Ermengol (or Armengol) V (1078 — 1102), called ''El de Mollerussa'' ("He of Mollerussa"), was the
Count of Urgell
This is a list of the counts of Urgell, a county of the Principality of Catalonia in the 10th through 13th centuries.
c. 798–870 Counts appointed by the Carolingians
*798–820 Borrell, count of Urgell and Cerdanya
*820–824 Aznar Galínde ...
from 1092 to his death. He was the son of
Ermengol IV and his first wife, Lucy (''Lucía'') of Pallars.
He spent most of his life in
Castile, where he met and married María Pérez, daughter of
Pedro Ansúrez
Pedro Ansúrez (''floruit'' 1065–1117; died probably 9 September 1118) was a Kingdom of Castile, Castilian nobleman, count of Liébana, Saldaña, Palencia, Saldaña and Carrión de los Condes, Carrión in the closing decades of the eleventh cent ...
, lord of
Valladolid
Valladolid () is a municipality in Spain and the primary seat of government and de facto capital of the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. It has a population around 300,000 peop ...
, in 1095. During his long absences in Castile, he left the government of Urgell to
Guerau II of Cabrera. He died in 1102 at the
battle of Mollerussa
The Battle of Mollerussa (or Mollerusa) took place in the south of the county of Urgell on 11 or 14 September 1102. In the battle, Count Ermengol V was defeated and killed by an Almoravid army. Mollerussa lies halfway between Bellpuig and Lleida a ...
.
His children were:
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Ermengol VI, Count of Urgell
Ermengol (or Armengol) VI (10961154), called ''el de Castilla'' ("the one from Castile"), was the Count of Urgell from 1102 to his death. He was the son and successor of Ermengol V and María Pérez, daughter of Count Pedro Ansúrez, Lord of Vallad ...
*Stephanie (died 1143), first married, probably as early as 1119, as his second wife,
Fernando García de Hita, founder of the
Castro family. After Fernando died around 1125, Stephanie married Count
Rodrigo González de Lara
Rodrigo González de Lara (''floruit'' 1078–1143) was a Kingdom of Castile, Castilian nobleman of the House of Lara. Early in his career he ruled that half of Asturias allocated to Castile. He was faithful to the crown throughout the reign of U ...
in 1135. In 1143, Stephanie founded the
Monastery of Saint Mary of Valbuena.
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1078 births
1102 deaths
Counts of Urgell
11th-century Catalan people