Counts of Besalu - Bernard I of Besalu, Bernard II of Besalu, Sunifred, Count of Barcelona, Oliba Cabreta, William II of Besalu, Radulf of Besalu (Paperback)

Chapters: Bernard I of Besalu, Bernard Ii of Besalu, Sunifred, Count of Barcelona, Oliba Cabreta, William Ii of Besalu, Radulf of Besalu. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 31. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bernard I (died 1020), called Taillefer (Bernat or Bernardo Tallaferro), was the Count of Besalu in Catalonia from 988 until his death. He was the eldest son of Oliba Cabreta and Ermengard, and succeeded his father in Besalu while his younger brothers Oliba and Wifred, inherited BergaRipoll and CerdagneConflent, respectively. Bernard's first public action took place during the reign of his father, when he witnessed, alongside his mother, the donation of the church of Saint Vincent by Miro II to the church of Besalu on 12 April 977. Bernard also witnessed his parents' donation of some property to Sant Llorenc de Baga on 15 January 981, along with his brothers. Oliba Cabreta had left his sons a strong principality, perhaps the strongest in Catalonia. Its control extended over the great Catalonian monasteries of Ripoll, Cuixa, Sant Joan, Lagrasse, Arles de Tec, Banyoles, and Camprodon. Despite already being a father of his eventual heir William, he had not fully come of age when his father abdicated to become a monk at Montecassino (988), since he and Wifred were left under the protection of the Pope, then John XV. Alongside Besalu Bernard inherited the Fenouilledes and Peyrepertuse in the County of Carcassonne, where his father had extended his dynasty's power base. Bernard also stood to inherit Vallespir on the death of his mother, which finally occurred in 994. The aft exterior of the nave of the church of Sant Pere, which was rebuilt and re-dedicated under Bernard in 1003. Despite its control of the great monasteries the family of Oliba Cabreta did not initially control a bi...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2246166