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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.