Counts of Urgell
This is a list of the counts of Urgell, a county of the Principality of Catalonia in the 10th through 13th centuries.
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
1228–1236 Counts from the House of Barcelona-Urgell
1236–1314 Counts from the House of Cabrera
- 10 November 1314 – 1327 King Alfonso IV of Aragon, died 1366, Married Teresa de Entença, who was the grandniece and legal heir of Ermengol X, Count of Urgell.
- 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.
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