Arsenda de Rocaberti, vescomtessa and heiress de Rocabertí (1090-1110)

Curator note: many sources show Arsenda as heiress of Rocaberti, which she would have become after the death of her younger brother the only male heir. ________________

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BERENGUER de Empúries, son of PONCE [I] Comte de Empúries & his wife Adelaida --- (-1098). Vescomte de Pedrolada, Señor de Peralada, Carmenco y Rocabertí.

m ARSENDA de Rocabertí Vescomtesa de Peralada, daughter of [GUILLEM de Rocabertí Vescomte de Perelada Seigneur de Vergès & his wife Bonadona ---]. The genealogical table of the Rocaberti family in the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana records her possible parentage, possible grandfather and great-grandfather, and her marriage. The primary sources which confirm this information have not been identified.

Berenguer & his wife had one child:

1. DALMAU [I] (-after 23 Jan 1129). Vescomte de Rocabertí. Pierre Bishop of Elna donated “condaminas de Bages, quas violario jure Dalmatius Berengarii vicecomes de Rocabertíni” to the church of Elna by charter dated 23 Jan 1129[1641]. m ---. The name of Dalmau´s wife is not known. The genealogical table of the Rocaberti family in the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana names her “Toda de Claramunt?/Atilia d’Angelsola?”. The sources on which this suggested information is based have not been identified. Dalmau [I] & his wife had two children:

a) JOFRE [I] . Vescomte de Rocabertí. Udalgar Bishop of Elna and “Gaufredum vicecomitem de Rocabertíno” reached agreement by charter dated 11 Jun 1142, subscribed by “Gaufredi vicecomitis de Rocabertíno...Guillermi Dalmatii fratris eius...”[1642]. m ERMESINDA de Vilademuls, daughter of ---. The genealogical table of the Rocaberti family in the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana records her family origin and marriage[1643]. The primary sources which confirm this information have not been identified. Jofre [I] & his wife had children:

         i)          ERMESINDA Garsenda de Rocabertí (-before [1185]).  The genealogical table of the Rocaberti family in the Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana records her parentage and marriage[1644].  The primary sources which confirm this information have not been identified.  m as his first wife, Infante don SANCHO de Aragón Comte de Roussillon, son of RAMON BERENGUER IV Comte de Barcelona & his wife Petronilla Queen of Aragon ([1161]-1226).  He succeeded in 1181 as Comte de Provence. 

b) GUILLEM Dalmau (-after 11 Jun 1142). Udalgar Bishop of Elna and “Gaufredum vicecomitem de Rocabertíno” reached agreement by charter dated 11 Jun 1142, subscribed by “Gaufredi vicecomitis de Rocabertíno...Guillermi Dalmatii fratris eius...”[1645]. _______________________

From Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana

Enciclopedia.cat. 2021. Rocabertí | enciclopèdia.cat. [online] Available at: <https://www.enciclopedia.cat/ec-gec-0056118.xml> [Accessed 9 February 2021].

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