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Personal data Raymond Borell van Barcelona 

• He was born in the year 972 in Barcelona, Spabje.
• (Geschiedenis) .Source 1

  Hij volgde in 992 zijn vader op als graaf van Barcelona. Zijn regeerperiode werd gekenmerkt door voortdurende strijd tegen de Moren en hij slaagde er in Catalonië definitief van de Moren te bevrijden. In het graafschap Barcelona, zorgde hij voor de herbevolking van Segarra, Conca de Barberà en Camp de Tarragona, en startte hij de bouw van de Kathedraal van Barcelona. Hij was tevens de eerste Catalaanse vorst om zijn eigen munt te slaan.

• (Levens event) .Source 2

  Raymond Borrel (Catalan: Ramon Borrell, Spanish: Ramón Borrell) (972-1017), was count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 992. Son of Borrell II of Barcelona and Letgarda de Rouergue. He was associated with his father from 988.
  
  In 993 he married Ermesinde of Carcassonne with whom he had three children, Borrell Ramon (died young before 1017) Berengar Raymond (c.1006) and Estefania/Adelaide, wife of Roger I of Tosny.
  
  Between 1000 and 1002 he had to deal with a number of incursions by Al-Mansur. However Al-Mansur was killed in Battle of Calatañazor by Navarran and Leon forces. Seeing an opportunity Raymond counter-attacked in 1003 leading an expedition to Lleida. However this prompted a new raid on the County of Barcelona by Al-Mansur's son, Abd al-Malik. This was defeated by an alliance of Christian forces at the Battle of Torà.[1] Ramon was also present at the Battle of Albesa shortly thereafter.
  
  In 1010, with the Cordoban Caliphate crumbling into civil war Raymond saw another opportunity. He organised a campaign against the Caliphate, with Armengol I of Urgell, Bernard I of Besalú, and joined forces with Muhammad II of Córdoba. The army destroyed the forces of Caliph Sulayman II and sacked Córdoba. As a result Catalonia remained free from further Moorish dominion. Armengol died in battle on September 1 at Córdoba. On 2 June of 1010, Borrell participated in the Battle of Aqbat al-Bakr on the side of the Muslim rebels as part of the Andalusian civil wars or the Fitna of al-Ándalus.
  
  In 1015 and 1016 Raymond made further expeditions to the Rivers Ebro and Segre. The treasure obtained in these campaigns maintained the loyalty of his barons.
  
  In the County of Barcelona he ensured the repopulation of the Segarra, Conca de Barberà and Camp de Tarragona. He began the construction of the cathedral in Barcelona. He was also the first Catalan ruler to mint his own coinage.
  
  At his death in 1017, he was succeeded by his son Berengar Raymond under the regency of his mother. He was buried at Barcelona Cathedral, but his grave was lost.

• He died on February 25, 1018, he was 46 years old.
• A child of Borrell II van Barcelona and Liutgardis van Toulouse
• This information was last updated on November 27, 2012.

Household of Raymond Borell van Barcelona

He is married to Ermesinde van Carcassonne.

They got married.Source 1

Child(ren):

1. Estaefania Adelaide  
2. Borrell Ramon van Barcelona  -< 1017
3. Berengar Raymond I "de Bultenaar" van Barcelona  1005-1035 

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