Wilfred I the Hairy of Barcelona
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Wilfred the Hairy, Guifre el Pilos, gathered the Catalan counties into one house and made them hereditary; legend gives him the four red bars of Catalonia, drawn in his own blood. He is the founder; above him the pedigree passes into the shadowy counts of the Spanish March.
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WILFRED THE HAIRY (Guifre el Pilos), Count of BARCELONA (d.897), FOUNDER of the house and of Catalan autonomy; son of Sunifred of Urgell (frontier). Father of Sunyer (our line). *** DOCUMENTED HEAD of the House of Barcelona; origins above note-only. Direct ancestor - the founder of Catalonia. ||2 Nov 2026|| NAME field: regnal numeral added ('Wilfred the Hairy of Barcelona' -> 'Wilfred I the Hairy of Barcelona') so that searches by numeral find this record (housekeeping after Henry I was missed under 'Henry of England').