Ava of Cerdanya

She has been suggested to be the daughter of a local aristocrat named Fidel, or Bernard Unifred, or Acfred of Carcassonne, a member of the Ribagorça family.

Around the year 900, she married Miró II of Cerdanya and Besalú, with whom she had four sons, who all became counts, and a daughter:[1] Upon the death of her spouse in 927, she ruled the county as a regent for their children, who were still minors.

[2] In 941, she gave her children their own fiefs, and it is assumed that this marked the end of her own mandate as regent.

She never ceased to be involved in the business transactions of the fortune of her late spouse: in accordance with her marriage contract, she had the right to a part of the state fortune for the rest of her life as long as she stayed a widow.

Her actions left their mark in many donations made to various ecclesiastical institutions: Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa (941, 953, 962), Ripoll, Elne (962), and Camprodon (944).