Isarn (died 948) was the

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from 920 until his death, and effectively a sovereign prince. He was the eldest of the four sons of

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. With his younger brother Lope he co-ruled Pallars after his father's death in 920. Their brothers Bernard I of Ribagorza and Miró co-governed Ribagorza. A fifth brother, Otto (or Ato), was Bishop of Pallars, which allowed the counts, especially Isarn, to effectively control the

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in their territories. Isarn probably co-governed Pallars with his father from around 900. In 904 he was captured along with seven hundred others during a raid by the Qasawi

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, Llop ibn Muhammad. From the ''

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'' we know that he remained a prisoner at Tudela until 918, when he was liberated by his cousin, King

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. As count, Isarn founded a convent, Sant Pere de Burgal, at Burghals and made his daughter Ermengardis its first abbess in 945. At that date he signed a charter as ''Domnus Isarnus comes et marchio dum resideret in Paliarensis regno'': "Lord Isarn, count and margrave, while residing in the kingdom of Pallars." Isarn also had a son named William who succeeded him but died without descendants.Ferran Valls i Taberner and Ferran Soldevila (2002), ''Història de Catalunya'' (Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat), 90.

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{{reflist People from West Francia Counts of Pallars 948 deaths Year of birth unknown Upper March 10th-century Catalan people