Mir Geribert
Mir Geribert (died 1060) was a
Mir Geribert was related to both the
These conflicts were not, however, with his relatives, such as his cousin the viscount Udalard II or his uncle the bishop Guisalbert, but with the count, Raymond Berengar I, who refused to grant him a bride from his own family.[3] Though both Udalard and Guisalbert got into a war with the count at this same moment, it was not related directly to Mir's rebellion.[3]
In 1039, Mir's brother, Folc Geribert, granted the castle of Ribes near Olèrdola to their uncle the bishop. Thus deprived of any control over an important frontier fortress, Mir negotiated for the return of the castle in 1041, when he received it back from the bishop in return for swearing homage.[4]
At some point in his battle with Raymond Berengar, Mir assumed the title princeps Olerdulae, which implied independent authority.
In 1052 or 1053, a tribunal presided over by the seneschal Amat Eldric condemned Mir Geribert.[7] In response to this, Mir devastated the lands of the seneschal and of Raymond of Cerdanya, who had made peace with the count.[8] Already before 1052 Renard Guillem, the younger brother of the count of Cerdanya, had been treated disgracefully (with mala et onta) by Mir Geribert while on a mission for the Count of Barcelona.[7]
In 1059, Mir Geribert and his followers made their final submission to the count, relinquishing his disputed rights in the Penedès and
Mir Geribert died at Tortosa in 1060.
Sources
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- Freedman, Paul. The Diocese of Vic: Tradition and Regeneration in Medieval Catalonia. New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1983.
- Kagay, Donald J., trans. The Usatges of Barcelona: The Fundamental Law of Catalonia. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994.
- Kosto, Adam J. Making Agreements in Medieval Catalonia: Power, order, and the written word, 1000–1200. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-521-79239-8.
- Shideler, John C. A Medieval Catalan Noble Family: the Montcadas, 1000–1230. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983.