Rampó

Rampó (* around 770 , † around 825 ) was the Frankish Count of Barcelona in what is now Catalonia . It is attested from 814 to 822.

After the forcible deposition of Count Berà , Emperor Ludwig the Pious thought it wiser to transfer his county to a nobleman who was not affected by the local disputes in the Spanish Mark . He chose the Franconian Rampó, who must have already served Emperor Charlemagne loyally, because it was Rampó according to the report of the astronomy , Vita Hludowici, cap. 21, who was sent from Aachen with the news of Karl's death to his son Ludwig the Pious, King of Aquitaine in 814 . When Rampó came to Orléans , however, Bishop Theodulf von Orléans there guessed the reason for his trip and came before Rampó with his own messenger to Louis the Pious.

In addition to the county of Barcelona, ​​Rampó also ruled over the counties of Girona and Besalú . On the orders of the court in Aachen , he conquered areas occupied by the Moors up to the Segre River . Bernhard of Septimania , who was first attested as Count of Barcelona in 827, was appointed his successor .

literature

• Philippe Depreux : Rampon . In: Prosopographie de l'entourage de Louis le Pieux (781–840) . Sigmaringen 1997, p. 355 f. ISBN 3-7995-7265-1

predecessor	Office	successor
Berà	Count of Barcelona Count of Girona approx. 820 – approx. 825	Bernhard of Septimania
Borell from Osona	Count of Osona approx. 820 – approx. 825	Bernhard of Septimania