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Ermengol IV, Count of Urgell

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Ermengol inherited Urgell when he was only ten years old and ruled under the tutelage of the countess dowager, Sancha, third wife of his father, until he was twelve. During this brief minority, the nobility took the opportunity to plunder and occupy the comital demesne. It was not until 1075 that
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Adelaide's family is not known with certainty, though some scholars have considered her the daughter of Guillem I, Count of Besalú.
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and promises that if he died without issue, the County of Urgell would be inherited by his sister Isabella.
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Ermengol was an active count. During his reign, Urgell profited economically, collecting tribute from
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of the Church, which he introduced to Urgell. In 1077, Ermengol married Lucy, daughter of
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Els pergamins de l'Arxiu Comtal de Barcelona, de Ramon Berenguer II a Ramon Berenguer IV
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Ego, Ermengaudus comes Urgelli, filius qui sum comitisse Adalaidis
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In a charter dated 1066 – 1076, he appears as
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Baiges, Ignasi J.; Feliu, Gaspar; Salrach, Josep M. (2010).
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Ermengaudum, Urgellensem comitem, filium Adalaidis comitisse
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Ermengol had genuine control of his county and his nobles.
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Ermengol IV was a firm supporter of the contemporary
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Relaciones del condado de Urgel con Castilla y León
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Index

Count of Urgell
Ermengol III
Lleida
Fraga
Reconquista
Sió
Agramunt
Almenar
Linyola
Belcaire
Calassanç
Gerb
Balaguer
Ermengol V
Gregorian reform
Artau I, Count of Pallars Sobirà
Bernard I of La Marche
Adelaide of Forcalquier
William Bertrand of Provence
William
Forcalquier
William I, Count of Cerdanya
Baiges, Feliu & Salrach 2010
Baiges, Feliu & Salrach 2010


Fernández-Xesta y Vázquez 2001
Turton 2005
Els pergamins de l'Arxiu Comtal de Barcelona, de Ramon Berenguer II a Ramon Berenguer IV
Fundació Noguera

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