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minor regency government. 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 stayed a widow.
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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
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The origin of Ava is unconfirmed. 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
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Abadal i de Vinyals, Ramon d' (1955). Els comtats de Pallars i Ribagorça. Barcelona: Institut d'Estudis Catalans.
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The old village of BesalĂč, seen from the road. Taken at BesalĂč, Catalonia, Spain, September 2009
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Her actions left their mark in many donations made to various ecclesiastical institutions:
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and BesalĂș, with whom she had four sons, who all became counts, and a daughter:
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Cerdanya
BesalĂș
MirĂł II of Cerdanya
Sunifred II of Cerdanya
count of Cerdanya
count of BesalĂș
Wilfred II of BesalĂș
count of BesalĂș
MirĂł III of Cerdanya
count of Cerdanya
BesalĂș
bishop of Girona
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count of Cerdanya
BesalĂș
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