Ermengol (or Armengol) II (died 1038), called the Pilgrim, was the

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from 1011 to his death. He was the son of Ermengol I, Count of Urgell and one of his wives. He was a child when he succeeded his father and was put under the

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of his uncle

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until 1018. Ermengol went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and died in 1038 at

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. With his uncle's help, Armengol began a successful war of reconquest to the south, taking Montmagastre, Alòs, Malagastre,

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, and Artesa. Around 1015, the

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, Armengol, repopulated the region of

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. Finally, Arnau Mir de Tost occupied the castle of

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in 1034. The

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kings of Lleida and

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also granted lands to him and to the church of Urgell. He married before November 24, 1031, Constança, also called Velasquita.Fernández-Xesta, Ernesto. ''Relaciones familiares entre el condado de Urgel y Castilla y León''. ''Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía'', 2001. She survived until 1059 at least and acted as regent for her son Ermengol III. She may have been the homonymous daughter of Bernard I, Count of Besalú and Countess Tota-Adelaide, named in her father’s will in October 1021.

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