Ermengol I, Count of Urgell

Ermengol I. of Córdoba (Catalan Ermengol el de Cordova, † June 2, 1010 in Córdoba ) is a count of Urgell and the founder was the line of the house Urgell Barcelona.

Ermengol the second son of Count Borrell II was Catalan Great († 992 ), who was the county of Urgell left him from his last will and testament complex countries, which at that time covered the area of Alt Urgell with the main town of La Seu d' Urgell. In May 998, he was together with the Bishop of Vic, Arnulf, and whose term of office competitors Guadald traveled to Rome to the dispute over the bishopric of Vic there Synod, which meets under the presidency of Pope Gregory V. and Emperor Otto III. the ruling. The synod decided in favor of the bishop Arnulf. In 1001 Ermengol was once again traveled to Rome to enforce there with the Bishop of Urgell, Salla, with Pope Sylvester II, the union of monasteries St. Clement of Codinet and Saint Andrew of Tresponts.

After the death of Muhammad al- Mansur in 1002 to Ermengol had engaged in the fight against the Moors from the Caliphate of Córdoba. In the spring of 1003 he fought on the side of Bernard I of Besalu, Wilfried II of Cerdanya and Raymond Borrell of Barcelona in the victorious battle of Torà ( Lleida ). In the same year he was but against Abd al -Malik al - Muzaffar, the son of al - Mansur, in the battle of Albesa but inferior and get into temporary captivity. In 1007 Ermengol had issued in a document defined the territorial limits of Andorra in Sant Serni de Tavèrnoles monastery, the haute to be valid.

In the year 1010 itself Ermengol allied with his brother Raymond Borrell and expelled from Cordoba Caliph Muhammad II al -Mahdi to fight against Sulaiman al - Mustain. The Catalan army could achieve a victory and plunder as a result the city on June 2, 1010 in the Battle of al - Baqar Aqabat northwest of Córdoba. Ermengol, however, was killed in this battle, supposedly he was beheaded by the Berber warriors who used his head as a trophy. His death in Córdoba had earned him his nickname.

Ermengols wife was Geriberga that is mentioned in a document from the year 1001. As a widow, it concluded on 18 November 1010 her brother a gift to the canons of La Seu d' Urgell. Their son was Ermengol II of the Pilgrims († 1039 ).