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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.

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.

References

  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.
  2. Jarrett, Jonathan Andrew (2010). Rulers and Ruled in Frontier Catalonia, 880-1010: Pathways of Power. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 978-0-86193-309-9.
Preceded byBerengar the Wise Count of Empúries
835–841 		Succeeded byAlaric I
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