Borrell II of Barcelona, Count of Barcelona^[1]

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• Name	Borrell II of Barcelona
  Suffix	Count of Barcelona
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	945
  	Count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona
  	was Count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 945 son of Sunyer jointly with Miro I (947-966) and Ramon Borrell (988-992), also Count of Urgel (948-992). Unsuccessfully asked King Lothair of France for aid against the Saracens, refused to recognise Hugh Capet as King of France in 987.
  Acceded	948
  	Count of Urgell
  Death	993
  Notes	Acceded: 947 http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07704 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borrell_II_of_Barcelona Borrell was first seen acting as Count during the reign of his father Sunyer in 945 at the consecration of the nunnery church of Sant Pere de les Puelles in Barcelona. He succeeded Sunyer along with his brother Miró I in 947, while in 948 he inherited Urgell from his uncle Sunifred II.[1] Miró 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". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_Barcelona son of Sunyer jointly with Miro I (947-966) and Ramon Borrell (988-992), also Count of Urgel (948-992). Unsuccessfully asked King Lothair of France for aid against the Saracens, refused to recognise Hugh Capet as King of France in 987.
  Person ID	I7586	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Father	Sunyer of Barcelona, Count of Barcelona,   b. Abt 870   d. 950, Monastery of La Grassa (Age ~ 80 years)
  Mother	Richilda   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	by 917
  Family ID	F2993	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ledgarda   d. Abt 986
  Children	1. Raymond Borrell III Barcelona Berengar, Count of Barcelona,   b. 972   d. 1017 (Age 45 years)   2. Ermengol (Armengol) I, Count of Urgell,   b. 974   d. 1010 (Age 36 years)   3. Ermengarda   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Richilda   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2992	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Eimeruda of Auvergne   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	987
  Family ID	F551618810	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Apr 2013

  
  

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• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).