Count of Barcelona

Counts of Barcelona nominated by the (Frankish) Carolingian monarchs, to whom they were feudatories:

• Berà (801-820)
• Rampó (820-826)
• Bernat de Septimània, first reign (826-832)
• Berenguer de Tolosa (832-835)
• Bernat de Septimània, second reign (836-844)
• Sunifred I (844-848)
• Guillem (848-850)
• Aleran and Isembart (850-852)
• Odalric (852-858)
• Humfrid (858-864)
• Bernat de Gòtia (865-878)
• Guifré I el Pelós ("Wilfred the Hairy") (878-897)

NOTES:

1. Sunifred I and his son Wilfred the Hairy claimed the title Marquès (marquess) of the Spanish March.
2. Although in this period the title of Count was not hereditary, Bernat de Septimània was father of Guillem, and Sunifred I was father of Guifré I "the Hairy".

Hereditary Counts of Barcelona, feudatory to the Frankish Carolingian monarchs:

• Guifré II Borrell (a.k.a. Borrell I) (897-911)
• Sunyer I (911-948)

Hereditary Counts of Barcelona independent of the Carolingian monarchy (from 985), until the dynastic union with Aragon:

• Borrell II (948-92)
• Ramon Borell (992-1018)
• Berenguer Ramon I el Corbat (1018-35)
• Ramon Berenguer I el Vell ("the Old") (1035-76)
• Ramon Berenguer II el Cap d’Estopes ("the towhead") (1076-82)
• Berenguer Ramon II el Fratricida ("the Fratricide") (1076-97) -> co-reigned with Ramon Berenguer II and Ramon Berenguer III
• Ramon Berenguer III el Gran ("the Great") (1082-1131)
• Ramon Berenguer IV el Sant (1131-54) -> married Peronella of Aragon, which established the dynastic union with Aragon

Counts of Barcelona and Kings of Aragon of the House of Barcelona:

• Alfons I (II of Aragon) el Cast or el Trobador (1154-96)
• Pere I (II of Aragon) el Catòlic ("the Catholic") (1196-1213)

Counts of Barcelona and Kings of Aragon and Valencia, of the House of Barcelona:

• Jaume I el Conqueridor ("the Conqueror") (1213-76), also king of de Mallorca (See List of kings of Mallorca)
• Pere II (I of Valencia, III of Aragon) el Gran ("the Great") (1276-85),
• Alfons II (III of Aragon) el Franc ("the French") or el Liberal ("the Liberal")(1285-91)
• Jaume II el Just ("the Just") (1291-1327)
• Alfons III (II of Valencia, IV of Aragon) el Benigne ("the Good") (1327-36)
• Pere III (II de Valencia, IV of Aragon) el Cerimoniós ("the Ceremonious") or el del Punyalet (1336-87)
• Joan I el Caçador ("the Hunter"), el Descurat ("the Careless"), or l’Amador de la Gentilesa (1387-96)
• Martí I l'Humà ("the Human") or l'Eclesiàstic ("the Priest") (1396-1410) -> last descendant of Wilfred the Hairy to rule; died without legitimate heirs, occasion of the Compromise of Casp; interregnum 1410 - 1412

Counts of Barcelona and Kings of Aragon and Valencia, of the Trastàmara dynasty:

• Ferran I el d'Antequera ("of Antequera")(1412-16)
• Alfons IV (III de Valencia, V of Aragon) el Magnànim ("the Magnanimous") (1416-58)
• Joan II (1458-79) -> title disputed much of that time in the War Against Joan II (1462-72)
• Ferran II el Catòlic ("the Catholic") (1479-1516), a.k.a. Ferdinand V of Spain, invaded Navarre (married Isabella I of Castile)
• Joana I la Boja ("the Mad") (1516-55) -> succeeded by Charles I of Spain, a.k.a. Carles I, Count of Barcelona

Counts of Barcelona and Kings of Aragon who occupied the throne during the War Against Joan II (none of these reigned in Valencia, which remained under the control of Joan II):

• Henry IV of Castile (1462-63)
• Peter IV of Portugal el Conestable (1463-66)
• Renato I of Naples (1466-72)

• Carles I (Charles I of Spain; Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor) (1555-56)
• Felip I (Philip II of Spain) (1556-98)
• Felip II (Philip III of Spain) (1598-1621)
• Felip III (Philip IV of Spain) (1621-41)
• Carles II (1665-1700) -> died without heirs

During the War of the Spanish Succession:

• Carles III (1705-14)-> the Catalan-Aragonese confederation was occupied and annexed by Spain: after this time, there are no more Catalan monarchs.

Counts of Barcelona and Kings of Aragon of the Bourbon dynasty During the Guerra dels Segadors (they did not reign in Valencia, where Phillip III of Spain continued to reign:

• Louis XIII of France (1641-43)
• Louis XIV of France (1643-52)

Upon the death, without heirs of Carles II:

• Felip IV (Philip V of Spain) (1700-05)

From this point, the title of Count of Barcelona becomes simply one of the many hereditary titles of the Spanish monarchy.

During the Franco era the exiled heir to the Spanish throne, Juan de Borbón, used the title of Count of Barcelona. This seems to have been intended as a half-measure, claiming a title that was historically royal, but stopping short of claiming to be a current king of Spain. Upon the restoration of the Spanish monarchy in 1978, Juan de Borbón was passed over as king in favor of his son Juan Carlos; the son officially awarded the father the title of Count of Barcelona, which he held until his death in 1993.

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