Ermengol IV, Count of Urgell

Ermengol IV of the Tanning (Catalan Ermengol el de Tanning, † 1092 ) was a Count of Urgell and jure uxoris a Count of Forcalquier from the House of Barcelona. He was a son of Count Ermengol III. of Urgell († 1065 ) and his first wife Adalaiz.

Ermengol IV led the expansion of his territory continued vigorously and brought by conquering Agramunt and other castles almost all the Baix Urgell under his control. On March 25, 1067 it Count Raymond Berengar I of Barcelona, the castle Barberà had given. At times he lay with his vassals of Cabrera in conflict, which was settled in 1074. In 1089, Pope Urban II had appealed, inter alia, to Ermengol to continue the Moors campaign over the Ebro addition. Shortly thereafter Ermengol had built the castle Tanning ( comarca of Noguera ), from which he wanted to conquer nearby parts of Balaguer. Before he had an opportunity to do, he had passed away.

Around the year 1070 Ermengol had his brother, Count William Raymond of Cerdanya, intended for Eventualerben in the event that he remains even without offspring. In his first marriage he was married to Lucia, who is already in use for 1063. She was probably the mother of his first son Ermengol V. († 1102), who succeeded him as Count of Urgell. His second wife was the Countess Adelaide of Forcalquier which is first mentioned in 1087. Their son, William I († 1129 ) inherited the mother in Forcalquier.