Person:Bellon de Carcassonne (1)

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Bello (c. 755 – 810) was Count of Carcassonne from 790 until his death. He was the founder of the Bellonid Dynasty of Carcassonne and Razès which reached its apex in Wilfred the Hairy, progenitor of the House of Barcelona.

It is not known who Bello married, but several children have been suggested for him:

• Guisclafred, his successor in Carcassonne
• Oliba I, Count of Carcassonne and Razès
• Sunyer I, Count of Empúries
• Sunifred I, Count of Barcelona - may have been his son or possibly son-in-law. He is mentioned to be the brother of Sunyer I; might have been his brother-in-law.
• Argila of Razès, Count of Carcassonne and Razès
• Bera of Barcelona, Count of Carcassonne and Razès, Count of Barcelona, Girona, Ausona, Empúries

Argila and Bera are less likely to have been sons of Bello. Bera is also noted to be the son of William of Gellone, but that is also unlikely based on references detailing William's inheritance.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Bello of Carcassonne, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} BORELL (-after [809])], in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

   Cawley identifies him as a Count in the March of Spain (county not identified), mentioned in the Vita Hludovici (mid-9th century) in regards to events in 798 and again in 809. He says he is likely (but not proven) to be the same Borrell who was the father of Seniofredo, through whom Borrell is the ancestor of the Counts of Barcelona. His wife's name was unknown, and no other children are assigned to them.
   
   Cawley considers the early Counts in the March of Spain to be "apparently unrelated", stating (on the page about the Comtes de Carcassonne) "It was unusual during that period in France for fiefdoms to be awarded with hereditary rights, as is demonstrated by the absence of dynastic counties among the Carolingian nobility". Suggestions that Gisclafred, Oliba, and others were his sons may have been made under the impression that hereditary rights existed at that time and place, but there appears to be no evidence to support these relationships.
   
   Note that Cawley does not equate him with Bello, Count of Carcassonne (he is silent on the matter) but the dynasty originating with Borrell is called the Bellonid Dynasty.

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 BELLO (-[before 812]), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

   ' “Bellon” is the first known count to have governed Carcassonne, and is named in documents dated after 778 and before 812.'
   
   Cawley says no more about Bello. He seems to be generally equated with Borrell (Burellum in Latin), as the name of the dynasty originating with Borrell is called the Bellonid Dynasty.