Wilfred the Hairy

Count of Urgell, Cerdanya, Barcelona, Girona, Besalú and Ausona

850 CE to 897 CE

Wilfred or Wifred, called the Hairy (in Catalan: Guifré el Pilós), is 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, inherits these Catalan counties.

Wilfredis 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, where he is buried.

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