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The County of Empúries ( ca, Comtat d'Empúries, ), also known as the County of Ampurias ( es, Condado de Ampurias), was a medieval county centred on the town of

Empúries Empúries ( ca, Empúries ) was an ancient city on the Mediterranean coast of Catalonia, Spain. Empúries is also known by its Spanish name, Ampurias ( es, Ampurias ). The city Ἐμπόριον ( el, Ἐμπόριον, Emporion, meaning "tradi ...

and enclosing the Catalan region of

Peralada Peralada () is a village in the province of Girona, Catalonia, Spain. It was the home of the Frankish Counts of Peralada who controlled this portion of the Marca Hispanica before becoming part of the lands held by the Count of Barcelona. Figuere ...

. It corresponds to the historic ''

comarca A ''comarca'' (, or , or ) is a traditional region or local administrative division found in Portugal, Spain and some of their former colonies, like Brazil, Nicaragua, and Panama. The term is derived from the term ''marca'', meaning a "march, ...

'' of

Empordà Emporda (from the official name in ca, Empordà, , name in es, Ampurdán, ) is a natural and historical region of Catalonia, Spain, divided since 1936 into two ''comarques'', Alt Empordà and Baix Empordà. The city of Figueres, an important ...

. After the

Franks The Franks ( la, Franci or ) were a group of Germanic peoples whose name was first mentioned in 3rd-century Roman sources, and associated with tribes between the Lower Rhine and the Ems River, on the edge of the Roman Empire.H. Schutz: Tools, ...

conquered the regions in 785, Empúries and Peralada came under the authority of the

County of Girona The Counts of Girona ( ca, Comtes de Girona, es, Condes de Gerona) ruled over the County of Girona (currently in Catalonia), the earliest-established of the Catalan Counties which formed the ''Marca Hispanica''. The line was established by the F ...

. Around 813, Empúries, with Peralada, became a separate county under

Ermenguer Ermenguer was the first known ruler of the county of Empúries (813-817, attested). It seems that he was a Goth, a member of the local nobility. He was given the county when the region was stabilised under the Franks, but it was given to Gauce ...

. He and the other early counts were probably of

Visigothic The Visigoths (; la, Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, Wisi) were an early Germanic people who, along with the Ostrogoths, constituted the two major political entities of the Goths within the Roman Empire in late antiquity, or what is kno ...

origin. In 817, Empúries was merged with the

County of Roussillon The County of Roussillon ( ca, Comtat de Rosselló, , la, Comitatus Ruscinonensis) was one of the Catalan counties in the Marca Hispanica during the Middle Ages. The rulers of the county were the counts of Roussillon, whose interests lay both no ...

, a union which lasted until 989. One of the ninth-century counts of Empúries assembled a fleet powerful enough to conquer the

Balearic Islands The Balearic Islands ( es, Islas Baleares ; or ca, Illes Balears ) are an archipelago in the Balearic Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula. The archipelago is an autonomous community and a province of Spain; its capital is ...

, but only for a brief time. From 835 to 844, Sunyer I ruled Empúries and Peralada while

Alaric I Alaric I (; got, 𐌰𐌻𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃, , "ruler of all"; c. 370 – 410 AD) was the first king of the Visigoths, from 395 to 410. He rose to leadership of the Goths who came to occupy Moesia—territory acquired a couple of decades ...

ruled Roussillon and

Vallespir Vallespir (; ) is a historical Catalan comarca in Northern Catalonia, part of the French department of Pyrénées-Orientales. The capital of the comarca is Ceret, and it borders Conflent, Rosselló, Alt Empordà, Garrotxa and Ripollès ...

. At the death of Gausfred I in 989, Roussillon and Empúries were separated. Gausfred's elder son Hugh I received Empúries while Giselbert I received Roussillon. Hugh's comital dynasty lasted until 1322, when Empúries passed to a collateral branch of his family. The last count, Hugh VI, sold the county to Peter IV of Ribagorza in 1325 in exchange for the barony of Pego and the towns of Xaló and Laguar, all located within the

Kingdom of Valencia Kingdom commonly refers to: * A monarchy ruled by a king or queen * Kingdom (biology), a category in biological taxonomy Kingdom may also refer to: Arts and media Television * ''Kingdom'' (British TV series), a 2007 British television drama s ...

. Peter later traded it with Ramon Berenguer d'Aragona for the county of Prades in 1341. From that point on, Empúries was an

apanage An appanage, or apanage (; french: apanage ), is the grant of an estate, title, office or other thing of value to a younger child of a sovereign, who would otherwise have no inheritance under the system of primogeniture. It was common in much o ...

of the

Crown of Aragon The Crown of Aragon ( , ) an, Corona d'Aragón ; ca, Corona d'Aragó, , , ; es, Corona de Aragón ; la, Corona Aragonum . was a composite monarchy ruled by one king, originated by the dynastic union of the Kingdom of Aragon and the County of B ...

. In a letter of December 1002,

Pope Sylvester II Pope Sylvester II ( – 12 May 1003), originally known as Gerbert of Aurillac, was a French-born scholar and teacher who served as the bishop of Rome and ruled the Papal States from 999 to his death. He endorsed and promoted study of Arab and Gre ...

confirmed the county of Empúries and the "county of Pedralbes" as a part of the

diocese of Girona The Roman Catholic Diocese of Girona ( la, Gerunden(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Girona in the Ecclesiastical province of Tarragona in Catalonia, Spain.Letter 260 in Lattin (1961), 356–58.

List of counts

813–817 *

Gaucelm Gaucelm (died 834) was a Frankish count and leading magnate in Gothia during the reign of Louis the Pious. He was initially the Count of Roussillon from about 800, but he received Empúries in 817 and was thenceforward the chief representative o ...

817–832 (united to Roussillon) *

Berengar the Wise Berengar, called the Wise ( ca, Berenguer el Savi, la, Berengarius Sapiens), was the duke or count of Toulouse (814–835) and duke (or margrave) of Septimania (832–835). He held the County of Barcelona concomitantly with Septimania. Berenga ...

832–835 * Sunyer I 835–841 (united to Roussillon) * 841–844 * Sunyer I 844–848, again *

William William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

848–850 (united to Roussillon) *

Odalric Ulrich (), is a German given name, derived from Old High German ''Uodalrich'', ''Odalric''. It is composed of the elements ''Othala rune, uodal-'' meaning "(noble) heritage" and ''-rich'' meaning "rich, powerful". Attested from the 8th century as th ...

852–858 (united to Roussillon) *

Humfrid Humfrid was the count of Barcelona, Girona, Empúries, Roussillon, and Narbonne from 858 to 864. He also bore the title margrave of Gothia (''Gothiæ marchio''), as he held several frontier counties.The source for his famous title is the ''Annales ...

858–862 (united to Roussillon) * Sunyer II 862–915 (united to Roussillon) * Dela 862–894, associated * Gausbert 915–931 (united to Roussillon and Perelada as a county) *

Bencion Bencion (in Catalan and Spanish, ''Benció'') (died 916) was the count of Empúries and Rosselló from 915 to his death. He was the son of Sunyer II of Empúries, whom he succeeded. He married Godlana, daughter of Miro the Elder of Conflent ...

915–916, associated * Gausfred I 931–989 * Hugh I 989/91–1040 * 1040–1078 (transferred Perelada, as a viscountcy, to his son ) * Hugh II 1078–1116 * 1116–1154, also as Ponç Hug I * 1154–1173 * 1173–1200 * 1173–1175, associated, also known as Ponç Hug d'Entença * 1200–1230 * 1230–1269, also as Ponç Hug III * 1269–1277 * Ponç V 1277–1313, also as Ponç Hug IV (also

viscount of Bas The Viscounty of Besalú, or Bas (from the Latin ''Basso''), was the sub-comital authority in the county of Besalú during the Middle Ages. It was ruled by the House of Cervera (also called ''Cerveró(n)'' or ''Cervelló(n)'', from the Latin ''Cerv ...

) * 1313–1322, also as Ponç Hug V ''Malgauli'' (also viscount of Bas) * 1322–1327 * 1322–1325 *

Peter I Peter I may refer to: Religious hierarchs * Saint Peter (c. 1 AD – c. 64–88 AD), a.k.a. Simon Peter, Simeon, or Simon, apostle of Jesus * Pope Peter I of Alexandria (died 311), revered as a saint * Peter I of Armenia (died 1058), Catholico ...

1325–1341 * 1341–1364 * 1364–1386, 1387–1398 * Peter II 1386–1387, also king of Aragon * 1398–1401 * 1401–1402 * 1402 *

Martin Martin may refer to: Places * Martin City (disambiguation) * Martin County (disambiguation) * Martin Township (disambiguation) Antarctica * Martin Peninsula, Marie Byrd Land * Port Martin, Adelie Land * Point Martin, South Orkney Islands Austr ...

1042, 1407–1410, also king of Aragon *

Maria de Luna Maria de Luna (c. 1358 – 1406) was queen consort of Aragon, as the spouse of King Martin I of Aragon, from his ascension in 1396 to her death in 1406. In the early years of Martin's reign, she served as regent of Aragon while her husband tend ...

1402–1407 :''Empúries escheated to the crown between 1410 and 1436. Subsequently the title is mostly honorific.'' *

Henry I Henry I may refer to: 876–1366 * Henry I the Fowler, King of Germany (876–936) * Henry I, Duke of Bavaria (died 955) * Henry I of Austria, Margrave of Austria (died 1018) * Henry I of France (1008–1060) * Henry I the Long, Margrave of the ...

1436–1445 * Henry II 1445–1522 * Alfons I 1522–1563 * Francesc I 1563–1572 * Joana II 1572–1608 * Enric III 1608–1640 * Lluís 1640–1670 *

Joaquim Joaquim is the Portuguese and Catalan version of Joachim and may refer to: * Alberto Joaquim Chipande, politician * Eduardo Joaquim Mulémbwè, politician * Joaquim Agostinho (1943–1984), Portuguese professional bicycle racer * Joaquim Ama ...

1670, died aged 3. * Pere IV 1670–1690 *

Caterina Caterina is a feminine given name which is an Italian and Catalan form of the name ''Katherine''. Notable people with the name include: In music: * Caterina Assandra, Italian composer and Benedictine nun * Caterina Bueno, Italian singer and fo ...

1690–1697 *

Luis Francisco de la Cerda Luis Francisco de la Cerda y Aragón, 9th Duke of Medinaceli (2 August 1660, in El Puerto de Santa María – 26 January 1711, in Pamplona), 9th Duke of Medinaceli, was a Spanish noble and politician. Biography Eldest son of Valido Don Jua ...

1697–1711 *Nicolás Fernández de Córdoba-Figueroa de la Cerda 1711-1739 *Luis Antonio Fernández de Córdoba-Figueroa y Spinola 1739-1768 *Pedro de Alcántara Fernández de Córdoba-Figueroa y de Montcada 1768-1789 *Luis María Fernández de Córdoba y Gonzaga 1789-1806 *Luis Joaquin Fernández de Córdoba y Benavides 1806-1840 *Luis Tomás Fernández de Córdoba y Ponce de León 1840-1873 *Luis María Fernández de Córdoba y Pérez de Barradas 1873-1879 *Luis Jesús María Fernandez de Cordoba y Salabert 1880-1956 * María Victoria Eugenia Fernandez de Cordoba y Fernández de Henestrosa 1956-1987 *Ignacio de Medina y Fernández de Córdoba 1987-2006 *Sol María de La Blanca de Medina Orleáns Bragança 2006–

Notes

References

*Lattin, Harriet Pratt (ed.) ''The Letters of Gerbert, with his Papal Privileges as Sylvester II''. Columbia University Press, 1961. * Lewis, A. R., and Runyan, Timothy J. ''European Naval and Maritime History, 300–1500''. Indiana University Press, 1985. *Lewis, A. R. ''The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718–1050''. University of Texas Press, 1965. *Riera Fortiana, Enrique
"Etapa barcelonesa del condado de Ampurias (1409–1456)"
''Annals de l'Institut d'Estudis Empordanesos'' 11 (1976), 260–85. {{DEFAULTSORT:County Of Empuries