Count of Girona explained

The Counts of Girona (Catalan; Valencian: Comtes de Girona, Spanish; Castilian: Condes de Gerona) ruled over the County of Girona (currently in Catalonia), the earliest-established of the Catalan Counties which formed the Marca Hispanica. The line was established by the Frankish noble Charles Rostan, Rostany, first Count of Girona (785-801) at the time of Sa'dun al Ruayni.^[1]

Subsequent counts

• Odilon (801-812)
• Bera (812-820)
• Rampo (820-826)
• Bernard I (826-832), first reign
• Berengar (832-835)
• Bernard I (836-844), second reign
• Sunifred I (844-848)
• Wilfred I (848-852)
• Odalric (852-858)
• Humfrid (858-864)
• Otger (861-870)
• Bernat (870-878)
• Wilfred II (878-897)

See also

• Catalan Counties
• Marca Hispanica
• Principality of Catalonia

Notes and References

1. Girona carolíngia: comtes, vescomtes i bisbes (del 785 a l'any 1000) Gabriel Roura - 1988 Comtes beneficiaris El primer comte de Girona fou un noble franc anomenat Rostany, prohom de la cort del rei Lluís I el Piadós, rei del recentment constituït regne d'Aquitània. Al comte Rostany li fou encomanada la consolidació del comtat i ...