Sunyer II, Count of Empúries

Frankish noble
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IntroFrankish noble
Noble
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Male
Birth840
Death915
Family
Father:Sunyer I, Count of Empúries
Siblings:Dela
Children:Gausbert Bencion Guadall d'Empúries-Rosselló
The details

Biography

Sunyer II (c. 840–915) was the count of Empúries from 862 and Roussillon from 896 until his death. He was the son of Sunyer I of Empúries

He and his brother Dela obtained the county of Empúries in 862 after Humfrid, margrave of Gothia, rebelled. They governed it together until Dela's death. In 878, the council of Troyes deposed Bernat of Gothia, who had held Roussillon since 865. It was given to Miro the Elder and, in 896, when Miro died, it passed by heredity to Sunifred. Together with Dela, he tried to occupy Girona, but their cousin, Wilfred the Hairy, stopped them. In 888, he travelled to Orléans to do homage to King Odo of France. In 891, he prepared a naval expedition to attack Moorish Almería. The campaign, however, ended in a truce.

He married a woman named Ermengarda, with whom he had the following issue:

  • Bencion (d. 916), successor
  • Gausbert (d. 931), successor of his brother
  • Elmerat (d. 920), bishop of Elna
  • Guadal (d. 947), bishop of Elna
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