Ermengol V, Count of Urgell
Ermengol (or Armengol) V (1078 — 1102), called El de Mollerussa ("He of Mollerussa"), was the Count of Urgell from 1092 to his death. He was the son of Ermengol IV and his first wife, Lucy (Lucía) of Pallars.
He spent most of his life in Castile, where he met and married María Pérez, daughter of Pedro Ansúrez,[1] lord of Valladolid, in 1095. During his long absences in Castile, he left the government of Urgell to . He died in 1102 at the battle of Mollerussa.[2]
His children were:
- Ermengol VI, Count of Urgell[3][4]
- Stephanie (died 1143), first married, probably as early as 1119,[5] as his second wife, Fernando García de Hita,[6][7] founder of the Castro family. After Fernando died around 1125, Stephanie married Count Rodrigo González de Lara in 1135.[8] In 1143, Stephanie founded the Monastery of Saint Mary of Valbuena.[9]
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References[]
- ^ Fernández-Xesta y Vázquez 2001, p. 16.
- ^ Fernández-Xesta y Vázquez 1999, p. 357.
- ^ Fernández-Xesta y Vázquez 2001, p. 17.
- ^ Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León 2001, p. 17.
- ^ Barton 2011, p. 66.
- ^ Barton 1997, p. 52.
- ^ Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León 2001, p. 79.
- ^ Barton 1997, p. 56.
- ^ Barton 2011, pp. 66 and 69.
Sources[]
- Barton, Simon (2011). "Las mujeres nobles y el poder en los reinos de León y Castilla en el siglo XII: un estudio preliminar". Studia histórica. Historia Medieval (in Spanish). Salamanca: Universidad de Salamanca (29): 51–71. ISSN 0213-2060.
- Barton, Simon (1997). The Aristocracy in Twelfth-Century León and Castile. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Fernández-Xesta y Vázquez, Ernesto (2001). Relaciones del condado de Urgel con Castilla y León (in Spanish). Madrid: E&P Libros Antiguos, S.L. ISBN 84-87860-37-0.
- Torres Sevilla-Quiñones de León, Margarita Cecilia (1999). Linajes nobiliarios de León y Castilla: Siglos IX-XIII (in Spanish). Salamanca: Junta de Castilla y León, Consejería de educación y cultura. ISBN 84-7846-781-5.
Categories:
- 1078 births
- 1102 deaths
- Counts of Urgell
- 11th-century Catalan people