Wilfred the Hairy French Head of State
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| First Name |
Wilfred
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| Full Name at Birth |
Guifré I of Barcelona
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| Alternative Name |
Guifré 'el Pilós', Guifredus, Wifredus, De Guiffredo pilose, Guifré 'el Pelós', Wilfred, Wifred, The Hairy
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| Birthplace |
Prades, Conflent, Roussillon, France.
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| Died |
11th August, 0897
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| Place of Death |
Aura Castle, Solsonès, Lleida, Catalunya
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| Cause of Death |
In battle
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
French
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| Occupation Text |
Count of Urgell (870–897), Cerdanya (870–897), Barcelona (878–897), Girona (878–897), Besalú (878–897), and Ausona (886–897).
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| Occupation |
Head of State
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| Claim to Fame |
Responsible for the repopulation of the long depopulated no-man's land around Vic (the county of Ausona, a frontier between Christian and Muslim), the re-establishment of the bishopric of Vic, and the foundation of the Monastery of Santa Maria de Ripoll.
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| Father |
Sunifred Count of Barcelona (believed father)
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| Brother |
Miro the Elder, Radulf Count of Besalú
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| Family Member |
Sunyer Count of Barcelona (son), Wifred II Count of Barcelona (son)
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Wilfred or Wifred, called the Hairy (in Catalan: Guifré el Pilós), (died 11 August 897) was Count of Urgell (from 870), Cerdanya (from 870), Barcelona (from 878), Girona (from 878, as Wilfred II), Besalú (from 878) and Ausona (from 886). On his death in 897, his son, Wilfred Borrell, inherited these counties, known by the historiography as the Catalan counties.
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