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Sunyer I, Count of Empúries

Sunyer I, Count of Empúries

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Sunyer I was count of Empúries and Roussillon (with the pagus of Perelada) from 834 to 841.[1][page needed]

He was the son of Count Belló I of Carcassonne.

Sunyer I was deposed in 841 due to a new policy of the Frankish Emperor, he died in 848. His eldest son, Sunyer II, was later a count of Empúries and Roussillon (with Perelada) and another son, Delà, was an associate count of his brother.[2][page needed]

References

  1. [1]
    Cingolani, Stefano Maria (2010). "The Family of Wilfred I, the Hairy : Marriage and the Consolidation of Power, 800-1000". The Family of Wilfred I, the Hairy: Marriage and the Consolidation of Power, 800-1000: 119–140.
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    Jarrett, Jonathan Andrew (2010). Rulers and Ruled in Frontier Catalonia, 880-1010: Pathways of Power. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-0-86193-309-9.
Preceded by Count of Empúries
835–841		 Succeeded by
Alaric I
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