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Birth:          ABT  912 
Death:           961 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ava_of_Cerdanya
Ava of Cerdanya (d. 961), was countess consort of Cerdanya and Besalú. She ruled as 
regent during the minority of her sons from 927 until 941.

Life[edit]

The origin of Ada is unconfirmed. She has been suggested to be the daughter of a 
local aristocrat named Fidel, or Bernard Unifred, 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]
Sunifred II of Cerdanya (915-968), count of Cerdanya and count of Besalú
Wilfred II of Besalú (?-957), count of Besalú
Miró III of Cerdanya (920-984), count of Cerdanya and Besalú, and bishop of Girona
Oliba Cabreta (920-990), count of Cerdanya, Besalú, and count of Ripoll
Fredeburga of Cerdanya, abbess of the Monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses

Upon the death of her spouse in 927, she ruled the county as a regent for their 
children, who were still minors. During her regency, she was forced to handle repeated 
rebellions of the local aristocracy, who attempted to take control of the counties and 
take advantage of the presumed weakness of a minor regency government.[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. After this point, her presence in official state documents 
gradually diminished. 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 stayd 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).

Parents
____ Bernard (Bernardo) I (ABT  890 - AFT  950)
GALINDEZ OF ARAGON Tota (ABT  894 - )

Siblings
____ Ramon (Raymond) (Raimondo) II (ABT  910 - ABT  970)
DE RIBAGORZA Ava de (ABT  912 -  961)

Marriage To ____ Miro II (ABT  878 - Oct  927)
    m.  

Notes

Parents
____ Wilfred I "el Velloso" (ABT  840 - AFT 21 Aug  897)
____ Widnille (Guinidilda) (ABT  863 - )

Children by ____ Miro II ABT  878 - Oct  927
____ Oliba II (ABT  940 -  990)

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