Miro, Count of Barcelona
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Miro, Count of Barcelona (died Barcelona, 966) was count of Barcelona, Gerona and Osona from 947 to 966. He was the son of Sunyer, Count of Barcelona and his second wife, Riquilda. When his father stood down in 947 he became governor jointly with his brother
Borrell II, Count of Barcelona Borrell II (died 993) was Count of Barcelona, Girona and Ausona from 945 and Count of Urgell from 948. Borrell was first seen acting as Count during the reign of his father Sunyer II in 945 at the consecration of the nunnery church of Sant Pe ...
. Borrell took charge of military and foreign affairs and Miro took charge of domestic affairs. Miro made donations to the monasteries of San Cugat del Vallès, Sant Joan de las Abadeses i Ripoll, and during his reign it is believed that he began construction of the Rec Comtal, which took water to Barcelona.


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* Count of Barcelona * Catalan counties Counts of Barcelona 966 deaths Year of birth unknown 10th-century people from the County of Barcelona 10th-century Visigothic people {{catalonia-bio-stub