Counts of Berga

The counts of Berga were the feudal lords of Berga, one of the Catalan counties created out of Besalú in 988 for a younger son of Oliba Cabreta. The viscounts of Berga ruled the city in name during the rule of the counts of Besalú from the early tenth century.

Counts

Source:

• Oliba (988-1002)
• Wilfred (1002-1035)
• Bernard I (1035-1050)
• Berengar (1050)
• Raymond (1050-1068)
• William I (1068-1094)
• William II (1094-1109) co-reigning with
• Bernard II (1094-1117)

To the counts of Barcelona.

Viscounts

Source:

• Brandai (905-?)
• Onofred (c.950)
• Bardina (1003-1017)
• Dalmau I (1017-1067)
• Bernat Dalmau (1067-1086)
• Dalmau II Bernat (1086-1113)
• Guisla (1113-?)
• William I (?-1183)
• William II (1183-1196)
• Berengar (1196-1199)
• Raymond (1199)

Sold to Peter II of Aragón.

Further reading

• Sabaté i Curull, Flocel: "La noció d'Espanya a la Catalunya medieval". In: Acta historica et archaeologica mediaevalia, No. 19, 1998, pp. 375–390. ISSN 0212-2960 (online version)
• Santandreu i Soler, Dolors, 2006: La Vila de Berga a L'Edat Mitjana - La Família dels Berga, vol. 1. Doctoral thesis, University of Barcelona (online version)