Person:Guisclafred of Carcassonne (1)

Disputed Lineage

Cawley^[2] does not assign parents to Gisclafred, stating "... it is not clear that the different nobles who are attributed in the primary sources with jurisdiction over Carcassonne during the late 8th and early 9th centuries were related. 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 ..."

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Guisclafred (died circa 821) was the Count of Carcassonne from 810. He was the eldest son and successor of Bello of Carcassonne. His brothers were Sunyer I of Ampurias, Sunifred I of Barcelona, and Oliba I of Carcassonne.

When Bello died, his sons partitioned his domains between them, according to the eldest the chief city of Carcassonne. He was succeeded after a short reign by his brother Oliba.

1. ↑ Guisclafred of Carcassonne, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
2. ↑ GISCLAFRED (-after 2 Apr 812), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.

   He was named by Charlemagne in a charter dated 2 Apr 812 as a Count in the Spanish March, without identifying the county. The 19th century historian Jean-Pierre Cros-Mayrevieille said he was identified as the governor of Carcassonne, but did not cite a source to support this.