Girard II (Roussillon)

Girard II ( German Gerhard ; † 1172 ) was a count of Rosselló ( Roussillon ).

He was the only son of Count Gausfred III. and his wife Ermengarde "Trencavella". For several years the father had pursued the annulment of his marriage and the favoring of a son from a concubinage as an inheritance, which the papal side always refused to do. After the death of the father Girard II received from Pope Alexander III. confirmed its legitimacy in two letters dated August 19, 1165.

In his will, written on his deathbed on July 4, 1172, Girard designated the Count of Barcelona and King of Aragon , Alfonso II , as his heir.

literature

Pere Ponsich i Rondes: Els Comtes de Rosselló fins del 1172 , In: Catalunya Romànica , Vol. 14 (1993), pp. 31-33.

Remarks

↑ Alexander III Epistolæ et Privilegia , ed. by Jacques Paul Migne in, Patrologiae cursus completus. Series Latina. Vol. 200, No. 370 and 371, Col. 396-397.
↑ 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.792.

Web link

COMTES de Roussillon at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.ac

predecessor	Office	successor
Gausfred III.	Count of Rosselló 1164–1172	Barcelona county

personal data
SURNAME	Girard II
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Count of Rosselló
DATE OF BIRTH	12th Century
DATE OF DEATH	1172

[1] Alexander III Epistolæ et Privilegia , ed. by Jacques Paul Migne in, Patrologiae cursus completus. Series Latina. Vol. 200, No. 370 and 371, Col. 396-397.

[2] 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.792.