Wilfred the Hairy
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 Catalan counties.
You can find people similar to Wilfred the Hairy by visiting our lists 9th-century people from the County of Barcelona and 9th-century Gothic people.
| Full name at birth | Guifré I of Barcelona
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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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| Place of birth | Prades, Conflent, Roussillon, France.
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| Date of death | 11 August 897
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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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| Occupation | 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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