- Ermengol VI of Urgell
Ermengol or Armengol VI (1096 – 1154), called "el de Castilla", was the
Count of Urgell from 1102 to his death. He was the son and successor of Ermengol V and María Ansúrez.He was born in
Valladolid , whence his nickname comes. During his minority, he was under the regency of his grandfather,Pedro Ansúrez , lord of Valladolid, but the real power lay in the hands ofGuerau II of Cabrera andRaymond Berengar III of Barcelona . With their help, the young count count conqueredBalaguer in 1106 and made it his capital.Armengol collaborated with
Alfonso the Battler in the 1118 capture ofZaragoza and in the expedition of Alfonso VII the Emperor againstAlmería in 1147. He had good relations with theHouse of Barcelona and he accompanied Raymond Berengar IV's toProvence in 1144. In 1149, he assisted Raymond Berengar in the conquest and repopulation ofLleida , which was thenceforward a city of his dominion. Ermengol died in Castile.In 1129, Ermengol married Arsenda de Cabrera, daughter of the viscount
Ponç of Àger . Besides his successor, Ermengol VII, he had two daughters with her: Sibylla, who marriedRamon Folch , viscount ofCardona , and Stephanie, who marriedArnau Mir of Pallars Jussà .In 1135, Ermengol married a second time to Elvira, daughter of Rodrigo of Lara and Sancha of Castile. To this union were born Galceran de Sales and Mary, lady of
Almenara .
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