House of Sunifred, 878-1162
| Name | Portrait | Reign | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilfred I (Guifré I) el Pelós (the Hairy) |
878-897 | son of Sunifred I, managed to establish hereditary succession | |
| Wilfred II Borrel I (Guifré II Borrell) |
897-911 | son of Wilfred the Hairy | |
| Sunyer | 911-947 | son of Wilfred the Hairy, retired to a monastery | |
| Borrell II | 947-992 | son of Sunyer jointly with Miro I (947-966) and Ramon Borrell (988-992), also Count of Urgel (948-992). Unsuccessfully asked King Lothair of France for aid against the Saracens, refused to recognise Hugh Capet as King of France in 987. |
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| Miro | 947-966 | son of Sunyer, jointly with Borrell II | |
| Ramon Borrell | 988-1018 | son of Borrell II, jointly with his father (988-992) | |
| Berenguer Ramon I el Corbat (the Crooked) |
1018-1035 | son of Ramon Borrell, under the regency of Ermesinde of Carcassonne (1018-1023), forced to recognise the suzerainty of Sancho the Great of Navarre. | |
| Ramon Berenguer I el Vell (the Old) |
1035-1076 | son of Berenguer Ramon I | |
| Ramon Berenguer II el Cap d'Estopes (the Towhead) |
1076-1082 | son of Ramon Berenguer I, jointly with his twin brother Berenguer Ramon II | |
| Berenguer Ramon II el Fratricida (the Fratricide) |
1076-1097 | son of Ramon Berenguer I, jointly with his twin brother Ramon Berenguer II (1076-1082) and his nephew Ramon Berenguer III (1082-1097) | |
| Ramon Berenguer III el Gran (the Great) |
1082-1131 | son of Ramon Berenguer II | |
| Ramon Berenguer IV el Sant (the Saint) |
1131-1162 | son of Ramon Berenguer III, engaged Petronilla of Aragon in 1137 and married her in 1150. |
The succession of Ramon Berenguer IV and Petronilla to the Kingdom of Aragon led to the creation of the Crown of Aragon. The County of Barcelona formed a constituent part of this realm, and the Crown of Spain, until the Nueva Planta decrees between 1707 and 1716, when Philip declared that all Spanish kingdoms and territories should merge into a single, centralized Kingdom of Spain. In Barcelona this was promulgated in 1716. The County of Barcelona became one of the many hereditary titles of the Spanish monarchy.
Read more about this topic: Count Of Barcelona, List of Counts of Barcelona
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