Bello (c. 755 – 810) was Count of Carcassonne from 790 until his death. He was the founder of the
Bellonid Dynasty The Bellonids ( ca, Bel·lònides, es, Bellónidas, links=no, french: Bellonides), sometimes called the Bellonid Dynasty, were the counts descended from the Goth Belló who ruled in Carcassonne, Urgell, Cerdanya, County of Conflent, Barcelona, a ...
of Carcassonne and Razès which reached its apex in
Wilfred the Hairy
{{Infobox noble, type
, name = Wilfred
, title = Count of Barcelona
, image = Wilfredo el Velloso 01.jpg
, image_size = 150px
, caption = Statue in Madrid, L. S. Carmona, 1750–53
, al ...
, progenitor of the
House of Barcelona.
It is not known who Bello married, but several children have been suggested for him:
*
Guisclafred, his successor in Carcassonne
*
Oliba I, Count of Carcassonne and Razès
*
Sunyer I, Count of Empúries
Sunyer I was count of Empúries and Roussillon (with the ''pagus'' of Perelada) from 834 to 841.
He was the son of Count Belló I of Carcassonne.
Sunyer I was deposed in 841 due to a new policy of the Frankish Emperor
The Holy Roman Emper ...
*
Sunifred I, Count of Barcelona Sunifred (died 848) was the Count of Barcelona as well as many other Catalan and Septimanian counties, including Ausona, Besalú, Girona, Narbonne, Agde, Béziers, Lodève, Melgueil, Cerdanya, Urgell, Conflent and Nîmes, from 834 to 848 (Urgell an ...
- may have been his son or possibly son-in-law. He is mentioned to be the brother of Sunyer I; might have been his brother-in-law.
* Argila of Razès, Count of Carcassonne and Razès
*
Bera of Barcelona
Bera () (died 844) was the first count of Barcelona from 801 until his deposition in 820. He was also the count of Razès and Conflent from 790, and the count of Girona and Besalú from 812 (or 813 or 817) until his deposition. In 811, he was wi ...
, Count of Carcassonne and Razès, Count of Barcelona, Girona, Ausona, Empúries
Argila and Bera are less likely to have been sons of Bello. Bera is also noted to be the son of
William of Gellone, but that is also unlikely based on references detailing William's inheritance.
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