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Counts of Roussillon

This is a list of the counts of Roussillon (Catalan: Comtes de Rosselló).

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Carolingian counts

These counts were nominated by the Carolingian kings of France, of whom they were vassals.

  • Gaucelm (812–832)

    • Hereafter, also counts of Barcelona.

  • Berenguer of Toulouse (832–835)
  • Bernat of Septimania (835–844)
  • Sunifred I, also known as Sunyer, (844–848)
  • Guillem (848–850)
  • Aleran (850–852)
  • Odalric (852–858)
  • Humfrid (858–864)
  • Bernat of Gothia (865–878)

    • No longer counts of Barcelona.

  • Miro the Elder (878–895)

    • Independent counts

    These counts were also count of Empúries. By this time the counts were practically independent.

  • Sunifred II (895–915)
  • Bencion (915–916)
  • Gausbert (915–931)
  • Gausfred I, also known as Wilfred, (931–991)

    • The counts thereafter were no longer counts of Empúries.

  • Giselbert I, also known as Guislabert, (991–1014)
  • Gausfred II (1014–1074)
  • Giselbert II (1074–1102)
  • Girard I, also known as Guinard, (1102–1113)
  • Gausfred III (1113–1164)
  • Girard II (1164–1172), died without heirs

    • The county subsumed with the Crown of Aragón. Later, briefly...

  • Sancho (1209–1223), also count of Cerdanya
  • Nuño Sancho (1223–1242), also count of Cerdanya

    • For subsequent counts of Roussillon (and Cerdagne), see Kingdom of Majorca.

    French counts

    Louis of Bourbon was the first French Count of Roussillon. He was the illegitimate son of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon and Jeanne Bournan. He was known for his many services to Kingdom of France and was made an Admiral of France. Louis XI gave him in marriage his illegitimate daughter Jeanne de Valois whom he legitimated in 1466. He died on 19 January 1487, and was buried in the church of the Franciscan monastery of Valognes, which he founded.

    Fictional counts

  • A fictional Count of Roussillon, Bertram, is a principal character in William Shakespeare's play All's Well That Ends Well.

    • References

    Counts of Roussillon Wikipedia
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