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Birth:          ABT  975 
Death:          1 Sep 1010 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ermengol_I,_Count_of_Urgell
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 Besalś, and Wifred II of Cerdagne, Ermengol defeated them at the Battle 
of Torą, 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, thirty seven years of age. His 
testament, dated around 1010, includes the first attested mention of chess in Western 
Europe.

Family[edit]

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 Jussą

Parents
____ Borrell II (ABT  940 - 30 Sep  992)
DE TOULOUSE Luitgarde (ABT  945 - AFT  977)

Siblings
BORREL Raymond (Ramon) (Raimund) I ( 972 - 25 Feb 1018)
____ Armengol (Ermengol) I (ABT  975 - 1 Sep 1010)

Marriage To ____ Guisla (Gisela) (ABT  980 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
OF ROUSSILLON Gausfred I (ABT  925 -  991)
____ Ava Guisla (ABT  940 - )

Children by ____ Guisla (Gisela) ABT  980 - 
____ Armengol (Ermengol) II (1009 - 1038)

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