Knowledge

Sunyer, Count of Barcelona

Source 📝

130: 22: 317:
Sunyer made important efforts with domestic politics, protected the church and strengthened its institutions by giving it more land and income. He also continued to encourage the repopulation of the county of Ausona.
497: 250:. He worked jointly with his brother in the government of the counties held by their father after his death in 897. He did not reign independently until his brother's death in 911. 357:
valley. However Sunyer's counterattack in 914 successfully pushed them back and resulted in the death of al-Tawil. He subsequently repopulated the county of
39: 492: 396:
sent envoys and a fleet to Barcelona in 940, forcing Sunyer into a subservient alliance and to abandon a marriage pact he had reached with king
86: 58: 397: 105: 65: 403:
In 947 Sunyer retired to monastic life and ceded the government of his realms to his sons: Borrell II and Miró I. He died in the
72: 458: 290: 187: 43: 306: 54: 338: 464: 129: 183: 334: 32: 263: 79: 321:
He abandoned the defensive stance adopted by his predecessors and took up the fight actively against the
294: 286: 285:
based on the introduction of novel names into the family. They had four sons and a daughter: Ermengol,
259: 482: 278: 171: 487: 271: 267: 448: 223: 161: 361:, which had been the scene of many conflicts between the Frankish and Muslim empires, as far as 441: 393: 372:. As a result of this successful campaign many of the enemy forces were killed, including the 282: 247: 243: 201: 385: 211: 377: 298: 301:
during his father's lifetime. He died on 21 August between 939 and 943 in a battle near
404: 476: 392:
was forced to pay a tribute to the count. This gain was short-lived however, as
362: 21: 358: 354: 381: 330: 408: 337:, which had increasingly lost control of its northern provinces. In 912, 302: 262:, in 913 or 920, a conflict emerged between Sunyer and his brother Count 156: 389: 342: 350: 346: 326: 231: 227: 333:. At the same time he managed to retain diplomatic relations with 369: 353:, attacked and destroyed the Barcelonian army under Sunyer in the 322: 277:
Sunyer was apparently married by 917, and later appears with wife
373: 400:, who was to marry (or had already married) Sunyer's daughter. 270:. In exchange for the total renunciation of all claims on the 15: 246:
and younger brother of the previous count of Barcelona,
207: 197: 177: 167: 155: 147: 139: 120: 46:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 368:From 936 to 937 he led an expedition against the 498:10th-century people from the County of Barcelona 293:, Adelaide (also called Bonafilla), and Wifred. 325:states to the south. Battles were fought at 8: 281:, speculated to have been a daughter of the 435: 258:However, on the death of his uncle, Count 128: 117: 106:Learn how and when to remove this message 419: 274:, Sunyer gave up his claim on Besalú. 428:Breve historia de la Corona de Aragón 7: 44:adding citations to reliable sources 380:. The Moors temporarily abandoned 14: 493:Burials at Santa Maria de Ripoll 20: 31:needs additional citations for 188:Borrell II, Count of Barcelona 1: 398:García Sánchez I of Pamplona 55:"Sunyer, Count of Barcelona" 297:, the eldest, governed the 266:over the succession of the 514: 134:Sunyer, Count of Barcelona 122:Sunyer, Count of Barcelona 455: 446: 438: 127: 430:(Nowtilus, 2012), p. 38. 184:Miro, Count of Barcelona 305:, possibly against the 405:Monastery of La Grassa 426:David González Ruiz, 279:Richilda of Toulouse 172:Richilda of Toulouse 40:improve this article 272:County of Barcelona 264:Miró II of Cerdanya 222:(c. 870 – 950) was 449:Count of Barcelona 260:Radulf I of Besalú 242:He was the son of 224:count of Barcelona 191:Adelaide/Bonafilla 162:House of Barcelona 471: 470: 456:Succeeded by 394:Abd ar-Rahman III 339:Muhammad al-Tawil 283:Count of Rouergue 248:Wilfred II Borrel 244:Wilfred the Hairy 234:from 911 to 947. 217: 216: 202:Wilfred the Hairy 116: 115: 108: 90: 505: 439:Preceded by 436: 431: 424: 384:(which became a 268:County of Besalú 132: 118: 111: 104: 100: 97: 91: 89: 48: 24: 16: 513: 512: 508: 507: 506: 504: 503: 502: 473: 472: 467: 463: 461: 452: 444: 434: 425: 421: 417: 315: 299:county of Osona 256: 254:Family conflict 240: 192: 190: 186: 182: 135: 123: 112: 101: 95: 92: 49: 47: 37: 25: 12: 11: 5: 511: 509: 501: 500: 495: 490: 485: 475: 474: 469: 468: 457: 454: 445: 440: 433: 432: 418: 416: 413: 314: 311: 255: 252: 239: 236: 215: 214: 209: 205: 204: 199: 195: 194: 179: 175: 174: 169: 165: 164: 159: 153: 152: 149: 145: 144: 141: 137: 136: 133: 125: 124: 121: 114: 113: 28: 26: 19: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 510: 499: 496: 494: 491: 489: 486: 484: 481: 480: 478: 466: 460: 451: 450: 443: 437: 429: 423: 420: 414: 412: 410: 406: 401: 399: 395: 391: 387: 386:no-man's land 383: 379: 375: 371: 366: 364: 360: 356: 352: 348: 344: 340: 336: 332: 328: 324: 319: 312: 310: 308: 304: 300: 296: 292: 288: 284: 280: 275: 273: 269: 265: 261: 253: 251: 249: 245: 237: 235: 233: 229: 225: 221: 213: 210: 206: 203: 200: 196: 189: 185: 180: 176: 173: 170: 166: 163: 160: 158: 154: 150: 146: 142: 138: 131: 126: 119: 110: 107: 99: 88: 85: 81: 78: 74: 71: 67: 64: 60: 57: –  56: 52: 51:Find sources: 45: 41: 35: 34: 29:This article 27: 23: 18: 17: 447: 427: 422: 402: 367: 320: 316: 276: 257: 241: 219: 218: 157:Noble family 102: 96:October 2018 93: 83: 76: 69: 62: 50: 38:Please help 33:verification 30: 483:870s births 488:950 deaths 477:Categories 442:Wilfred II 415:References 411:) in 950. 307:Hungarians 212:Guinidilda 66:newspapers 459:Borrel II 388:), while 382:Tarragona 331:Tarragona 168:Spouse(s) 453:911–947 409:Conflent 378:Valencia 363:Olèrdola 313:Politics 303:Baltarga 295:Ermengol 181:Ermengol 390:Tortosa 370:Muslims 365:(929). 359:Penedès 355:Tàrrega 335:Córdoba 323:Moorish 291:Borrell 238:Origins 80:scholar 465:Miró I 351:Lleida 347:Huesca 341:, the 327:Lleida 232:Ausona 228:Girona 220:Sunyer 208:Mother 198:Father 193:Wifred 143:c. 870 82:  75:  68:  61:  53:  178:Issue 87:JSTOR 73:books 462:and 407:(in 374:Qadi 349:and 343:Wāli 329:and 287:Miró 230:and 148:Died 140:Born 59:news 376:of 345:of 151:950 42:by 479:: 309:. 289:, 226:, 109:) 103:( 98:) 94:( 84:· 77:· 70:· 63:· 36:.

Index


verification
improve this article
adding citations to reliable sources
"Sunyer, Count of Barcelona"
news
newspapers
books
scholar
JSTOR
Learn how and when to remove this message

Noble family
House of Barcelona
Richilda of Toulouse
Miro, Count of Barcelona
Borrell II, Count of Barcelona
Wilfred the Hairy
Guinidilda
count of Barcelona
Girona
Ausona
Wilfred the Hairy
Wilfred II Borrel
Radulf I of Besalú
Miró II of Cerdanya
County of Besalú
County of Barcelona
Richilda of Toulouse
Count of Rouergue

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.