- Rampon, Count of Barcelona
Rampó (d.825) was the second
Count of Barcelona from 820 until his death.After Bera was deposed Emperor Louis the Pious gave his lands to a nobleman unconnected to the factional struggles that had developed in Gothia. He chose the Frank Rampó, who had been a faithfull servant to his father
Charlemagne . He had been given the responsibility of telling Louis thenking of Aquitaine , of his father Charlemagne's death inDoué-la-Fontaine ,Anjou , at the beginning of 814.Rampó governed Barcelona,
Girona , andBesalú with the title of Count but possibly alsoMargrave , the latter title was reserved only for the rulers of border counties.In 821, the Court at
Aachen ordered him to attackMuslim territory, an order which he carried out in 822, ransacking land up to the riverSegre .Rampó died in 825, however it was not until an assembly in Aachen in February of 826 that Louis designated a successor. Bernard, the younger brother of
Gaucelm ,Count of Empúries and Roussillon was elected to the position of Count.
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