Borrell (II), count of Barcelona

Count of Barcelona, Girona, Osona, and Urgell

Events

Date of Birth: about 934.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Claramunt Rodríguez. Salazar y Acha (p. 143) gives about 928.

Date of Death: 30 September 992.

Place of Death: unknown.

The date is given by Claramunt Rodríguez. Salazar y Acha (p. 143) gives 993.

Relationships

Father: Sunyer (I), count of Barcelona.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (1:64 ff.), by Claramunt Rodríguez, by Salazar y Acha (p. 141), and by Aurell. However, Vones-Liebenstein gives Sunyer's brother Wifred II Borell.

Mother: Richilde.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (1:64 ff.), by Claramunt Rodríguez, by Salazar y Acha (p. 141), and by Aurell. However, Vones-Liebenstein gives Garsende, the wife of Wifred II Borrell.

Spouse: Ledgarde.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (1:139 ff.), by Claramunt Rodríguez, and by Aurell. Claramunt Rodríguez calls her Letgarda de Auvernia. Salazar y Acha (p. 143) states that she was the daughter of Raimundo III, count of Toulouse, and Garsenda of Gascony.

Spouse: Aimerudis.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (1:153 ff.), by Claramunt Rodríguez, and by Aurell. Claramunt Rodríguez calls her Eimeruda de Auvernia. Salazar y Acha (p. 143) states that she was possibly the daughter of Raimundo Pons, count of Auvergne.

Children (by Ledgarde):

(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)

Riquilda (born before 969 - died after 20 May 1041) married Udalard (I), viscount of Barcelona.

Ramón Borrell (died 25 February 1017), count of Barcelona, married Ermesinde de Carcassonne.

Ermengol (I) “él de Córdoba” (born 974 - died 21 June 1011), count of Urgell, married Geriberga.

Ermengarde (born 976) married Geribert, viscount of Barcelona.

References

Aurell i Cardona, Martí. “Jalons pour une enquête sur les strategies matrimoniales des comtes catalans (IXe-XIe s.)” in Symposium Internacional sobre els orígens de Catalunya (Segles VIII-IX): I (Volume 23 of Memorias de la Real Academia de Buenas Letras de Barcelona, 1991).

Bofarull y Mascaró, Próspero de. Los Condes de Barcelona Vindicados, y Cronología y Genealogía de los Reyes de España Considerados Como Soberanos Independientes de Su Marca 2 Volumes. (Barcelona: 1836).

Claramunt Rodríguez, Salvador. "Borrell II" in Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (Real Academia de la Historia).

Eickels, Karl van. Raimundiner genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

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

Vones-Liebenstein, Ursula. Barcelona genealogical table in volume 9 of Lexikon des Mittelalters. Munich: LexMA-Verlag, 1980-1998.

Online Biographies

Borrell II (Diccionario Biográfico electrónico; Real Academia de la Historia)