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Ponce I, Count of Urgell (died 1243) was
Count of Urgell This is a list of the counts of county of Urgell, Urgell, a Catalan counties, 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 Osona, Borre ...
in Catalonia from 1236 until his death. He was the first Count of Urgell from the Cabrera family. He also held the
Viscounty of Àger The Viscounty of Àger (Catalan ''Vescomtat d'Àger'') was a feudal jurisdiction that branched off the County of Urgell in 1094. History Towards 1030 Arnau Mir, Lord of Tost, conquered Àger from the saracens. The latter however, fought back ...
. He was succeeded as Count by his two sons.


Family

He married María González Girón and had issue: * Ponce (Catalan: Ponç), died young; *
Ermengol IX Ermengol IX (1243) was a medieval Catalan nobleman. After his father's death in 1243, the eight-year-old boy succeeded as Count of Urgell. However, he, too died during the same year, a situation in which he was the only Count of Urgell to die duri ...
c. 1235–1243, count of Urgell, viscount of Cabrera & Àger. * Álvaro (Catalan: Àlvar) 1239–1268, count of Urgell, viscount of Cabrera & Àger. * Guerau 1242–1271; * Eleanor (Catalan: Elionor); * Marquessa (Catalan: Marquesa).


Notes

*Chaytor, H. J.
A History of Aragon and Catalonia
'. London: Methuen, 1933.
biography (Spanish)
1243 deaths Counts of Urgell 13th-century Catalan people {{Spain-noble-stub