Ermengol IV (Urgell)

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Ermengol IV of Gerb ( Catalan Ermengol el de Gerb ; † 1092 ) was a count of Urgell and iure uxoris a count of Forcalquier from the House of Barcelona . He was a son of Count Ermengol III. von Urgell († 1065) and his first wife Adalaiz.

Ermengol IV vigorously continued the expansion of his domain and brought almost the entire Baix Urgell under his control by conquering Agramunt and other castles. On March 25, 1067, Count Raimund Berengar I of Barcelona gave him Barberà Castle. At times he was in conflict with his vassals of Cabrera , which was settled in 1074. In 1089, Pope Urban II appealed to Ermengol to continue the battle of the Moors beyond the Ebro . Shortly afterwards, Ermengol had built Gerb Castle ( Comarca Noguera ), from which he wanted to conquer the nearby Balaguer . Before he had a chance, he passed away.

Around the year 1070 Ermengol had designated his brother-in-law, Count Wilhelm Raimund von Cerdanya , as a possible heir in the event that he himself remained without descendants. In his first marriage he was married to Lucia, who is already recorded for 1063. She was probably the mother of his first son Ermengol V († 1102), who succeeded him as Count of Urgell. His second wife was the Countess Adelaide von Forcalquier, first mentioned in 1087. Their son Wilhelm I († 1129) inherited their mother in Forcalquier.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Liber Feudorum Maior , Vol. 1, ed. by Francesc Miquel Rossell (1945), pp. 268-269.
  2. ↑ Jaume Coll i Castanyer: Els vescomtes de Girona . In: Annals de l'Institut d'Estudis Gironins . Vol. 30, 1988, p. 61.
  3. ↑ B. Urbani II papæ pontificis epistolæ et privilegia , ed. by Jacques Paul Migne in, Patrologiae cursus completus. Series Latina. Vol. 151, Col. 302-303.
  4. ↑ Gesta Comitum Barcinonensium , §12, in: Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France , Vol. 11 (1876), p. 291. Historia de la Corona de Aragón: Crónica de San Juan de la Peña: Part aragonesa , ed . by T. Ximénez de Embún y Val (1876), §29, pp. 114-115; §31, p. 120.
  5. ↑ Diego Monfar y Sors: Historia de los condes de Urgel , Vol. 1 (1853), p. 356.
  6. ↑ Diplomatari de Santa Maria de Poblet , Vol. 1, ed. by A. Altisent (1993), No. 18, p. 35.
  7. ↑ Collecció Diplomática de la casa de Temple de Barberà (945-1212) , ed. by JP Sans i Trave (1997), No. 18, p. 90.

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predecessor Office successor
Ermengol III. Earl of Urgell
1065-1092 		Ermengol V.
personal data
SURNAME Ermengol IV.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ermengol IV. That of Gerb (full name); Ermengol el de Gerb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Urgell
DATE OF BIRTH 11th century
DATE OF DEATH 1092