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attacked and killed Ramon. His title and fiefs were confiscated and he was consequently exiled from
Catalonia and is not heard of again for seven years. During his exile he befriended one Arnau de Castellbò and gathered around himself a small group of loyal supporters. It was probably during this
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In 1195 Bertran de Born composed a song repenting of his career of disputes and wars and encouraging
Guillem to do the same. There was no time for the poem to have an effect: in 1195 or 1196 Guillem was assassinated by a soldier probably in the employ of one of his numerous enemies.
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Catalonia picks up again in the 1180s. By his father's will of 1183 Guillem stood to inherit the castles of Madrona (known as
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