In the final years of the eighth century, the Franks under Charlemagne and his son Louis the Pious, king of Aquitaine, were subduing the Marca Hispanica and expanding southwards into Moorish territory. When Urgell and Cerdanya were subdued around 798, Borrel was appointed count. He took a very active part in the subsequent conquest of Osona in 799 and the successful siege of Barcelona in 801. He may have been named count in Osona as a reward for his services.
In 804 and 805, he participated in the expeditions to Tortosa, but not in the subsequent campaigns of 807, 808, and 809.
borrell, count, osona, borrell, first, count, cerdanya, urgell, osona, from, between, death, visigoth, nobleman, probably, from, cerretana, cerdanya, territories, borrell, final, years, eighth, century, franks, under, charlemagne, louis, pious, king, aquitaine. Borrell I was the first count of Cerdanya Urgell and Osona from between 797 and 799 to his death in 820 1 2 He was a Visigoth nobleman probably from Cerretana Cerdanya The territories of Borrell In the final years of the eighth century the Franks under Charlemagne and his son Louis the Pious king of Aquitaine were subduing the Marca Hispanica and expanding southwards into Moorish territory When Urgell and Cerdanya were subdued around 798 Borrel was appointed count He took a very active part in the subsequent conquest of Osona in 799 and the successful siege of Barcelona in 801 He may have been named count in Osona as a reward for his services In 804 and 805 he participated in the expeditions to Tortosa but not in the subsequent campaigns of 807 808 and 809 He died in 820 and Osona was given to Rampon Count of Barcelona Urgell and Cerdanya were granted to Aznar Galindez I New title Count of Osona799 820 Succeeded byRampon Count of Barcelona Count of Urgell798 820 Succeeded byAznar Galindez I Count of Cerdanya798 820Notes edit J Pujades Cronica Universal del Principado de Cataluna p 339 Ramon d Abadal i de Vinyals 1986 El domini carolingi a Catalunya ISBN 84 7283 082 9 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Borrell Count of Osona amp oldid 1188357530, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
