Odalric, also spelled ''Odalrih'', ''Odelric'', or ''Udalrich'', was the

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, and

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and Margrave of Septimania from 852 to 858. Odalric was a Hunfriding, probably the second son of

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. He had to deal with increasing conflicts with the Muslim kingdoms to the south while the

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was suffering succession issues.

Sources

*Lewis, Archibald R.
The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050
'. University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965. 9th-century deaths Counts of Barcelona Counts of Girona Counts of Empúries 9th-century people from the County of Barcelona Year of birth unknown {{Spain-noble-stub