count of Cerdanya
The County of Cerdanya (, ; ; , ) was one of the Catalan counties formed in the last decades of the 8th century by the Franks in the ''Marca Hispanica''. The original Cerdanya consisted of the valley of the upper Segre. Today Cerdanya is a Catala ...
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Berga
Berga () is the capital of the ''Catalonia/Comarques, comarca'' (county) of Berguedà, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is bordered by the municipalities of Cercs, Olvan, Avià, Capolat and Castellar del Riu.
History
Berga de ...
from the year of his birth till that of his death, giving up Berga a year earlier to his son
William-Jordan
William II Jordan (; ) (died 1109) was the count of Berga beginning in 1094, the count of Cerdanya beginning in 1095, and regent of the County of Tripoli beginning in 1105.
He was the son of Count William I of Cerdanya and Sança, daughter of ...
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He was the son of Raymond I of Cerdanya, who died a short while after his birth. He married Sancha, daughter of Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona, while they were both very young. William became the tutor of his nephew, the future Ramon Berenguer III. He took an interest in repopulating parts of his domain and promulgated the charter to the people of Villafranca.
In 1082, he fought on the losing side in the
Battle of Almenar
The Battle of Almenar took place near Balaguer in Catalonia, on 27 July 1710, during the War of the Spanish Succession.
In June 1710, the Bourbon-Spanish army of Phillip V crossed into Catalonia in an attempt to capture Balaguer; an Allied ...
. In 1094, he granted Berga to his sons and the elder, William, inherited Cerdanya when he died the next year.
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William II Jordan
William II Jordan (; ) (died 1109) was the count of Berga beginning in 1094, the count of Cerdanya beginning in 1095, and regent of the County of Tripoli beginning in 1105.
He was the son of Count William I of Cerdanya and Sança, daughter of Cou ...
, Count of Cerdanya.
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Bernard, Count of Cerdanya
Bernard William (; ) (c. 11th cent.-1117) was the Count of Berga (as Bernard II, 1094-1117) and the Count of Cerdanya (1109-1117).
A son of William I of Cerdanya and Sancha of Barcelona, he inherited Berga from his father in 1094. On the death ...