URGEL, Wilfred I Count of
840 - Aft 897 (> 57 years)
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Name URGEL, Wilfred I Count of Birth 840 Urgel, Lérida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain 
[1] Gender Male Royalty & Nobility Count of Urgel, Cerdanya, Barcelona, Besalus, and Ausona Name "el Velloso" and The Hairy Death Aft 21 Aug 897 Person ID I11011 My Genealogy Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Father BARCELONA, Sunifred I Count of Urgel and, b. 810, Urgel, Leitra, Spain Relationship natural Mother ERMESENDE, b. 814 Relationship natural Family ID F8834 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Children + 1. SUNIFRED, II, b. 878, Urgel, Lérida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain d. 950 (Age 72 years) [Father: natural]Family ID F12879 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
Family 2 FLANDERS, Guinidilda Countess of, b. 865, Belgium d. 906 (Age 41 years) Children + 1. SUNIFRED, II, b. 878, Urgel, Lérida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain d. 950 (Age 72 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]2. Living 3. URGEL, Sunifred II Count of Besalu and, b. 878, Urgel, Lérida, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain d. 948 (Age 70 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F8833 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 4 Feb 2024
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Wilfredo el Velloso 01 - Wilfred the Hairy - Wikipedia
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Notes - Wilfred the Hairy has become a figure of importance for contemporary Catalan nationalists. Nineteenth century European Romanticism looked to the medieval world for references and links to modern national and cultural identities, and in the context of Catalan nationalism and its search for its historical foundations in a distant and idealised past, Wilfred soon arose as a figure of independence, the de facto founder of the House of Barcelona, and, by purported extension, one of the forefathers of the latter Catalonia.
One of the legends that has arisen around his person is that of the creation of the coat of arms from which the Catalan flag (the Senyera) derives today. After being wounded in battle (some versions say against the Moors; others, the Normans), the Frankish king Charles the Bald rewarded his bravery by giving him a coat of arms. The king slid Wilfred's blood-stained fingers over the Count's copper shield, and thus was the Senyera first born, with its four pallets in Gules on Or. As much as this legend is popular and extended, there is no historical evidence to support it.
- Wilfred the Hairy has become a figure of importance for contemporary Catalan nationalists. Nineteenth century European Romanticism looked to the medieval world for references and links to modern national and cultural identities, and in the context of Catalan nationalism and its search for its historical foundations in a distant and idealised past, Wilfred soon arose as a figure of independence, the de facto founder of the House of Barcelona, and, by purported extension, one of the forefathers of the latter Catalonia.
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Sources - [S1801] Wikipedia, Wilfred the Hairy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfred_the_HairyWilfredo el Velloso 01 - Wilfred the Hairy - Wikipedia
- [S1801] Wikipedia, Wilfred the Hairy.