Bernard of Septimania, the younger brother of…

Bernard of Septimania, the younger brother of Gaucelm, Count of Empúries and Roussillon, must have inherited from his father land in the area around Toulouse, from which he has expanded his power to become the third Count of Barcelona around 826.

He first attracts the attention of higher-ups by quelling the local revolt of a nobleman named Aisso, who is perhaps a Gothic lieutenant of the deposed Bera, the first Count of Barcelona.

The garrisons of the castles in the area, who had been favorable to Bera, join Aisso in a revolt against the new count.

Only the castle of Roda de Ter, in the county of Ausona, resists and is subsequently destroyed by Aisso.

From his newly occupied territory, ...