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Birth:          ABT  810 of Urgel, Lerida, Spain
Death:           848 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunifred,_Count_of_Barcelona
Sunifred was the Count of Barcelona as well as many other Catalan and Septimanian 
counties; including Ausona, Besalú, Girona, Narbonne, Agde, Béziers, Lodčve, 
Melgueil, Cerdanya, Urgell, Conflent, and Nîmes; from 834 to 848 (Urgell and 
Cerdanya) and from 844 to 848 (others).

He may have been the son[1] of Belló, Count of Carcassonne, or more probably, his 
son-in-law.[2] In 834, he was named count of Urgell and Cerdanya by Louis the Pious, 
Holy Roman Emperor; at the time these counties were in the control of Aznar Galíndez 
I, an ally of the Banu Qasi). Sunifred conquered Cerdanya in 835 and Urgell three 
years later (838).

In the dynastic struggles that accompanied the three years between Louis the Pious' 
death (840) and the Treaty of Verdun (843), Bernard of Septimania, the Count of 
Barcelona (and many other marches and counties, including Septimania, Girona, 
Narbonne, Béziers, Agde, Melgueil, Nîmes, and Toulouse) aligned with Pepin II of 
Aquitaine, while Sunifred, his brother Sunyer I, Count of Empúries, and their sons 
(sometimes referred to as the Bellonid Dynasty or Bellonids) placed their allegiance 
with Charles the Bald.

In 841, the Moors invaded Barcelona and marched against Narbonne through the 
region of Cerdanya. Sunifred stopped them cold in battle, an event which certainly 
influenced Charles the Bald's respect for him. For in 844, Charles reclaimed Toulouse 
from Pepin II, captured Bernard of Septimania, and had him executed. In exchange for 
his fealty, Charles gave Sunifred the dead count's honours of Barcelona, Girona, and 
the march of Gothia. Sunifred also augmented his domains when Conflent fell into his 
hands, as reigning count of Cerdanya, on the death of Bera II.

Throughout his reign, he was aloof of William of Septimania, son of Bernard, who had 
risen in 844 against Charles the Bald. In 848, William was named count of Toulouse 
and Empúries by Pepin II. He quickly moved to eliminate Sunifred and Sunyer. Both 
brothers died in 848 and some of their counties were assumed by William. Sunifred 
supposedly died of natural causes, but the cause of Sunyer's death is unknown.

Sunifred I married Ermesende, and had the following children:
Wilfred the Hairy (died 11 August 897)
Radulf of Besalú (died 920)
Miro the Elder (died 896)

Parents
____ Bello (ABT  755 -  812)
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Siblings
____ Oliba I (ABT  800 -  837)
____ Sunyer I (ABT  805 -  848)
____ Sunifred I (ABT  810 -  848)

Marriage To ____ Ermensende (ABT  814 - )
    m.  

Notes


Children by ____ Ermensende ABT  814 - 
____ Wilfred I "el Velloso" (ABT  840 - AFT 21 Aug  897)

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