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Wilfred
Count of Barcelona
Reign
878–897
Predecessor
Bernard of Gothia
Successor
Wifred II, Count of Barcelona
Born
Prades, Pyrénées-Orientales
Died
11 August 897
Buried
Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll
Spouse(s)
Guinidilda
Issue
Emma Wilfred II Borrel Sunifred ΙΙ Sunyer Miró Rodolfo Riquilla Ermesinde Cixilona ?Guinidilda
Father
Sunifred, Count of Barcelona
Wilfred or Wifred, called the Hairy (in Catalan: Guifré el Pilós),[1] (died 11 August 897) was Count of Urgell (from 870), Cerdanya (from 870), Barcelona (from 878), Girona (from 878, as Wilfred II), Besalú (from 878) and Ausona (from 886). On his death in 897, his son, Wilfred Borrell, inherited these counties, known by the historiography as the Catalan counties.
He was responsible for the repopulation of the long-depopulated no-man's land around Vic (the county of Ausona, a frontier between Christians and Muslims), the re-establishment of the bishopric of Vic and the foundation of the Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll, where he is buried.
^Guifré el Pilós in Catalan. In the Gesta Comitum Barcinonensium he is called Guiffredus Pilosus, and other early medieval Latin spellings are Vuifredus, Wifredus, and Guifredus. The Crónica de San Juan de la Peña calls him Guiffré Pelloso.
Wilfred or Wifred, called theHairy (in Catalan: Guifré el Pilós), (died 11 August 897) was Count of Urgell (from 870), Cerdanya (from 870), Barcelona...
1410. They descend from the Bellonids, the descendants of WilfredtheHairy. They inherited most of the Catalan counties by the thirteenth century and...
in 888 by Count WilfredtheHairy (called Guifré el Pilós in Catalan) who used it as a centre to bring about the repopulation of the region after conquering...
army mortally wounded the count WilfredtheHairy, who died later on August 11 from his injuries, probably not too far away from the castle of Aura. Lubb's...
religion". In 878, he gave the counties of Barcelona, Girona, and Besalú to WilfredtheHairy. His final act was to march against the invading Vikings, but...
hill overlooking the river valley of the Cardener and the town of Cardona. The fortress was initially constructed by WilfredtheHairy in 886; it is now...
counties in the 9th and 10th centuries. His most famous grandson was WilfredtheHairy, who founded the House of Barcelona, rulers of the County of Barcelona...
TheHairy is an epithet applied to: John theHairy, a 16th-century holy fool (yurodivy) of the Russian Orthodox Church WilfredtheHairy (died 897), Count...
Galindo Aznárez I 834–848 Sunifred I 848–870 Solomon (or Miró) 870–897 WilfredtheHairy, Count of Barcelona, Girona-Osona and Urgell-Cerdanya 898–948 Sunifred...
forces would be still fighting against the Franks, while in retreat. WilfredtheHairy was succeeded by his son Wilfred II, and Barcelona was not seized by...
to the Visigoths. It has a famous Benedictine monastery built in the Romanesque style, Santa Maria de Ripoll, founded by the count WilfredtheHairy in...
red stripes on a golden background appears only in the royal images painted of WilfredtheHairy Count of Barcelona (878–897), Ramon Berenguer IV, Count...
death. He was the founder of the Bellonid Dynasty of Carcassonne and Razès which reached its apex in WilfredtheHairy, progenitor of the House of Barcelona...
comes up representing Wilfred of Arrià, mythical father of WilfredtheHairy, who wears a barred shield. In this way, when the son of Peter IV of Aragon...
were given to WilfredtheHairy, eldest son of Sunifred I. The County of Conflent was given to the second son of Sunifred, Miró the Old. The other three...
the County of Barcelona throughout that period. In 879, WilfredtheHairy began the repopulation of the county with free minores, who cultivated the lands...
especially during the reign of WilfredtheHairy in the late 9th century. At that time, the power of the Carolingian Empire was waning and the neglected Hispanic...
VI, pope of the Catholic Church Theodore II, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 840) WilfredtheHairy, Frankish nobleman Ya'qubi, Muslim geographer (or 898)...
896. He was the son of Sunifred I, count of Barcelona, Urgell, Cerdanya, and Besalú, and Ermesende, and thus the brother of WilfredtheHairy and Radulf...
848-869 Solomon 869-897 Wilfred I theHairy 897-927 Miró II 927-968 Sunifred II 968-984 Miró III 968-988 Oliba Cabreta 988-1035 Wilfred II 1035-1068 Raymond...
Moors in 827, 842, 845, 935, and 982. WilfredtheHairy incorporated Girona into the County of Barcelona in 878. In the 11th century, Alfonso II of Aragon...
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