Rampó was the count of Barcelona from 820 until 825. After the mandatory deposition of Berà, Emperor Louis I the Pious considered it prudent to entrust Berà's honors (or rather his counties) to a noble man far from the factional struggle that had developed in Gothia. He chose the Frank Rampó, who had already faithfully served Charlemagne, and who had been charged to communicate the death of the Emperor to his son Louis I, then king of Aquitania, in Doue (Anjou) at the beginning of 814. The now-extinct title of Count of Barcelona was, through much of its history, merged with that of King of Aragon; see also List of Aragonese Monarchs. ... Events Michael II succeeds Leo V as Byzantine Emperor The Historia Brittonum is written (approximate date) Births Rhodri Mawr (the Great), ruler of Gwynedd (Wales) (approximate date) Photius I, patriarch of Constantinople (approximate date) Deaths December 24: Leo V, Byzantine Emperor (assassinated) Shankara, Hinduist teacher Tang Xian Zong, emperor of... Events Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia at Ellandun. ... Louis the Pious (also known as Louis I, Louis the Fair and Louis the Debonaire, German form: Ludwig der Fromme, French form: Louis le Pieux or Louis le Débonnaire, Spanish form: Ludovico Pío) (April 16, 778 - June 20, 840) was Emperor and King of the Franks from 814... The term Gothia, also called the Hispanic March, was frequently assigned to an area made up of lands south of the Pyrenees as well as in the north (Septimania). ... The Franks were one of several west Germanic tribes who entered the late Roman Empire from Frisia as foederati and established a lasting realm in an area that covers most of modern-day France and the region of Franconia in Germany, forming the historic kernel of both these two modern... A Frankish king, like Charlemagne, (center) depicted in the Sacramentary of Charles the Bald (about 870) Charlemagne (c. ... History In Roman times, the province of Gallia Aquitania originally comprised the region of Gaul between the Pyrenees Mountains and the Garonne River, but Augustus Caesar added to it the land between the Garonne and the Loire River. ... For other uses, see Anjou (disambiguation). ... Events Louis the Pious succeeds Charlemagne as king of the Franks and Emperor. ...

It is believed that Rampó governed in Barcelona, Girona and Besalú, and was titled Count and Marquis, the latter title reserved only for the rulers of the border counties. In 821 the court of Aachen ordered him to ransack Muslim territory, an order which he had to carry out 822, up to the river Segre. It is believed that Aznar I Galíndez, count of Urgell and Cerdagne and former ruler of Aragón, also participated in this expedition. Girona (Catalan: Girona, Spanish: Gerona, French: Gérone) is a city located in the northwest of Catalonia, Spain on the confluence of the rivers Ter and Onyar. ... Besalú is a medieval town in the Catalan comarca of Garrotxa. ... Events Tang Mu Zong becomes emperor of China Births Deaths February 11 - Benedict of Aniane, monastic founder and saint December 18 - Theodulf, Bishop of Orléans Coenwulf, king of Mercia Categories: 821 ... Map of Germany showing Aachen Aachen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the border with Belgium and the Netherlands, 65 km to the west of Cologne, and the westernmost city in Germany, at 50°46 N, 6°6 E. Population: 256,605 (2003). ... A Muslim is a believer in or follower of Islam. ... Events Abd-ar-rahman II becomes ruler of Umayyad Spain. ... Segre is a river tributary to the Ebre. ... Aznar I Galíndez (?? - 839) was Count of Aragón from 809 to 820, succeeding Aureolo upon the latters death. ... Urgell is one of the historical Catalan counties, bordering on the counties of Pallars and Cerdanya. ... Alta Cerdanya or French Cerdanya (French Cerdagne) is an alternative name for the portion of historical Cerdanya, south of the top crest of the Pyrenees, that was ceded to the French crown by the Treaty of the Pyrenees (France and for this reason was chosen as the place to build...

Rampó probably died in the year 825. Not until an assembly in Aachen in February of 826 did Louis I designate a replacement. The man elected to the position was the chief of the war party, Bernat of Septimania, the younger brother of Gaucelm of Empúries and Roussillon. Events Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia at Ellandun. ... Events The Danish king accepts Christianity. ... Bernard or Bernat of Septimania was Count of Barcelona from 826 to 832 and again from 835 to 844. ... Gaucelm was a count of Rosselló c. ... Empúries is a town in the Mediterranean coast of the Catalan comarca of Empordà. ... Roussillon (Catalan Rosselló) is one of the historical Catalan Countries corresponding roughly to the present-day southern French département of Pyrénées-Orientales (Eastern Pyrenees). ...