Visigothic line of the House of Barcelona (Raymond IV of Gothia and Toulouse)

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Visigothic line of the House of Barcelona (Raymond IV of Gothia and Toulouse)

Clearly established Visigothic line of the founding house of Barcelona Spain.

The line traced to the Visigothic Kings, whose Kingdom comprised the area called Gothia (Septimania, Langudoc and Toulouse) of which the leader of the First Crusade, Raymond IV of Gothia used the title “Marqis of Gothia”, as of one and the same lineage and land.

In 3 Parts

1.    Line from Duke Raymond IV to Count Wilfred the hairy of Barcelona

2.    Line from Count Wilfred the Hairy of Barcelona to King Wamba

3.    Line from King Wamba of Visigothia to Alaric I

 

Kingdom of the Visigoths

The history of Langudoc: Visigoths

 

SECTION 3: Genealogy of Raymond IV to Wilfrid the Hairy of Barcelona

  1. Raymond IV (Raymond of Saint-Gilles):
    • Count of Toulouse and Marquis of Provence.
  1. Pons of Toulouse (Pons the Younger):
    • Father of Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse from 1037 to 1060.
  1. William III Taillefer:
    • Grandfather of Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse from 978 to 1037.
  1. Raymond III Pons:
    • Great-grandfather of Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse from 961 to 978.
  1. Pons II of Toulouse:
    • Great-great-grandfather of Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse from 928 to 961.
  1. Raymond II of Toulouse:
    • Great-great-great-grandfather of Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse from 924 to 940.
  1. Raymond I of Toulouse:
    • Great-great-great-great-grandfather of Raymond IV, Count of Toulouse from 852 to 865.
  1. Berno of Septimania:
    • Great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of Raymond IV, Count of Septimania in the late 8th and early 9th centuries.
  1. Guilhem I of Razès:
    • Great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of Raymond IV, Count of Razès in the 8th and 9th centuries.
  1. Bello of Razès:
    • Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of Raymond IV.
  1. Bertrand of Razès:
    • Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of Raymond IV.
  1. Wilfred the Hairy:
    • Great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather of Raymond IV.
    • Wilfred the Hairy (Guifré el Pilós in Catalan) is considered the founder of the House of Barcelona. He was Count of Barcelona from 878 until his death in 897.

SECTION 2: Genealogy of Count of Barcelona, Wilfred the Hairy to king Wamba

Simplified version taken from the “Llibre dels Fets” (Book of Deeds), a chronicle written in the 14th century by King James I of Aragon. In this chronicle, King James I traces the lineage of the House of Barcelona back to King Wamba, presenting a genealogy that connects the Visigothic royal line to his own dynasty.

 

1.    King Wamba, King of the Visigoths, ruled from 672 to 680 AD.

2.    Ermesinda, Daughter of King Wamba, married Count Dux of Cerdanya.

3.    Borrell, Count of Osona, Urgell and Cerdanya

4.    Galindo Belascotenes, first Count of Aragon

5.    Galindo Aznarez, Count of Aragon

6.    Aznar Galíndez, Count of Aragon

7.    Galindo Aznárez, Count of Aragon

8.    Azinar Sunifred I, Count of Urgell: Son of Ermesinda and Count Dux of Cerdanya, first Count of Urgell.

9.    Sunifred II of Urgell: Son of Azinar Sunifred I, succeeded him as Count of Urgell.

10. Wilfred the Hairy (Guifré el Pilós): Son of Sunifred II of Urgell, first Count of Barcelona and Girona, considered the founder of the House of Barcelona.

 

Wilfred the Hairy (GUIFRÉ El Pilos) was the founder of the Catalan dynasty and the count of Barcelona, Girona, Ausona, Urgell, Cerdanya, and Besalú. Virtually all historians accredit him as a Noble Goth.

 

SECTION 3: Genealogy of King Wamba (Ruled Gothia / Visigothia 672-680)

While dozens of books (as listed here https://fmg.ac/phocadownload/userupload/foundations2/JN-02-01/003Gothic.pdf ) assert these families, such as of Aragon etc are descenants of the Goths, there aren’t many great genealogical examples. However, Wamba was widely considered as the best Noble in all the Visigoth lands, and was forcibly elected when the throne was vacant. That is well recorded, as in “Histoire of King Wamba” written by Julian Bishop of Toledo in 675 AD.

Anderson’s Genealogical Tables which normally are very detailed in this period, show us this was common to elect their best of their own people.  

 

Note:

The below quote from the authentic historical record of Simon de St. Bertin. This text was written, Circa 1135-7. The following is part of the entry for the year 1099, after the capture of Jerusalem and the crowning of Godfrey de Bouillon as King of Jerusalem.

“While he [Godfrey] was reigning magnificently, some had decided not to return to the shadows of the world after suffering such dangers for God’s sake. On the advice of the princes of God’s army they vowed themselves to God’s Temple under this rule: they would renounce the world, give up personal goods, free themselves to pursue purity, and lead a communal life wearing a poor habit, only using arms to defend the land against the attacks of the insurgent pagans when necessity demanded.”

There are many other authentic writings from early in the 12th Century but none allude to the actual founding of the order.

Prince Raymond IV commanded by far the largest army of Crusaders and was the most senior. He was also offered the crown of Jerusalem which he refused to be King where Christ suffered. Part of his spirit of resistance was also, that he was the only prince who refused to do homage to the emperor Alexius for their expected conquests. Therefore it seems more fitting one of the other Nobles would have finally accepted the crown which would only have been legally placed by the Emperor Alexius Commenus, the one whom they were fighting for.

In the time when Godfrey was “reigning magnificently” would have been when he was busy liberating the Orthodox areas, in a great assistance to the Byzantine Empire against the Muslims. This would have been between 1096 and no later than the time of his death in 1100. As he only was King of Jerusalem for less than one year before his death. While Raymond IV, prince of Gothia lived another six years.

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