Sunyer II (c. 840–915) was the

count of Empúries Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York: ...

from 862 and

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from 896 until his death. He was the son of Sunyer I of Empúries. He and his brother Dela obtained the county of Empúries in 862 after

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 ...

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of Gothia, rebelled. They governed it together until Dela's death. In 878, the council of

Troyes Troyes () is a commune and the capital of the department of Aube in the Grand Est region of north-central France. It is located on the Seine river about south-east of Paris. Troyes is situated within the Champagne wine region and is near to ...

deposed Bernat of Gothia, who had held Roussillon since 865. It was given to

Miro the Elder Miro, called the Old or the Elder (in Catalan, ''Miró el Vell'') was the count of Conflent from 870 and Rosselló ( Roussillon) from 878 until his death in 896. He was the son of Sunifred I, count of Barcelona, Urgell, Cerdanya, and Besalú, an ...

and, in 896, when Miro died, it passed by heredity to Sunifred. Together with Dela, he tried to occupy

Girona Girona (officially and in Catalan language, Catalan , Spanish: ''Gerona'' ) is a city in northern Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter River, Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 103,369 in ...

, but their cousin,

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, stopped them. In 888, he travelled to

Orléans Orléans (;"Orleans"
(US) and Odo of France Odo (french: Eudes; c. 857 – 1 January 898) was the elected King of West Francia from 888 to 898. He was the first king from the Robertian dynasty. Before assuming the kingship, Odo was the count of Paris. His reign marked the definitive separa ...

. In 891, he prepared a naval expedition to attack

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. The campaign, however, ended in a truce. He married a woman named Ermengarda, with whom he had the following issue: *

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 ...

(d. 916), successor * Gausbert (d. 931), successor of his brother * Elmerat (d. 920),

bishop of Elna The Roman Catholic Diocese of Perpignan–Elne (Latin: ''Dioecesis Elnensis''; French: ''Diocèse de Perpignan–Elne''; Catalan: ''Bisbat de Perpinyà–Elna'') is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in France.

* Guadal (d. 947), bishop of Elna

References

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