Wilfried II (Besalú)

Wilfried II ( Catalan Guifré ; † 957 ) was a Count of Besalú from the House of Barcelona . He was the second of the four sons of Miró the Younger , Count of Cerdanya , Conflent and Besalú , and his wife Ava. His brothers were Sunifred II , Oliba Cabreta and Miró Bonfill .

Wilfried inherited the county of Besalú from his father, while Cerdanya and Conflent went to his older brother Sunifred II. In 951 Wilfried traveled to Rome together with the abbot of the newly founded Abbey of Sant Pere of Camprodon to have Pope Agapitus II confirm the new founding . On their way back they had moved to the court of King Ludwig IV in Reims , who gave the abbey a few privileges on February 3, 952. Wilfried is the last Catalan count whose presence at the Franconian royal court is documented.

In 957 Wilfried was murdered by his own vassals; Besalú was taken over by his brother Sunifred II.

literature

Josep María Salrach i Marés: El Comte Guifré de Besalú i la revolta de 957: contribució a l'estudi de la noblesa catalane del segle X ' , In: Assemblees d'estudis (Besalú) , Vol. 2 (1973), pp. 3-38.
Miquel Coll i Alentorn: Història / 2 (Textos i estudis de cultura catalana). Pp. 201-203, L'Abadia de Montserrat, 1992.

annotation

↑ Catalunya Carolíngia V: els comtats de Girona, Besalú, Empúries i Peralada. Primera part , ed. by Ramon d'Abadal i de Vinyals in, Memòries de la Secció Històrico-Aqueològica , Vol. 61 (2003), No. 299, p. 278.

Web link

COMTES de CERDANYA 897-1118 at Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.ac

predecessor	Office	successor
Miró the younger	Count of Besalú 927–957	Sunifred II.

personal data
SURNAME	Wilfried II.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Guifré II de Besalú
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Count of Besalú
DATE OF BIRTH	10th century
DATE OF DEATH	957

[1] Catalunya Carolíngia V: els comtats de Girona, Besalú, Empúries i Peralada. Primera part , ed. by Ramon d'Abadal i de Vinyals in, Memòries de la Secció Històrico-Aqueològica , Vol. 61 (2003), No. 299, p. 278.