Ermengol VII el de Valencia, comte d'Urgell

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Sin ninguna posibilidad de expansión territorial, Ermengol VII se sintió atraído por las posesiones castellanas que había heredado de su abuela María Pérez. Así, una parte importante de su reinado la pasó como vasallo del rey Fernando II de León, del que fue mayordomo y teniente de un buen número de castillos de la Extremadura leonesa. Fue gobernador de Valladolid, ocupando este cargo durante su ausencia Fernando Rodríguez de Sandoval, como consta en una escritura del año 1160.

Fundó la canónica de Bellpuig de las Avellanas hacia 1166 y otorgó cartas de población a Agramunt en 1163 y a Balaguer en 1174. Además, en 1164, acuñó la moneda de Agramunt, privativa del condado.

La referencia de su muerte aparece en los Gesta Comitum Barcinonensium, e indica que en 1184 murió el conde Ermengol VII «con su hermano Galcerán de Sales, junto a Valencia». Sin embargo, Ubieto aduce que dado que su vida transcurrió en el reino de León y que en aquel año el monarca leonés y Ermengol se hallaban en Ciudad Rodrigo, al frente de una expedición de asedio contra Cáceres, la Valencia donde murió debió ser Valencia de Alcántara.

Without any possibility of territorial expansion, Ermengol VII was attracted by the Castilian possessions that he had inherited from his grandmother Maria Perez. Thus, an important part of his reign passed like vassal of the king Ferdinand II of Leon, of which he was butler and lieutenant of a good number of castles of Extremadura leonesa. He was governor of Valladolid, occupying this position during his absence Fernado Rodríguez de Sandoval, as it appears in a writing of the year 1160.

He founded the canonical church of Bellpuig de las Avellanas in 1166 and granted letters of population to Agramunt in 1163 and to Balaguer in 1174. In addition, in 1164, he minted the coin of Agramunt, which was deprived of the county.

The reference of his death appears in the Gesta Comitum Barcinonensium, and indicates that in 1184 died the count Ermengol VII "with his brother Galcerán de Sales, next to Valencia". However, Ubieto argues that since his life was in the kingdom of Leon and that year the Leonese monarch and Ermengol were in Ciudad Rodrigo, at the head of a siege expedition against Caceres, the Valencia where he died should have been Valencia de Alcántara. [1]

Marriage and descent

Around 1157 he married Dulce de Foix, daughter of Roger III de Foix and Jimena de Osona, who acted as regent of the county. From this marriage were born:

Ermengol, who succeeded his father in the county of Urgel. Miracle (also called Marquesa) of Urgel. He married in November 1181 with Count Gómez González de Traba (mc 1191). [2] He contracted a second marriage in 1194 with Ponce III de Cabrera, viscount of Cabrera.