- Sunyer II of Empúries
Sunifred II (in Catalan, "Sunyer"; and in Spanish, "Suñer") (c. 840–915) was the
count of Empúries from 862 and Roussillon from 896 until his death. He was the son ofSunyer I of Ampurias He and his brother
Dela obtained the county of Ampurias in 862 afterHumfrid ,margrave ofGothia , rebelled. They governed it together until Dela's death. In 878, the council ofTroyes deposedBernat of Gothia , who had held Roussillon since 865. It was given toMiro the Elder and, in 896, when Miro died, it passed by heredity to Sunifred. Together with Dela, he tried to occupyGirona , but their cousin,Wilfred the Hairy , stopped them. In 888, he travelled toOrléans to do homage to KingOdo of France . In 891, he prepared a naval expedition to attackMoorish Almería . The campaign, however, ended in a truce.He married a woman named Ermengarda, with whom he had the following issue:
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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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