This is a list of the counts of Roussillon ( ca, Comtes de Rosselló, , ) who ruled over the eponymous County of Roussillon.

Carolingian counts

These counts were nominated by the

Carolingian The Carolingian dynasty (; known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charlemagne, grandson of mayor Charles Martel and a descendant of the Arnulfing and Pippin ...

kings of France France was ruled by monarchs from the establishment of the Kingdom of West Francia in 843 until the end of the Second French Empire in 1870, with several interruptions. Classical French historiography usually regards Clovis I () as the first ...

, of whom they were vassals. *

Gaucelm Gaucelm (died 834) was a Frankish count and leading magnate in Gothia during the reign of Louis the Pious. He was initially the Count of Roussillon from about 800, but he received Empúries in 817 and was thenceforward the chief representative o ...

(812–832) Hereafter, also

counts of Barcelona The Count of Barcelona ( ca, Comte de Barcelona, es, Conde de Barcelona, french: Comte de Barcelone, ) was the ruler of the County of Barcelona and also, by extension and according with the Usages of Barcelona, usages and Catalan constitutions, of ...

. *

Berenguer of Toulouse Berengar, called the Wise ( ca, Berenguer el Savi, la, Berengarius Sapiens), was the duke or count of Toulouse (814–835) and duke (or margrave) of Septimania (832–835). He held the County of Barcelona concomitantly with Septimania. Berengar ...

(832–835) * Bernat of Septimania (835–844) *

Sunifred I Sunifred (died 848) was the Count of Barcelona as well as many other Catalan and Septimanian counties, including Ausona, County of Besalú, Besalú, Count of Girona, Girona, Viscounts of Narbonne, Narbonne, Agde, Béziers, Lodève, County of Melguei ...

, also known as Sunyer, (844–848) * Guillem (848–850) *

Aleran Aleran was the count of Barcelona from 848 to 852 AD. He was also count of Empúries and Roussillon and margrave of Septimania together with Isembart from 849 or 850 to 852 AD. He was a Frankish nobleman loyal to King Charles the Bald of West F ...

(850–852) * Odalric (852–858) * Humfrid (858–864) *

Bernat of Gothia Bernard II (in Catalan, ''Bernat de Gothia'') was the count of Barcelona, Girona and margrave of Gothia and Septimania from 865 to 878. Origins Bernard was the son of Count Bernard I of Poitiers (814-844) and Bilichilde, daughter of Count Rorgon ...

(865–878) No longer counts of Barcelona. *

Miro the Elder Miro, called the Old or the Elder (in Catalan, ''Miró el Vell'') was the count of Conflent from 870 and Rosselló ( Roussillon) from 878 until his death in 896. He was the son of Sunifred I, count of Barcelona, Urgell, Cerdanya, and Besalú, an ...

(878–895)

Independent counts

These counts were also counts of Empúries. By this time the counts were practically independent. * Sunifred II (895–915) *

Bencion Bencion (in Catalan and Spanish, ''Benció'') (died 916) was the count of Empúries and Rosselló from 915 to his death. He was the son of Sunyer II of Empúries, whom he succeeded. He married Godlana, daughter of Miro the Elder of Conflent ...

(915–916) *

Gausbert Gausbert (died 931) was the count of Empúries and Rosselló from 915 until he died. He was the son of Sunyer II of Empúries and brother of Bencion. With the murder of his father, the counties passed to him and Bencion, but Bencion died in 916 ...

(915–931) *

Gausfred I Gausfred I (died 991) was the count of Empúries and Rosselló from 931 until his death. He was the son and successor of Gausbert. He spent his whole life consolidating his authority in his counties, but he divided the realm amongst his sons. By ...

, also known as Wilfred, (931–991) The counts hereafter were no longer counts of Empúries. *

Giselbert I Giselbert I () (died 1013 or 1014), count of Roussillon (991–1013), was the son of Gausfred I. His father divided his lands between his sons, giving Ampurias to Hugh and Roussillon to Giselbert. Though the patrimony was divided, both brothers ...

, also known as Guislabert, (991–1014) *

Gausfred II Gausfred II (died 1074) was the count of Roussillon from 1013 or 1014 to his death. He was the son and successor of Count Giselbert I, who was also count of Empúries, and Beliarda. As soon as he ascended the throne, he had to confront an invasio ...

(1014–1074) *

Giselbert II Giselbert II ( es, Guislaberto, ca, Guislabert) (died 1102) was the count of Roussillon from the death of his father, Gausfred II, in 1074 until his own death. His mother was Adelaide. In 1040, he participated in his father's sack of Ampurias. ...

(1074–1102) *

Girard I Gerard I (''Girard'' in French and Catalan, ''Gerardo'' in Spanish), called Guinard, was the count of Roussillon from 1102 to his murder in 1113. He was the son and heir of Giselbert II. He participated in the First Crusade, possibly in the retinu ...

, also known as Guinard, (1102–1113) *

Gausfred III Gausfred III (died 1164) was the count of Roussillon from 1113 until his death. He was the son and successor of Girard I, who was assassinated, leaving Gausfred a child. Arnold Gausfred, the young count's uncle, acted as regent until 1121. Gaus ...

(1113–1164) *

Girard II Gerard II (''Girard'' in French and ''Gerard'' in Catalan, ''Gerardo'' in Spanish) was the last ''de facto'' independent count of Roussillon from 1164 to his death in 1172. He was the son and heir of Gausfred III. As his father before him, he affi ...

(1164–1172), died without heirs After Girard II, the county of Roussillon was subsumed within the

Crown of Aragón The Crown of Aragon ( , ) an, Corona d'Aragón ; ca, Corona d'Aragó, , , ; es, Corona de Aragón ; la, Corona Aragonum . was a composite monarchy ruled by one king, originated by the dynastic union of the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of B ...

. Later, the title was briefly revived. * Sancho (1209–1223), also count of

Cerdanya Cerdanya () or often La Cerdanya ( la, Ceretani or ''Ceritania''; french: Cerdagne; es, Cerdaña), is a natural comarca and historical region of the eastern Pyrenees divided between France and Spain. Historically it was one of the counties ...

Nuño Sancho (Spanish) or (Catalan) is a masculine given name of Latin origin (, , , and so on). Its Portuguese form is . Its patronymic is (). Already in the Middle Ages the name was being confused with the similar but distinct name Munio. The meaning of ...

(1223–1242), also count of

For subsequent counts of Roussillon (and Cerdanya), see

Kingdom of Majorca The Kingdom of Majorca ( ca, Regne de Mallorca, ; es, Reino de Mallorca; la, Regnum Maioricae; french: Royaume de Majorque) was a realm on the east coast of Spain, which included certain Mediterranean islands, and which was founded by James I o ...

French counts

Louis of Bourbon

Louis of Bourbon (1450–1487) was the first French Count of Roussillon. He was an illegitimate son of

Charles I, Duke of Bourbon Charles de Bourbon (1401 – 4 December 1456) was the oldest son of John I, Duke of Bourbon and Marie, Duchess of Auvergne. Biography Charles was Count of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis from 1424, and Duke of Bourbon and Auvergne from 1434 to his death, a ...

and Jeanne Bournan. In 1463, he was legitimated by letters patent. He was known for his many services to the Kingdom of France and was made an Admiral of France. Jeanne de Valois, Dame de Mirabeau et d'Usson en Auvergne, illegitimate daughter of Louis XI and

Félizé Regnard Félize Regnard (1424-1474) was a French courtier. She was a lady-in-waiting to the queen of France, Charlotte of Savoy, and mistress to king Louis XI of France. She was the daughter of Aymar Reynard, seigneur de Saint Didier, and married to Jean P ...

, was given in marriage to Louis, by her father. Louis XI legitimated Jeanne in 1466. The marriage of Jeanne and Louis produced three children: Charles de Bourbon-Roussillon, 2nd comte de Roussillon; Suzanne, Countess of Roussillon and Ligny; and Anne, Dame de Mirabeau. Louis of Bourbon died on 19 January 1487 and was buried in the church of the Franciscan monastery of Valognes, which he founded.

Fictional counts

*A fictional Count of Roussillon, ''Bertram'', is a principal character in William Shakespeare's play ''

All's Well That Ends Well ''All's Well That Ends Well'' is a play by William Shakespeare, published in the ''First Folio'' in 1623, where it is listed among the comedies. There is a debate regarding the dating of the composition of the play, with possible dates rangin ...

''.

References

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Roussillon Roussillon ( , , ; ca, Rosselló ; oc, Rosselhon ) is a historical province of France that largely corresponded to the County of Roussillon and part of the County of Cerdagne of the former Principality of Catalonia. It is part of the reg ...

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