Bernard I, count of Bésalu

Also known as Bernat Tallaferro.

Events

Date of Birth: about 970.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 206).

Date of Death: 26 September 1020.

Place of Death: drowned attempting to cross the Rhône.

The date and place are given by Aurell (p. 68), citing a letter by the monks of Ripoll.

Relationships

Father: Oliba Cabreta.

This relationship is given by Aurell and by Salazar y Acha (p. 206).

Mother: Ermengarde.

This relationship is given by Aurell and by Salazar y Acha (p. 206).

Spouse: Tota/Adelaide.

This relationship is given by Stasser, who suggests that she was a daughter of Raimond of Toulouse and Aélis of Anjou. Aurell (p. 55) believes she probably belonged to the family of the dukes of Burgundy. Salazar y Acha (p. 206) suggests she may have been a daughter of Guillermo II, count of Provence and his wife Arsenda.

Children:

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project. Most information below comes from Aurell.)

Guillaume (died 1052) married (1) Gerberge; married (2) Adelaide of Provence.

Henri, bishop of Besalú.

Berenguer.

Guifred, bishop of Besalú.

Hugues

Garsinde married Bérenger de Narbonne.

Adelaide married Pons I, count of Empúries.

Constance married Ermengol II, count of Urgell.

References

Aurell, Martin. Les noces du comte: Mariage et pouvoir en Catalogne (785-1213) (1995).

Salazar y Acha, Jaime de. Las dinastías reales de España en la Edad Media. (Real Academia de la Historia, 2021).

Stasser, Thierry. “La maison vicomtale de Narbonne aux Xe et XIe siècles” in Annales du Midi : revue archéologique, historique et philologique de la France méridionale Année 1993 Volume 105 Numéro 204 pp. 489-507.