Álvaro, Count of Urgell

Álvaro (1239 in Burgos – 1268 in Foix), called Àlvar el Castellà ("the Castilian")[1] in Catalan, was the Count of Urgell and Viscount of Àger from 1243.

He was the son of Ponce I, Count of Urgell and succeeded his brother Ermengol IX within a year of their father's death.

Upon inheriting the county of Urgell, he exchanged his birth name, Rodrigo, for Álvaro and married Constance of Montcada, a relative of the ruling family of Béarn, at the order of James I of Aragon in 1253.

In 1259, Álvaro breached his feudal obligations to the king of Aragon and brought down the royal wrath on his principality: the seneschal Pere de Montcada invaded and occupied Ponts.

Álvaro was forced to flee with his wife Cecilia of Foix, leaving Urgell in the hands of his son Ermengol X.