Wilfred the Hairy

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Catalan historical figure count human medieval nobleman

Wilfred the Hairy was a 9th-century Catalan nobleman and count who played a key role in consolidating and Christianizing the counties that became the core of medieval Catalonia.

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Label Occurrences
Wilfred the Hairy canonical 6

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Catalan historical figure ⓘ
count ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval nobleman ⓘ
associatedWith County of Barcelona ⓘ
County of Besalú ⓘ
County of Cerdanya ⓘ
County of Girona ⓘ
Osona ⓘ
surface form: County of Osona

County of Urgell ⓘ
burialPlace Santa Maria de Ripoll ⓘ
child Cixilo ⓘ
Emma of Barcelona ⓘ
Miro the Young ⓘ
Sunyer I, Count of Barcelona ⓘ
Wilfred II Borrell ⓘ
conflict wars against Muslim forces in al-Andalus ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Carolingian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Frankish Empire
dateOfBirth c. 840 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 11 August 897 ⓘ
era 9th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Catalan ⓘ
father Sunifred I of Barcelona ⓘ
givenName Wilfred ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed in battle ⓘ
mother Ermesende ⓘ
nativeName Guifré el Pelós ⓘ
Guifré el Pelós ⓘ
surface form: Guifré el Pilós
nobleFamily Bosonid dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Bellonid dynasty
notableAchievement laid foundations of medieval Catalonia ⓘ
made the County of Barcelona hereditary in his family ⓘ
notableEvent death in battle against Muslim forces in 897 ⓘ
notableWork Christianization of the Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Christianization of frontier territories in Catalonia

consolidation of the Catalan counties ⓘ
occupation count ⓘ
nobleman ⓘ
partOf Marca Hispanica ⓘ
placeOfBirth probably in the County of Urgell ⓘ
placeOfDeath near Santa Maria de Ripoll ⓘ
positionHeld Count of Barcelona ⓘ
Count of Besalú ⓘ
Count of Cerdanya ⓘ
County of Girona ⓘ
surface form: Count of Girona

Count of Osona ⓘ
Count of Urgell ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholicism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Guinedilda of Empúries ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

County of Cerdanya → notableRuler → Wilfred the Hairy ⓘ
County of Barcelona → founder → Wilfred the Hairy ⓘ
County of Barcelona → notableRuler → Wilfred the Hairy ⓘ
Count of Barcelona → positionHeldBy → Wilfred the Hairy ⓘ
Count of Barcelona → notableHolder → Wilfred the Hairy ⓘ
County of Besalú → notableRuler → Wilfred the Hairy ⓘ