Guifred I “el Pilós”

Events

Date of Birth: about 840.

Place of Birth: unknown.

The date is given by Sabaté Curull.

Date of Death: 11 August 897.

The date is given by Aurell (1991, p. 306).

Relationships

Father: Sunifred I.

This relationship is given by Sabaté Curull, by Salazar y Acha (p. 140), and by Aurell.

Mother: Ermesende.

This relationship is given by Sabaté Curull and by Aurell.

Spouse: Guinidilda, daughter of Sunifred.

This relationship is given by Bofarull y Mascaró (1:1 ff.), by Sabaté Curull, by Salazar y Acha (p. 140), and by Aurell.

Children:

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

Guifred (II) Borrell (died 911), count of Barcelona, married Garsinde.

Emma (born about 876 - died 942).

Miró (II) (died October 927), count of Cerdanya, Conflent, and Berga, married Ava.

Seniofredo (I) (born about 880 - died 948) married Adelaida.

Rodolfo (born about 882 - died 940), bishop of Urgel.

Riquilda (born about 883).

Ermesinda (born about 885).

Cixilona (born about 887 - died 22 February 945), abbess of San Juan de Ripoll.

Sunyer (I) (died 15 October 954), count of Barcelona, married Richilde.

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).

Aurell, Martin. "Pouvoir et parenté des comtes de la marche hispanique (801-911)” in La royauté et les élites dans l’Europe carolingienne (du début du IX^e aux environs de 920 (Centre d’Histoire de l’Europe du Nord-Ouest, 1998).

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

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).

Sabaté Curull, Flocel. “Vifredo" in Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (Real Academia de la Historia).

Sabaté Curull, Flocel. “Winidilda" in Diccionario Biográfico electrónico (Real Academia de la Historia).

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.