Rebellion in the County of Barcelona

Timeline

1. 1041–1043Olerdola · PenedèsMiró Gribell, lord of the castle of Penedès, refused to recognize the count's authority, styling himself "Prince of Olerdola" from 1041 and establishing an independent court; his jurisdictional conflict with the count's brother Sancho Berenguer in the south of the county marked one of the high points of Catalan feudal private warfare.
2. 1044Barcelona · CataloniaMiró Gribell, together with Udalard II and Bishop Guislibert of Bisa, attacked the count's palace from the cathedral tower, bringing the rebellion to its peak; Bishop Oliba of Vic issued an arbitration ruling in 1044 that temporarily eased the situation, though Miró did not fully abandon his demands for independence.
3. 1047–1050Penedès · CataloniaAfter the 1044 arbitration, Miró Gribell continued to contest the count, raiding vassal lands and secretly dealing with Muslim frontier powers to undermine the count's parias income; Ramon Berenguer gradually narrowed the space for the rebellion through military campaigns, court judgments, and his vassal network, and by the 1050s it entered its final phase.