Upon inheriting the county of Urgell, he exchanged his birth name, Rodrigo, for Álvaro and married Constance of Montcada, a relative of the ruling family of Béarn, at the order of James I of Aragon in 1253. However, he detested this marriage and had it annulled, marrying Cecilia of Foix, daughter of Roger-Bernard II of Foix, in 1256. This was to be the source of great enmity and conflict between the houses of Béarn and Foix. The House of Barcelona supported the Bearnese.
In 1259, Álvaro breached his feudal obligations to the king of Aragon and brought down the royal wrath on his principality: the seneschal Pere de Montcada invaded and occupied Ponts. In 1267, the king of Aragon intervened again, this time in the legal dispute between Álvaro's two wives. Álvaro was forced to flee with his wife Cecilia of Foix, leaving Urgell in the hands of his son Ermengol X.[2]
^Albornoz, María Dolores Jiménez-Blanco Carrillo de; Jiménez-Blanco, María Dolores; Mack, Cindy (2004). Spanish Art in New York: Guide. Asociación de Amigos de la Hispanic Society of America. p. 114. ISBN978-84-609-2136-3.
^Parker, Elizabeth C. (1992). THE CLOISTERS. Metropolitan Museum of Art. p. 378. ISBN978-0-87099-635-1.
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Double Tomb of Don Àlvar Rodrigo de Cabrera, Count of Urgell and His Wife Cecília of Foix - Metropolitan Museum of Art
Álvaro, count, urgell, Álvaro, 1239, burgos, 1268, foix, called, Àlvar, castellà, castilian, catalan, count, urgell, viscount, Àger, from, 1243, ponce, count, urgell, succeeded, brother, ermengol, within, year, their, father, death, sepulchre, Álvaro, cecília,. Alvaro 1239 in Burgos 1268 in Foix called Alvar el Castella the Castilian 1 in Catalan was the Count of Urgell and Viscount of Ager from 1243 He was the son of Ponce I Count of Urgell and succeeded his brother Ermengol IX within a year of their father s death Sepulchre of Alvaro I and Cecilia de Foix at The Cloisters New YorkUpon inheriting the county of Urgell he exchanged his birth name Rodrigo for Alvaro and married Constance of Montcada a relative of the ruling family of Bearn at the order of James I of Aragon in 1253 However he detested this marriage and had it annulled marrying Cecilia of Foix daughter of Roger Bernard II of Foix in 1256 This was to be the source of great enmity and conflict between the houses of Bearn and Foix The House of Barcelona supported the Bearnese In 1259 Alvaro breached his feudal obligations to the king of Aragon and brought down the royal wrath on his principality the seneschal Pere de Montcada invaded and occupied Ponts In 1267 the king of Aragon intervened again this time in the legal dispute between Alvaro s two wives Alvaro was forced to flee with his wife Cecilia of Foix leaving Urgell in the hands of his son Ermengol X 2 Contents 1 References 2 External links 3 See also 4 External linksReferences edit Albornoz Maria Dolores Jimenez Blanco Carrillo de Jimenez Blanco Maria Dolores Mack Cindy 2004 Spanish Art in New York Guide Asociacion de Amigos de la Hispanic Society of America p 114 ISBN 978 84 609 2136 3 Parker Elizabeth C 1992 THE CLOISTERS Metropolitan Museum of Art p 378 ISBN 978 0 87099 635 1 External links editDouble Tomb of Don Alvar Rodrigo de Cabrera Count of Urgell and His Wife Cecilia of Foix Metropolitan Museum of ArtPreceded byErmengol IX Count of Urgell nbsp 1243 1268 Succeeded byErmengol XSee also editCounty of UrgellExternal links editThe Cloisters Collection Database nbsp This biographical article of a European noble is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alvaro Count of Urgell amp oldid 1216948617, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
