Bernard I. (Besalú)

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Bernard I. Taillefer ( Catalan Bernat Tallaferro ; † between September 26 and October 13, 1020 ) was a Count of Besalú from the House of Barcelona . He was the eldest son of Oliba Cabreta († 990), whom he inherited in the county of Besalú.

Bernard Taillefer transfers his property to his son Wilhelm. Depiction in the Liber feudorum maior , late 12th century.
A sarcophagus in Santa Maria de Ripoll designed in the 19th century for Bernard Taillefer

When he entered the monastery of Montecassino, the father had his underage sons under the protection of Pope John XV. posed. In 998, Bernard, apparently accompanied by Ermengol I of Urgell , traveled to Rome , where at the end of April, in consensus with Pope Gregory V, he made the monastery which he founded in Besalú and consecrated to the martyr Genesius subordinate to the apostolic see a say in the election of the abbot. With his sons Wilhelm and Wilfried he traveled to Rome again in 1017 to ask Pope Benedict VIII to found a diocese in Besalú, whose first bishop Wilfried was to be appointed. The Pope granted the request.

In 1003 Bernard fought at the side of his brother Wilfried II of Cerdanya , Ermengols I of Urgell and Raimund Borrells of Barcelona in the victorious battle of Torà (near Lleida ) against the Moors of al-Andalus . In the same year he probably fought in the battle of Albesa (near Balaguer ), in which his brother Berengar, Bishop of Elne, was killed.

On September 26, 1020, Bernard wrote his will. He dated it after the reign of King Robert II , which implies that he had recognized the change of dynasty in the West Frankish Empire to the Capetians . It was published as early as October 13, 1020 by his son and wife, after Bernard drowned while crossing the Rhône . He was buried in the Abbey of Santa Maria de Ripoll .

Bernard was married to a woman named Toda, who was also called Adelaiz. It is mentioned for the first time on the occasion of a donation to Ripoll Abbey on April 11, 997 and for the last time on the occasion of the opening of the will in 1020. Your children were:

Remarks

  1. ↑ Diplomatari i escrits literaris de l'Abat i Bisbe Oliba , ed. by E. Junyent i Subirà (1992), No. 10, p. 16.
  2. ↑ Marca Hispanica sive limes Hispanicus , ed. by Petrus de Marca (1688), no. 46, col. 952–954. Harald Zimmermann: Papstregesten 911-1024 , In: Regesta Imperii , Vol. 2.5 (1998), No. 831, p. 254.
  3. ↑ Harald Zimmermann: Papstregesten 911-1024 , In: Regesta Imperii , Vol. 2.5 (1998), No. 1182, p. 353.
  4. ↑ Aimon von Fleury, Miracula sancti Benedicti , Lib. 4, §10, ed. by Eugène de Certain (1858), pp. 188-189.
  5. ↑ Alterum chronicon rotense , ed. by Jaime Villanueva: Viage literario á las iglesias de España , Vol. 15 (1851), p. 333.
  6. ↑ España Sagrada Vol. 45, ed. by Manuel Risco (1832), No. 19, pp. 285-290 . Diplomatari i escrits literaris de l'Abat i Bisbe Oliba , ed. by E. Junyent i Subirà (1992), No. 65, p. 99. Liber feudorum maior: Cartulario real que se conservva en el Archivo de la corona de Aragón , Vol. 2, ed. by Francisco Miquel Rosell (1947), no.497.
  7. ↑ Diplomatari i escrits literaris de l'Abat i Bisbe Oliba , ed. by E. Junyent i Subirà (1992), No. 65, p. 99.
  8. ^ Gesta Comitum Barcinonensium , §10 in: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France , Vol. 11 (1876), p. 290.
  9. ↑ Marca Hispanica sive limes Hispanicus , ed. by Petrus de Marca (1688), no. 45, col. 951–952.

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predecessor Office successor
Oliba Cabreta Count of Besalú
988-1020 		Wilhelm I.
personal data
SURNAME Bernard I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bernard I. Taillefer; Bernat Tallaferro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Besalú from the House of Barcelona
DATE OF BIRTH 10th century
DATE OF DEATH between September 26th 1020 and October 13th 1020
Place of death Rhône