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and Roussillon and

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together with Isembart from 849 or 850 to 852 AD. He was a Frankish nobleman loyal to King

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of West Francia. At the Assembly of

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in 849, Aleran and Isembart were empowered to consolidate the territory for the

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and bring the Hispanic Marches held by rebel forces loyal to Pepin II back into control of the kingdom. Aleran died sometime in 851 or 852 and Charles appointed

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as count of Barcelona in 852.

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