Ermengol d'Urgel I

• Preferred Name: Ermengol d'Urgel I^[1]
  
• Gender: M
  
• Burial: in Barcelona Cathedral, Barcelona, Cataluña, Spain at LATI: N1.3874 LONG: E0.1736
  
• Clan Name: with note: Description: House of Barcelona-Urgell
  
• MilitaryService: participated in the Reconquista
  
• Reino: BET 992 AND 1010 in Urgell at LATI: N1.6494 LONG: E0.1351 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Count of Urgell ... Comte d'UrgelBET 992 AND 1010
  
• Death: 1 SEP 1010 in Córdoba, Córdoba, Andalucía, España at LATI: N7.8879 LONG: E4.7796 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Birth: 975 in Urgel, Lérida, Catalonia, Spain at LATI: N1.6494 LONG: E0.1351
  
• MilitaryService: killed in battle at Córdoba1010
  
• FSID: L2R2-GY1
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Ermengol (or Armengol) I (974–1010), called el de Córdoba, was the Count of Urgell from 992 to his death. He was the second son of Borrell II of Barcelona and his first wife, Letgarda. He was the second of the counts of Urgel and famous mainly for his participation in the Reconquista.
  
  A man of culture, Ermengol was open to influences from wider Europe and he made two voyages to Rome, in 998 and 1001. He was a stimulus to his nobles in making pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela or Le Puy. He also reformed the judiciary of his county to make justice more available to all. He also began to reassert his authority over the outlying castles of his realm, whose lords were acting independent of his power.
  
  He also maintained an intense war against the Caliphate of Córdoba. In 1003, Urgell was invaded by Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar. Aided by Raymond Borrel of Barcelona, Bernard I of Besalú, and Wifred II of Cerdagne, Ermengol defeated them at the Battle of Torà, followed by the tighter Battle of Albesa. He was captured by Abdelmelik, the Córdoban hajib, during reprisals in the summer, but was free by March 1004. In 1008, he led several successful expeditions against the Moors. In 1010, he participated in the expedition of his brother Raymond Borrel of Barcelona against Córdoba itself. He died nearby at Castell de Bacar, 37 years of age. His testament, dated around 1010, includes the first attested mention of chess in Western Europe.
  
  Before 10 July 1000, Ermengol married Tetberga, presumably a daughter of Artaud I, Count of Forez, by his wife Tetberga of Limoges. Tetberga died between 7 April and 3 November 1005, when Ermengol's second wife is first mentioned. As his second wife, Ermengol married Guisla (Gisela), whose family is not known, but who could be the homonymous daughter of Gausfred I of Roussillon, named in her father's will in February 989. She survived him and was still alive on 18 November 1010. From this second union came two children:
  . Ermengol II, his successor
  . Ermesinda, married before 1029 Raymond III of Pallars Jussà
  
  === Source: RC 195; Kraentzler 1526. RC: Arm ===
  Source: RC 195; Kraentzler 1526. RC: Armentol 1 (Ermengaude), Count of Urgel. K: Ermengol I, Countd'Urgel.
  
  === --Other Fields ®64 ===
  --Other Fields ®64
  
  === !#552-v3-132; !#552-v2-t68; ===
  !#552-v3-132; !#552-v2-t68;
  
  === Name Prefix: Count Name Suffix: Name Prefix: Count Name Suffix: Of Urgel
  
  === Gf. v. Urgel 993 ===
  Gf. v. Urgel 993
  
  === Count of Urgel ===
  Count of Urgel
  
  === #Générale# Naissance : vers 975 ou bien ===
  #Générale# Naissance : vers 975 ou bien encore vers 960 Mariage : avant 1001
  
  === !DEATH: from "The Medieval Crown of Arag ===
  !DEATH: from "The Medieval Crown of Aragon"
  
  === dead ===
  dead
  
  ===
  TYPE Book
  AUTH Stuart, Roderick W.
  PERI ===
  
  TYPE Book
  AUTH Stuart, Roderick W.
  PERI Royalty for Commoners
  EDTN 3d
  PUBL Genealogical Publishing co., Inc, Baltimore, MD (1998)
  ISB 0-8063-1561-X
  TEXT 195-33
  DATE 17 MAY 2000
  
  OCCU Count of Urgel ...
  SOUR Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart
  PAGE 145
  QUAY 1
  SOUR COMYNI.GED (Compuserve)
  Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 145 says 1 Sept 1010
  Armengol I - Royalty for Commoners, Roderick W. Stuart, p. 145
  
  === "Familias fundadoras de Chile" pag.297. ===
  "Familias fundadoras de Chile" pag.297. Armengol era tambien conocido como Ermengol, Hermengil o Hermenegildo.

• m. 1008

1. Ermessinda de Urgel, b. ABT 1005 in Diócesis de Urgell, Spain     d. AFT 2 MAR 1046 in Pallars Jussà, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
2. Estefanía d'urgel de Urgell, b. ABT 992 in l'Urgell, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain     d. AFT 19 DEC 1037 in el Pallars Sobirà, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
3. Ermengol II Pelegrí de Urgèl, b. 27 JUN 1010 in Urgel, Lerida, Spain     d. 1038 in Jerusalem, Israel

1. Title: Ermengol I, Count of Urgell
   Publication: Name: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengol_I,_Count_of_Urgell;
   Note: Ermengol (or Armengol) I (974–1010), called el de Córdoba, was the Count of Urgell from 992 to his death. He was the second son of Borrell II of Barcelona and his first wife, Letgarda. He was the second of the counts of Urgel and famous mainly for his participation in the Reconquista. A man of culture, Ermengol was open to influences from wider Europe and he made two voyages to Rome, in 998 and 1001. He was a stimulus to his nobles in making pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela or Le Puy. He also reformed the judiciary of his county to make justice more available to all.[1] He also began to reassert his authority over the outlying castles of his realm, whose lords were acting independent of his power.[1] He also maintained an intense war against the Caliphate of Córdoba. In 1003, Urgell was invaded by Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar. Aided by Raymond Borrel of Barcelona, Bernard I of Besalú, and Wifred II of Cerdagne, Ermengol defeated them at the Battle of Torà, followed by the tighter Battle of Albesa.[2] He was captured by Abdelmelik, the Córdoban hajib, during reprisals in the summer, but was free by March 1004. In 1008, he led several successful expeditions against the Moors.[3] In 1010, he participated in the expedition of his brother Raymond Borrel of Barcelona against Córdoba itself. He died nearby at Castell de Bacar, 37 years of age. His testament, dated around 1010, includes the first attested mention of chess in Western Europe. Family Before 10 July 1000, Ermengol married Tetberga, presumably a daughter of Artaud I, Count of Forez, by his wife Tetberga of Limoges. Tetberga died between 7 April and 3 November 1005, when Ermengol's second wife is first mentioned. As his second wife, Ermengol married Guisla (Gisela), whose family is not known, but who could be the homonymous daughter of Gausfred I of Roussillon, named in her father's will in February 989. She survived him and was still alive on 18 November 1010. From this second union came two children: Ermengol II, his successor Ermesinda, married before 1029 Raymond III of Pallars Jussà Notes ^ a b Lewis, Archibald R. The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050. University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965, p 379. ^ Carl Erdmann (1977), The Origin of the Idea of Crusade (Princeton: Princeton University Press), 99–100. ^ Erdmann, based on Adhemar de Chabannes. Sources Lewis, Archibald R. The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050. University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965. Aurell i Cardona, Martin. "Jalons pour une enquête sur les stratégies matrimoniales des comtes catalans (IXe-XIe s.)" Symposium Internacional sobre els Origens de catalunya (Segles VIII-XI), 2 vol, Barcelona 1991–2; vol 1, pp 282–364. Stasser, Thierry. "Origine familiale de trois comtesses de Pallars." Anuario de Estudios Medievales, 26/1, 1996, pp 3–16.