Ermengol IX

Ermengol IX
Count of Urgell
Tomb effigy in The Cloisters.
Reign1243
Bornc. 1235
County of Urgell, Catalonia
Died1243 (aged 8)
Balaguer, Lleida
FamilyHouse of Cabrera
FatherPonce I, Count of Urgell
MotherMaría Girón

Ermengol IX (c. 1235 – 1243) was a medieval Catalan nobleman. After his father's death in 1243, the eight-year-old boy succeeded as Count of Urgell. However, he, too died during the same year, a situation in which he was the only Count of Urgell to die during his early years. The son of Ponce I of Urgell and María Girón, he was buried in the Church of Santa Maria de Farfaña.