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Armengaud VII de Valencia de Urgel



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Father: Ermengol D'Urgell VI,   d. 20 JUN 1154 in San Bernardo, Valladolid, Castilla y León, Spain
Mother: Arsenda de Cabrera,   d. AFT 1166

Family 1: Dulce de Foix,    b. 1140 in Foix, Ariège, Occitanie, France    d. 25 de diciembre de 1209 in Guàrdia de Noguera, Castell de Mur, Lérida, Cataluña, España
  1. María López de Almenara y Urgel, b. ABT 1170 in Urgel, Lérida, Catalunya, Spain     d. 10 de mayo de 1187
  2. de Urgel, b. aproximadamente 1164 in l'Urgell, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain     d. 1209
Sources:
  1. Title: Wikipedia - Ermengoll VII, Conde de Urgell
    Author: Lomax, DW (1982). "Catalans in the Lebanese Empire". Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (Liverpool).
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengol_VII,_Count_of_Urgell;
    Note: Ermengol VII (or Armengol VII) (died 1184) was the Count of Urgell from 1154 to his death. He was called el de Valencia. The son of Ermengol VI and his first wife, Arsenda of Cabrera, Ermengol VII inherited his father's titles upon Ermengol VI's death in 1154.[1] In 1157, Ermengol VII married Dulce, daughter of Roger III of Foix and Jimena de Osona, who acted as his regent during his absences in Castile. Without any possibility of expansion into surrounding territory, Ermengol was attracted to the Castilian possessions that he inherited from his grandmother. Thus, a major part of his reign was spent in the vassalage of Ferdinand II of León, to whom he was majordomo and tenant of many castles in Extremadura. Around 1166, he founded the canons of Bellpuig de les Avellanes. In 1163, he granted a charter to the people of Agramunt and in 1174 to Balaguer. In 1164, he coined his own comital currency in Agramunt. He died at Requena and left Urgell to his son Ermengol VIII. He also left a daughter, Marquesa, who married Ponç III of Cabrera in 1194.
  2. Title: Wikipedia - Counts of Urgell
    Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counts_of_Urgell;
    Note: Coat of arms of the County of Urgell This is a list of the counts of Urgell, a county of the Principality of Catalonia in the 10th through 13th centuries. c. 798–870 Counts appointed by the Carolingians 798–820 Borrell, count of Urgell and Cerdanya 820–824 Aznar Galíndez I, count of Aragon, was given Borrell's counties while he was exiled from Aragon 824–834 Galindo Aznárez I 834–848 Sunifred I 848–870 Solomon (or Miró) 870–992 Counts from the House of Barcelona 870–897 Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona, Girona-Osona and Urgell-Cerdanya 898–948 Sunifred II 948–966 Miró de Barcelona, born c. 940 966–30 September 992 Borrell II, count of Barcelona, Girona, Osona 992–1213 Counts from the House of Barcelona-Urgell 992 – 1 September 1010 Ermengol I el de Còrdova ("of Cordoba"), born 975, killed in battle at Córdoba in 1010 1010–1038 Ermengol II el Peregrí ("the Pilgrim"), born 1009, died on pilgrimage to Jerusalem, 1038 1038–1065 Ermengol III el de Barbastre ("of Barbastro"), born c. 1033, killed at Barbastro in February or March 1065 1065–11 March 1092 Ermengol IV el de Gerp ("of Gerp"), born c. 1056 1092–1102 Ermengol V el de Mollerussa ("of Mollerussa"), born 1078/1079, died in the Battle of Mollerussa 1102–1153/1154 Ermengol VI el de Castella ("of Castile"), born 1096 1153/1154–1184 Ermengol VII el de València ("of Valencia") 1184–1208/1209 Ermengol VIII el de Sant Hilari ("of Sant Hilari") 1208/1209–1213 Countess Aurembiaix (first time) under regency of Peter II of Aragon 1213–1228 Counts from the House of Cabrera 1213–1228 Guerau I of Urgell, IV of Cabrera (usurper) 1228–1236 Counts from the House of Barcelona-Urgell[edit] 1228–1231 Countess Aurembiaix (second time), from 1229 with her husband, Peter I. She died in 1231. 1231–1236 King James I of Aragon 1236–1314 Counts from the House of Cabrera[edit] 1236–1243 Ponç I (Ponç IV of Cabrera) 1243 Ermengol IX 1243–1268 Álvaro el Castellà ("the Castilian") 1268–1314 Ermengol X 1314–1413 Counts from the House of Aragon 10 November 1314 – 1327 King Alfonso IV of Aragon, died 1366 1327–1347 James I of Urgell, Prince of Aragon, born 1321, poisoned in Barcelona in 1347 1347–1408 Peter II of Urgell, born 1340, died at Balaguer, 1408 1408–31 October 1413 James II of Urgell. When Martin I of Aragon died, James was a candidate to the crown, but the Compromise of Caspe preferred Ferdinand of Antequera. James revolted, and on 31 October 1413, surrendered to the king. The county of Urgell was dissolved and count James died in jail in the castle of Xàtiva on 1 June 1433.
  3. Title: Foundation for Medieval Genealogy
    Publication: Name: https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/CATALAN%20NOBILITY.htm#ArmengolVIIUrgeldied1184A;
    Note: ARMENGOL [VII] de Urgell "el de Valencia", son of ARMENGOL [VI] "el Castellano" Comte de Urgell & his first wife Arsenda de Cabrera ([1120/30]-murdered Requena 11 Aug 1184, bur monastery of Bellpuig de les Avellanes). "Ermengaudus…comes Urgelli et marchio cum domna comitissa coniux mea…Helvire Rodriz atque Ermengaudus iunioris filio meo" donated property to Santa Maria de Poblet by charter dated 23 Feb 1139[2208]. He succeeded his father in 1154 as Comte de Urgell. "Ermengaudum comitem Urgellensem" and "Geraldum de Cabraria" confirmed agreement relating to "castro de Albesa" by charter dated 27 Jan 1156, which names "Guillermi Poncii avii istius Geraldi"[2209]. "Ermengaudus…Urgellensium comes et marchio cum dompna comittissa…Dulcia coniuge mea" granted property to vassals by charter dated 26 Sep 1157[2210]. He served Fernando II King of León in the reconquest of Alcántara in 1166, and was his Mayordomo 21 Nov 1167-Mar 1173, Jun 1175-Sep 1175 and 1 May 1179-19 Jan 1184. "Ermengaudus…Urgellensis comes et eius coniux Dulcia comitissa illorumque filius Ermengaudus" donated property to the monastery of Poblet by charter dated 26 Jun 1170[2211]. The testament of "Ermengaudus…comes Urgelli" is dated 18 Jun 1177 and names "filium nostrum Ermengaudum…filiam majorem meam…Marquesa…filia mea minor…Miracle...Guillermum de Cardona nepotem meum…alius nepos meus filius Guillermi de Sancto Martino…Guillermus…alius nepos meus…Ermengaudus filius sororis mee Marie de Almenara…Dulcia comitissa uxor mea"[2212]. The Gesta Comitum Barcinonensium records that "comes Urgelli Ermengaudus [VII]" ruled his county for 33 years and was killed "cum fratre suo Gaucerando de Sales apud Valentiam a Christianis" in 1183[2213]. The Chronicon alterum Rivipullense records 1184 “Ermengaudus comes, Gaucerandus de Sales”, without specifying that this was the year of their deaths[2214]. The martyrology of Solsona Santa Maria records the death "III Id Aug" 1184 of “interfectus...Ermengaudus comes Urgellensis a malis hominibus prope Valentiam”[2215]. m (1157 before 26 May) DULCE de Foix, daughter of ROGER [III] Comte de Foix & his wife Jimena de Barcelona (-15 Feb or 25 Dec 1209, bur monastery of Bellpuig de les Avellanes). "Ermengaudus…Urgellensium comes et marchio cum dompna comittissa…Dulcia coniuge mea" granted property to vassals by charter dated 26 Sep 1157[2216]. According to the Gesta Comitum Barcinonensium, "comes Urgelli Ermengaudus [VII]" married "neptem…domini Raimundi-Berengarii…Comitis Barchinonæ ac Principis Aragoniæ"[2217]. "Ermengaudus…Urgellensis comes et eius coniux Dulcia comitissa illorumque filius Ermengaudus" donated property to the monastery of Poblet by charter dated 26 Jun 1170[2218]. An epitaph in the church of the monastery of Santa Maria de Bellpuig records the burial there of "Dulcia Urgelli Comitissa, Raymundi Berengarii Comitis Barcinonensis et Aragonum Principis ex sorore et Rogerio Fuxensi Comite…neptis, Ermengaudi Comitis Urgelli…coniux"[2219]. “Ermengadus comes Urgellensis et Alvira comitissa” granted “pug de Asfa…[et] kastrum Sancti Vicencii quod est ad radicem Montis Clari in valle Andorra” to "Arnallo de Kastrobono" by charter dated 2 Oct 1190, signed by "…Dulcie comitisse…"[2220]. The martyrology of Solsona Santa Maria records the death "XV Kal Mar" of “Dulcia Urgellensis comitissa”[2221]. Armengol [VII] & his wife had three children: 1. ARMENGOL [VIII] de Urgell ([1158]-16 Oct 1209, bur San Ilario). 2. MARQUESA de Urgell (-after 16 Oct 1209). 3. MIRAGLIA de Urgell (-after 16 Oct 1209).

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