Bernard III (Besalú)

Bernard III ( Catalan Bernat ; † 1111 ) was a Count of Besalú from the House of Barcelona . He was a son of Count Wilhelm II and the Estefanía of Provence.

When his father died around 1066, Bernard was still under the age of majority, which is why his uncle Bernard II took over the county, with which he ruled together until his death around 1097. Bernard married on October 1, 1107 a daughter of Count Raimund Berengar III. from Barcelona , who through her mother was a granddaughter of the famous Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar ("El Cid") . She was given the county of Osona as a dowry in the marriage. Already on October 10, 1107 he determined his father-in-law to be the contingent heir of the county of Besalú including the landscapes of Vallespir , Fenouillèdes and Peyrepertuse , provided that no children of his own should arise from his marriage. With that he passed over the possible inheritance rights of his sister Estefanía and her husband, Count Roger II of Foix .

In 1111, Bernard actually died childless, with which the count family of Besalú died out and their property became that of the counts of Barcelona .

Remarks

1. ↑ Marca Hispanica sive limes Hispanicus , ed. by Petrus de Marca (1688), no. 337, col. 1230–1231.
2. ↑ Marca Hispanica sive limes Hispanicus , ed. by Petrus de Marca (1688), no.338, col. 1231.
3. ↑ Chronicon alterum Rivipullense , ed. by Jaime Villanueva: Viage literario á las iglesias de España: Le Publica con algunas observaciones , Vol. 5 (1806), p. 246.

Web link

• COMTES de BESALÚ 988-1111 at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.ac

predecessor	Office	successor
Wilhelm II.	Count of Besalú (together with Bernard II until around 1097 ) around 1066–1111	Barcelona county