Hugh 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 1082, he fought in a Catalan coalition at the

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. In 1085, he made an alliance of mutual self-defence with his neighbour,

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. In 1113–15, he and

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, took part in an expedition against the Balearics. He was described by the anonymous author of the '' Liber maiolichinus'' as ''Catalanicus heros'' (a Catalan hero). Hugh was involved in several disputes with the diocese of Girona, first with its canons and then with its bishop, Berenguer Guifré, over the tithes collected by 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

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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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