Borrell II | |
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 Borel II | |
| Died | 993 |
| Noble family | House of Barcelona |
| Spouse(s) | Letgarda Eimeruda |
| Issue | Ramon Borrell, Count of Barcelona Ermengol I, Count of Urgell Ermengarda Richilda |
| Father | Sunyer, Count of Barcelona |
| Mother | Richilda of Toulouse |
Borrell II (died 993) was the count of Barcelona, Girona and Ausona from 945 and count of Urgell from 948.
Borrell was first seen acting as count during the reign of his father Sunyer II in 945 at the consecration of the nunnery church of Sant Pere de les Puelles in Barcelona. In 947, Sunyer retired to monastic life and ceded the government of his realms jointly to his sons Borrell and Miro I. In 948, Borrell inherited Urgell from his uncle Sunifred II.[1] Sunyer died in 950, and Miro died in 966, leaving Borrell sole ruler of more than half of Old Catalonia, a status which led outsiders and flatterers to refer to him as dux Gothiae, "Duke of Gothia". His own documents almost all refer to him merely as comes et marchio, "Count and Marquis".[2]
- ^ An old historiography confuses Borrell's father Sunyer with Sunifred I Count of Cerdanya (928-66). The correct succession to the Catalan counties was clarified by Prosper de Bofarull, Los Condes de Barcelona Vindicados, y Cronología y Genealogía de los Reyes de España considerados como Soberianos Independientes de su Marca. Tomo I: abraza los siete primeros, desde el año 874 al 1035. Barcelona 1836, reprinted 1990.
- ^ Jarrett, Jonathan (2005). Pathways of Power in late-Carolingian Catalonia (Ph. D. thesis). Birkbeck, University of London. pp. 192–93.