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House of Barcelona
Arms of House of Barcelona
Parent houseBellonids
CountryWest Francia
Holy Roman Empire
Kingdom of Burgundy-Arles
County of Barcelona
Principality of Catalonia
Kingdom of Aragon
Crown of Aragon
Kingdom of Sicily
Kingdom of Majorca
Kingdom of Valencia
FounderWilfred the Hairy
Final rulerMartin of Aragon
Titles
Dissolution1433 (male)
1445 (female)
Deposition1410

The House of Barcelona was a medieval dynasty that ruled the County of Barcelona continuously from 878 and the Crown of Aragon from 1137 (as kings from 1162) until 1410. They descend from the Bellonids, the descendants of Wilfred the Hairy. They inherited most of the Catalan counties by the thirteenth century and established a territorial Principality of Catalonia, uniting it with the Kingdom of Aragon through marriage and conquering numerous other lands and kingdoms until the death of the last legitimate male of the main branch, Martin the Humanist, in 1410. Cadet branches of the house continued to rule Urgell (since 992) and Gandia. Cadet branches of the dynasty had also ruled Ausona intermittently from 878 until 1111, Provence from 1112 to 1245, and Sicily from 1282 to 1409. By the Compromise of Caspe of 1412 the Crown of Aragon passed to a branch of the House of Trastámara, descended from the infanta Eleanor of the house of Barcelona.

Titles of the House of Barcelona and date of acquisition

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This list does not include titles held by the early Bellonids that did not remain with the family during the tenth century.

Family tree of the House of Barcelona

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Sunifred I
count of Barcelona, Cerdanya, Besalú, Urgell, Conflent
HOUSE OF BARCELONA		Ermesende
(daughter of Bello
count of Carcassonne)
HOUSE OF BELLO
Wilfred I
count of Barcelona		Radulf
count of Besalú		Miro I
count of Roussillon, Conflent
Wifred II Borrel I
count of Barcelona		Sunyer
count of Barcelona		Sunifred II
count of Urgell		Miró II
count of Cerdanya, Besalú
BRANCH OF CERDANYA
Borrell II
count of Barcelona		Miro
count of Barcelona		Sunifred 2
count of Cerdanya		Wifred II
count of Besalú		Miro III
count of Cerdania, Besalú		Oliba Cabreta
count of Cerdanya, Besalú
Ramon Borrell
count of Barcelona		Ermengol I
count of Urgell
BRANCH OF URGELL		Bernard I
count of Besalú		Wifred II
count of Cerdania		Oliba
abbot, bishop of Bic
Berenguer Ramon I
count of Barcelona		Ermengol II
count of Urgell		Bernard I
count of Berga		Berengar
count of Berga
Ramon Berenguer I
count of Barcelona		Ermengol III
count of Urgell
Peter Raymundi
heir apparent		Ramon Berenguer II
count of Barcelona		Berenguer Ramond II
count of Barcelona		Gerberga
countess of Provence
HOUSE OF BOSO		Ermengol IV
count of Urgell
Ramon Berenguer III
count of Barcelona,
I of Provence		Doulce I
countess of Provence		Ermengol V
count of Urgell		William III
count of Forcalquier
BRANCH OF FORCALQUIER
Ramon Berenguer IV
count of Barcelona		Petronilla
queen of Aragon
HOUSE OF JIMENEZ		Berenger Raymond
count of Provence		Ermengol VI
count of Urgell		Bertrand I
count of Forcalquier
Peter
heir apparent		Alfonso II
king of Aragon,
I count of Provence		Ramon Berenguer III
count of Provence		Sancho
count of Provence		Ramon Berenguer II
count of Provence		Ermengol VII
count of Urgell		Bertrand II
count of Forcalquier		William IV
count of Forcalquier
Eudokia KomneneNuño Sánchez
count of Russillon, Cerdagne		Douce II
countess of Provence		Ermengol VIII
count of Urgell		Garcenda
heiress
Maria of MontpellierPeter II
king of Aragon		Alfonso II
count of Provence		Garcenda de Sabran
countess of Forcalquier
James I
king of Aragon		Ramon Berenguer IV
count of Provence, Forcalquier
Peter III
king of Aragon		Constance of Hohenstaufen
queen of Sicily		Beatrice countess
of Provence, Forcalquier		Charles I
king of Sicily		James II
king of Majorca
BRANCH OF MAJORCA
Alfonso III
king of Aragon		James II
king of Aragon,
king of Sicily		Frederick II
king of Sicily
BRANCH OF SICILY		James
heir apparent,
monk		Sancho
king of Majorca		Ferdinand
prince		Philip
regent of Majorca
James
heir apparent,
monk		Alfonso IV
king of Aragon		John
patriarch of Alexandria		Peter II
king of Sicily		(illeg.) Orlando
governor of Palermo		(illeg.) Alfonso Fadrique
vicar of Athens		Manfred
duke of Athens		William II
duke of Athens		John
duke of Athens		(illeg.) SanchoJames III
king of Majorca
Peter IV
king of Aragon		James I
count of Urgell		Louis
king of Sicily		Frederick III
king of Sicily
duke of Athens		Peter Fadrique
count of Salona		James Fadrique
count of Salona		Boniface Fadrique
lord of Aegina		John Fadrique
lord of Salamina		Frederick I
duke of Athens		Viguerra
chancellor of Sicily		John II Palaiologos
marquess of Montferrat		Isabella
queen of Majorca		James IV
king of Majorca
John I
king of Aragon		Eleanor
∞ John I of Trastámara
king of Castile		Martin
king of Aragon		Peter II
count of Urgell		Margaret PalaiologinaLouis Fadrique
count of Salona		Elena KantakouzeneBartolomeo
count of Cammarata		Peter II
count of Urgell		Margaret Palaiologina
Henry III
king of Castile		Ferdinand I
king of Aragon		Martin I of Sicily
king of Sicily		Maria
queen of Sicily,
duchess of Athens
Frederick
count of Luna		James II
count of Urgell

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Provence §1. Geschiedenis". Encarta Encyclopedie Winkler Prins (in Dutch). Microsoft Corporation/Het Spectrum. 2002.
House of Barcelona
Preceded by
Ruling House of
Aragon, Catalonia, Valencia, Majorca, Sardinia, Sicily
1164 - 1410 		Succeeded by


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