Count of Cerdanya and of Besalú
Events
Date of Birth: about 878.
Place of Birth: unknown.
The date is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 141).
Date of Death: 11 September 927.
Place of Death: unknown.
The date is given by Salazar y Acha (p. 141). August 927 is given by Aurell (p. 153).
Relationships
Father: Guifred (I) “el Velloso”.
This relationship is given by Aurell and by Salazar y Acha (p. 141).
Mother: Guinidilda, daughter of Seniofredo.
This relationship is given by Aurell and by Salazar y Acha (p. 141).
Spouse: Ava.
This relationship is given by Aurell (p. 48), who states that she was the daughter of the levite Fidel, a local magnate. Not all scholars agree.
Lover: Virgília d’Empúries.
This relationship is given by Aurell (p. 48).
Children (by Ava):
(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.)
Sunifred II (died 965), count of Cerdanya.
Guifred II (died 957), count of Besalú.
Oliba Cabreta (died 990) married Ermengarde de Vallespir.
Miró Bonfill (died 984), count of Besalú, bishop of Girona.
Quixilona.
Goltregoda married Llop I, count of Pallars.
Sesenauda.
Children (by Virgilia):
Guiscafred.
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).