Ermengol or Armengol V (1078–1102), called El de Mollerussa ("He of
Mollerussa
Mollerussa () is the capital of the '' comarca'' of Pla d'Urgell, in the province of Lleida, Catalonia
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"), 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.
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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, lord of
Valladolid
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, 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.
His children were:
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Ermengol VI, Count of Urgell
*Stephanie (died 1143), first married, probably as early as 1119,
Fernando García de Hita, founder of the
Castro family, as his second wife. After Fernando died around 1125, Stephanie married Count
Rodrigo González de Lara 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