Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Brother of
Raymond Borrell (Sunifred) de Barcelona
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Estefania (Urgell) de Pallars and Armengol (Sunifred) de Urgel
Died
at about age 36
[location unknown]
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Biography
Note
- Ancestor of the Queens of England, France, and Sicily, and Queen of the Romans, daughters of Raymond Berengar IV of Provence and Beatrice of Savoy.
Sources
See also:
- Wikidata: Item Q2483714
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He was the second son of Borrell II of Barcelona and his first wife, Luitgarde de Toulouse. He was the founder of the Earls of Urgell dynasty. A man of great culture, he led a policy of opening towards Europe , making long trips to Rome , in 998 and 1001 . He pushed his nobles to travel to Santiago de Compostela or Le Puy .
He continued an intense belligerent activity against Al-Andalus . He was taken prisoner in 1004 in Albesa in the fight against the Saracens of Lleida . In 1006 , Abd al-Malik al-Muzaffar made a new incursion against the Segarra and Ribagorza , and was routed at the battle of Tora . Armengol I first participated in the expedition that his brother Ramon Borrell effected in 1010 against Cordova, struggling to battle al-Bakr Aqbat at the Battle of the Guadiaro River , in which he died at the age of 37.
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armengol_Ier_d%27Urgell