the Middle Ages. It was ruled by the...

inherited Cerdanya from his eldest brother Sunifred II and Besalú from his elder brother Miró III. He was originally under the tutelage of his mother from...

Foix-Grailly-Navarre Arms of the House of Albret Arms of the House of Bourbon 1010-1034 : Bernard Roger, count of Couserans, count of Bigorre, lord of Comminges and lord...

first, of what would later become the Catalan counties, to be established. Besalú and Empúries were originally part of Girona. When Urgell and Cerdanya were...

Ribagorza (initially including Pallars), Urgell, Cerdanya, Peralada, Empúries, Besalú, Osona, Barcelona, Girona ("March of Hispania") and Conflent, Roussillon...

William II (or III) of Provence. Ermengarde, she married Robert I, Count of Auvergne. Tota-Adelaide, she married Bernard I, Count of Besalú. Tour Grimaldi...

bishop of Urgell, against the Caliphate with Ermengol I of Urgell and Bernard I of Besalú, and joined forces with Muhammad II of Córdoba. Their army destroyed...

Cerdanya (from 870), Barcelona (from 878), Girona (from 878, as Wilfred II), Besalú (from 878) and Ausona (from 886). On his death in 897, his son, Wilfred...

Berenguer III ceded the county to his son-in-law Bernard III of Besalú, as dowry of his daughter Jimena in 1107. When both Jimena and Bernard died without...

date, Cerdanya was united in government under one count with County of Besalú and Urgell; it was part of the Kingdom of Aquitaine after 817. Cerdanya...

Count Hugh I of Empúries, and maintained them with Counts William I of Besalú [es] and Wilfred II of Cerdanya. He was a son of the church who maintained...

son Ermengol III. She may have been the homonymous daughter of Bernard I, Count of Besalú and Countess Tota-Adelaide, named in her father’s will in October...

Urgell was invaded by Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar. Aided by the brothers Bernard I of Besalú and Wifred II of Cerdagne, and his own brother, Ramon Borrell of...

monastery in 988, his lands were divided among his three oldest sons; Bernard received Besalú, Wilfred received Cerdanya, and Oliba received Berga and Ripoll...

though some scholars have considered her the daughter of Guillem I, Count of Besalú. Baiges, Feliu & Salrach 2010, Doc. 66, pp. 234–38. Baiges, Feliu & Salrach...

Cerdanya and count of Besalú Wilfred II of Besalú (?-957), count of Besalú Miró III of Cerdanya (920–984), count of Cerdanya and Besalú, and bishop of Girona...

Arles, who married Bernard I, Count of Besalú. The majority of historians refer to her as Adelaide, for example see Stasser (1997). Bernard Bachrach refers...

and Philip III. The Capetian alliance with the papacy suffered a severe blow after the disaster of the Aragonese Crusade. Philip III's son and successor...

(878–1410) Count of Girona (878–1410) Count of Ausona (1111–1410) Count of Besalú (1111–1410), inherited from another branch of the family Count of Provence...

The count of Barcelona (Catalan: comte de Barcelona, Spanish: conde de Barcelona, French: comte de Barcelone, Latin: comes Barcinonensis) was the ruler...

Almoravids troops on the peninsula. He also received, by inheritance, the Besalú and Cerdanya counties, gradually forming a territory very similar to what...

grandfather Otto, as the later duke of Swabia and Bavaria. Wilfred II, count of Besalú of the House of Barcelona, is killed by rebellious vassals. He is succeeded...

who took the cross as penance for the murder of his brother;  Bernard II, Count of Besalú, took the cross for the First Crusade but remained in Spain at...