Ruler · 1158 – 1208

Ermengol VIII

Lived 1158 – 1208. Count of Urgel of County of Urgell, 1184 – 1209.

Wikidata's English label: Ermengol VIII, Count of Urgell.

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Lived: 1158 – 1208; 50 years
In office: 25 years; one reign
Lines: 1; County of Urgell
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

Count of Urgel

County of Urgell · the 17th of 28 dated reigns · 798 – 1413

13 before

Ermengol V1092 – 1102

Ermengol VI1102 – 1154

Ermengol VII1154 – 1184

Ermengol VIII1184 – 1209

Aurembiaix1209 – 1231

Ponç IV de Cabrera1231 – 1243

James I of Aragon1234 – 1276

8 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1184 – 1209 · 25 years · came to it aged 26

Came to it: the child of the ruler before, on record
Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 1209, after the death recorded in 1208

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