Ermengol or Armengol VI (1096 – 1154), called el de Castilla ("the one from Castile"), was the Count of Urgell from 1102 until his death. He was the son and successor of Ermengol V and María Pérez, daughter of Count Pedro Ansúrez, Lord of Valladolid, who became the young Ermengol's tutor when he was orphaned in 1102.[1][2]
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Ermengol VI was born in 1096 in Valladolid, whence his nickname comes. During his minority, he was under the regency of his grandfather, Pedro Ansúrez, but the real power lay in the hands of Guerau II of Cabrera and Raymond Berenguer III of Barcelona. With their help, the young count conquered Balaguer in 1105[3] and made it his capital.
He was a patron of several religious establishments, including Solsona Cathedral as well as the Monastery of Santa María de Retuerta in Valladolid, which had been founded by his father-in-law, Pedro Ansúrez.[7]
Before August 1126, Ermengol married Arsenda de Cabrera,[a] daughter of Guerau II de Cabrera, first Viscount of Àger, and sister of Ponce Giraldo de Cabrera.[4] They divorced and she married as her second husband Galcerán de Sales, son of Arnaldo Iohannis, with whom she had a son, also named Galcerán de Sales, who died with his half-brother Ermengol VII.[4] Ermengol and Arsenda were the parents of:[b]
Ermengol VII, who succeeded his father as Count of Urgell.[4]
Ermengol VI married a second time, before September 1135,[c] to Elvira Rodríguez, daughter of Count Rodrigo González de Lara and Sancha of Castile, an illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso VI of León. To this union were born:
^On 7 September 1135 they appear together making a donation to the Colegiata de Santa María la Mayor (Valladolid) as ego Ermengaudus Urgelensis comes una cum conjuge mea Elvira Rodrigues[11]
^María and her husband Lope were the parents of a son, Ermengol (before 1172 – after 1123),[14] known as Ermengaudo sine terra, who is mentioned in the last will of his uncle Ermengol VII.[15]
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