Ramon Borrell, Count of Barcelona
Raymond Borrell, Borrell or III. ( Catalan: Ramon Borrell; Spanish: Ramón Borrell, 972 *, † 1017 ) was Count of Barcelona, Girona and from 992 of Ausona.
He was the son of Borrell II of Barcelona and Letgarda de Rouergue. From 988 he was attached to his father.
993 he married Ermesinde of Carcassonne, with whom he had a son: Raymond Berengar I ( * 1005, † 1035 ).
In the years 1000-1002 he was frequently attacked by Almanzor. In 1003 he led a military expedition against Lleida, which, however, a new attack by Almansurs son Abd al -Malik prompted.
1010 he took the opportunity to expand his power at the expense of the crumbling Caliphate of Córdoba. He organized a campaign against Cordoba along with Armengol I of Urgell, Bernard of Besalu and Wahid, a Muslim general of Muhammad Al- Mahdi. The army destroyed the Caliphate Sulaiman al - Mustain and freed from any Catalonia Moorish domination. Ermengol I of Urgell died in battle on September 1 at Cordoba.
1015 and 1016 he led a campaign against the new Ebro and Segre. By the booty he received the loyalty of his barons.
He populated Segarra, Conca de Barberà and the Camp de Tarragona new and began the construction of the cathedral in Barcelona. He was the first Catalan rulers with their own coin.
At his death in 1017 his son, who succeeded under the regency of his mother.
- Graf ( Barcelona)
- Graf ( Girona)
- House Barcelona
- Born 972
- Died in 1017
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