Spain: Wilfred the Hairy (Wilfredo, died 897), Count of Barcelona, Plaza de Oriente, Madrid. Created by Spanish sculptor, Luis Salvador Carmona (1708-1767), c. 1750
Spain: Wilfred the Hairy (Wilfredo, died 897), Count of Barcelona, Plaza de Oriente, Madrid. Created by Spanish sculptor, Luis Salvador Carmona (1708-1767), c. 1750
Wilfred or Wifred, called the Hairy, (died 11 August 897) was Count of Urgell (from 870), Cerdanya (from 870), Barcelona (from 878), Girona (from 878, as Wilfred II), Besalú (from 878) and Ausona (from 886). On his death in 897, his son, Wilfred Borrell, inherited these Catalan counties.
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