1314-1413 Counts From The House of Barcelona
- 10 November 1314-1327 King Alfonso IV of Aragon, died 1366
- 1327-1347 James I of Urgell, Prince of Aragon, born 1321, poisoned in Barcelona in 1347
- 1347-1408 Peter II of Urgell, born 1340, died at Balaguer, 1408
- 1408-31 October 1413 James II of Urgell. When Martin I of Aragon died he was a candidate to the crown, but the Compromise of Caspe preferred Ferdinand of Antequera. He revolted and on 31 October 1413, surrendered to the king. The county of Urgell was dissolved and count James died in jail in the castle of Xàtiva on 1 June 1433.
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