Odalric, also spelled ''Odalrih'', ''Odelric'', or ''Udalrich'', was the

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, and

Empúries Empúries ( ) was an ancient Greek city on the Mediterranean coast of Catalonia, Spain. The city Ἐμπόριον (, Emporion, meaning "trading place", ''cf.'' emporion) was founded in 575 BC by Greeks from Phocaea. After the invasion o ...

and

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from 852 to 858. Odalric was a Hunfriding, probably the second son of Hunfrid, Margrave of Istria. He had to deal with increasing conflicts with the Muslim kingdoms to the south while the

Frankish Empire The Carolingian Empire (800–887) was a Frankish-dominated empire in Western and Central Europe during the Early Middle Ages. It was ruled by the Carolingian dynasty, which had ruled as kings of the Franks since 751 and as kings of the Lomba ...

was suffering succession issues.

Sources

*Lewis, Archibald R.
The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050
'. University of Texas Press: Austin, 1965. 9th-century deaths Counts of Barcelona Counts of Girona Counts of Empúries 9th-century people from the County of Barcelona Year of birth unknown {{Spain-noble-stub