Hugh II ( ca, Hug II) (''c.'' 1035 – 1116) was the

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from 1078 until his death. He was the eldest son of Ponç I and Adelaida de Besalú, and succeeded his father in Empúries while his brother, Berenguer, was given the Viscounty of Peralada. In politics he was on good terms with the other Catalan princes. In 1085, he made an alliance of mutual self-defence with his neighbour,

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. In 1113–15, he and Ramon Berenguer III, Count of Barcelona, took part in an expedition against the Balearics. He was described by the anonymous author of the ''

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'' as ''Catalanicus heros'' (a Catalan hero). Hugh was involved in several disputes with the

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of Santa Maria de Castelló. He made donations to the monastery of

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and made pilgrimages to

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and the Holy Sepulchre at

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. Hugh was married to Sancha, daughter of

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, which whom he had one child, the heir Ponç II.

References

Latin text of the ''Liber maiolichinus'' with Spanish introduction
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