Counts of Berga

Feudal lords of the Catalan county of Berga (988–1199)

The counts of Berga were the feudal lords of Berga, one of the Catalan counties created out of Besalú in 988 for a younger son of Oliba Cabreta. The viscounts of Berga ruled the city in name during the rule of the counts of Besalú from the early tenth century.^[1]

Counts

Source:^[1]

• Oliba (988-1002)
• Wilfred (1002-1035)
• Bernard I (1035-1050)
• Berengar (1050)
• Raymond (1050-1068)
• William I (1068-1094)
• William II (1094-1109) co-reigning with
• Bernard II (1094-1117)

To the counts of Barcelona.

Viscounts

Source:^[1]

• Brandai (905-?)
• Onofred (c.950)
• Bardina (1003-1017)
• Dalmau I (1017-1067)
• Bernat Dalmau (1067-1086)
• Dalmau II Bernat (1086-1113)
• Guisla (1113-?)
• William I (?-1183)
• William II (1183-1196)
• Berengar (1196-1199)
• Raymond (1199)

Sold to Peter II of Aragón.

References

1. Gran enciclopèdia catalana: Vescomtat de Berga

Further reading

• Sabaté i Curull, Flocel: "La noció d'Espanya a la Catalunya medieval". In: Acta historica et archaeologica mediaevalia, No. 19, 1998, pp. 375–390. ISSN 0212-2960 (online version)
• Santandreu i Soler, Dolors, 2006: La Vila de Berga a L'Edat Mitjana - La Família dels Berga, vol. 1. Doctoral thesis, University of Barcelona (online version)