Ermengol X, Count of Urgell

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Sepulchre of Ermengol X at The Cloisters, New York City

Ermengol X (1254–1314) was the

Roger-Bernard II of Foix.[1][2]

Ermengol inherited Urgel at the age of fourteen upon the death of his father.

Roger-Bernard III of Foix.[citation needed] However, the relatives of the house of Montcada of Béarn
, of his father's first wife, Constance, opposed his succession.

At the instigation of the house of Foix, Ermengol participated in the coalition of rebels against Peter III of Aragon in 1276, but in the succeeding two years he recovered all the territory of his county which had unto then been in the hands of his rivals: the Montcada, the king of Aragon, or the viscount of Cardona. In 1278, he met the king at Agramunt and received Urgel as a fief.[3]

Ermengol attached himself thereafter to Peter's entourage, travelling with the king to Sicily in 1282 and Bordeaux in 1283. When Peter died in 1295, Ermengol became a close companion and adviser of his sons Alfonso III, whom he aided in conquering the Kingdom of Majorca in 1287, and James II.

Before dying at

Teresa de Entença, his legal heir. With his death, the House of Cabrera
came to an end.

In his will, Ermengol donated funds to be used for the foundation of the Convento de Predicadores de Balaguer.[4]

References

  1. OCLC 1107360593. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help
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  2. OCLC 435370412.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link
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  3. ^ a b "A History of Aragon and Catalonia". libro.uca.edu. Chapter 7, Paragraph 2. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  4. OCLC 939398196
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Preceded by
Álvaro
Count of Urgel

1268–1314 		Succeeded by
Theresa


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