Wilfred I "el Velloso" Conde de Barcelona Besalu, Gerona, Osona, y Cardena
- Marriage: Guinidilda in 877
- Died: Between 21 Aug 897 and 31 Dec 898, Battle near Santa Maria del Puch 180
- Buried: Santa María de Ripoll
 Another name for Wilfred was Guifré de Barcelona.
Noted events in his life were:
• Web Reference: Charles Cawley's Medieval Lands, Guifré de Barcelona.
Guifré de Barcelona was the son of Seniofredo Count of March of Spain and his wife Esmesend. The Gesta Comitum Barcinonensium names "Guiffredus…cum filio suo Guiffredo qui cognomento est Pilosus" [Gesta Comitum Barcinonensium I, RHGF IX, p. 68]. The Crónica de San Juan de la Peña names "Guiffré que fue de la villa Darriá, sitiada en la tierra de Conflent cerca el río de Ter" when recording that he received "del Rey de Francia, el Condado de Barschinona", as well as "su fillo…Guiffré Pelloso" (stating that the latter was so-called "porque pellos hauía en lugars do homs nondan acostupnado de hauer") [ Crónica de San Juan de la Peña XXII, pp. 98-9]
Wilfred married Guinidilda in 877. (Guinidilda was born in 862 180.)
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