Ermengol VI

Ermengol or Armengol VI (1096 – 1154), called el de Castilla ("the one from Castile"), was the count of Urgell from 1102 until his death.

During his minority, he was under the regency of his grandfather, Pedro Ansúrez, but the real power lay in the hands of Guerau II of Cabrera and Raymond Berenguer III of Barcelona.

In 1149, he assisted Raymond Berenguer in the conquest and repopulation of Lleida,[1] receiving one-third of the city,[7] which was thenceforward part of his dominion.

He was a patron of several religious establishments, including Solsona Cathedral as well as the Monastery of Santa María de Retuerta in Valladolid, which had been founded by his father-in-law, Pedro Ansúrez.

[4] Ermengol and Arsenda were the parents of:[b] Ermengol VI married a second time, before September 1135,[c] to Elvira Rodríguez, daughter of Count Rodrigo González de Lara and Sancha of Castile, an illegitimate daughter of King Alfonso VI of León.