Died 927 AD | ||
Children Oliba Cabreta, Miró III of Cerdanya, Sunifred II of Cerdanya, Wilfred II of Besalú Parents Wilfred the Hairy, Guinedilda of Ampurias Grandchildren Abbot Oliba, Bernard I, Count of Besalú, Wifred II, Count of Cerdanya Grandparents Sunifred, Count of Barcelona, Baldwin I, Margrave of Flanders Similar Wilfred the Hairy, Sunifred - Count of Barcelona, Abbot Oliba | ||
Miró II of Cerdanya and I of Besalú (878?–927), was count of Cerdanya from 897 to 927 and of Besalú from 920 to 927. The lands he controlled lay in the eastern Pyrenees.
He was the son of Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona, from whom he inherited the county of Cerdanya. His brother Sunifred received the county of Urgell, and his brothers Wilfred II Borrell and Sunyer I received the county of Barcelona. After the death of his uncle, Radulf of Besalú, in 920, he inherited the county of Besalú. His sister, Hemmo (Emma), became abbess of the Monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses in Ripollès founded by their father.
Miro continued the work of his father, contributing to the ecclesiastical restoration of the pagus of Berga.
He and Ava of Cerdanya had four sons and one daughter:
Also, his relationship with Virgilia of Empúries, daughter of Dela, count of Empúries, produced (among others):