List of Counts of Barcelona

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The now-extinct title of Count of Barcelona was, through much of its history, merged with that of King of Aragon; see also List of Aragonese Monarchs.

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

• Berà (801-820)
• Rampó (820-826)
• Bernat of Septimania, first reign (826-832)
• Berenguer of Toulouse (832-835)
• Bernat of Septimania, second reign (836-844)
• Sunifred I, a.k.a Sunyer I (844-848)
• Guillem (848-850)
• Aleran and Isembart (850-852)
• Odalric (852-858)
• Humfrid (858-864)
• Bernat of Gothia (865-878)
• Wilfred I the Hairy (Guifré I el Pelós) (878-897)

NOTES:

1. Sunifred I and his son Wilfred the Hairy claimed the title Margrave of the Spanish March, which depended on the province of Septimania
2. Although in this period the title of Count was not hereditary, Bernat of Septimania was father of Guillem, and Sunifred I was father of Wilfred I "the Hairy".

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

• Borrel I, a.k.a. Wilfred II Borrell, Guifré II Borrell (897-911)
• Sunifred II, a.k.a. Sunyer II (911-948)

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

• Borrell II (948-992)
• Ramon Borell (992-1018)
• Berenguer Ramon I el Corbat ("the Crooked") (1018-1035)
• Ramon Berenguer I el Vell ("the Old") (1035-1076)
• Ramon Berenguer II el Cap d'Estopes ("the Towhead") (1076-1082)
• Berenguer Ramon II el Fratricida ("the Fratricide") (1076-1097) -> co-reigned with Ramon Berenguer II and Ramon Berenguer III
• Ramon Berenguer III (I of Provence) el Gran ("the Great") (1082-1131)
• Ramon Berenguer IV el Sant ("the Saint") (1131-1162) -> married Petronila 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 ("the Chaste") or el Trobador ("the Troubadour") (1162-1196)
• 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") (1213-1276), also king of Majorca (See Kingdom of Majorca)
• Pere II (I of Valencia, III of Aragon) el Gran ("the Great") (1276-1285),
• Alfons II (III of Aragon) el Franc ("the Generous") or el Liberal ("the Liberal") (1285-1291)
• Jaume II el Just ("the Just") (1291-1327)
• Alfons III (II of Valencia, IV of Aragon) el Benigne ("the Good") (1327-1336)
• Pere III (II de Valencia, IV of Aragon) el Cerimoniós ("the Ceremonious") or el del Punyalet ("the one with the dagger") (1336-1387)
• Joan I el Caçador ("the Hunter"), el Descurat ("the Careless"), or l'Amador de la Gentilesa ("the Lover of Elegance") (1387-1396)
• Martí I l'Humà ("the Humanist") 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 Trastámara dynasty:

• Ferran I el d'Antequera ("of Antequera") (1412-1416)
• Alfons IV (III de Valencia, V of Aragon) el Magnànim ("the Magnanimous") (1416-1458)
• Joan II (1458-1479) -> title disputed much of that time in the War Against John II (1462-1472)
• Ferran II el Catòlic ("the Catholic") (1479-1516), a.k.a. Ferdinand V of Castile, married Isabella I of Castile, invaded Navarre
• Joana I la Boja ("the Mad") (1516-1555) -> 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 (1462-1463)
• Peter IV (V of Aragon), Connêtable of Portugal (1463-1466) → son of Pedro, Duke of Coimbra and grand-son of John I of Portugal
• Rene I the Good of Anjou, king of Naples (1466-1472)

Counts of Barcelona and Kings of Aragon and Valencia of the Habsburg dynasty (or House of Austria):

• Carles I (Charles I of Spain; Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor) (1555-1556)
• Felip I (Philip II of Spain) (1556-1598)
• Felip II (Philip III of Spain) (1598-1621)
• Felip III (Philip IV of Spain) (1621-1641) (first time)

Counts of Barcelona and Kings of Aragon of the Bourbon dynasty during the Reapers' War (none of these reigned in Valencia, which remained under the control of Phillip IV of Spain):

• Louis XIII of France (1641-1643)
• Louis XIV of France (1643-1652)

Counts of Barcelona and Kings of Aragon and Valencia of the Habsburg dynasty (or House of Austria):

• Philip IV of Spain (1652-1665) (second time)
• Carles II (Charles II of Spain) (1665-1700) -> died without heirs

Counts of Barcelona and Kings of Aragon and Valencia during the War of the Spanish Succession:

• Felip IV (Philip V of Spain) (1700-1705), of the House of Bourbon
• Archduke Charles of Austria, of the House of Austria, styling himself Charles III of Spain (not to be confused with Charles III of Spain) (1705-1714) -> the Catalan-Aragonese confederation was occupied and annexed by Spain.

From this point, there are no more Catalan monarchs. 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 1975, Juan de Borbón was passed over as king in favor of his son Juan Carlos; the son officially awarded him the title of Count of Barcelona in 1978, which he held until his death in 1993.

See also: List of Viscounts of Barcelona

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