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

Roussillon Roussillon ( , , ; , ; ) was a historical province of France that largely corresponded to the County of Roussillon and French Cerdagne, part of the County of Cerdagne of the former Principality of Catalonia. It is part of the region of ' ...

from 896 until his death. He was the son of

Sunyer I of Empúries Sunyer ( Catalan) or Suñer/Suniario (Spanish), from Latin ''Suniarius'', possibly from Proto-Germanic *sunjō ("truth, protest"), may refer to: *Sunyer, Count of Barcelona (870–950) * Sunyer I of Empúries (834–848) *Sunyer II of Empú ...

. 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 Communes of France, commune and the capital of the Departments of France, 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 ...

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, a ...

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

Girona Girona (; ) is the capital city of the Province of Girona in the autonomous community of Catalonia, Spain, at the confluence of the Ter, Onyar, Galligants, and Güell rivers. The city had an official population of 106,476 in 2024, but the p ...

, but their cousin,

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, stopped them. In 888, he travelled to

Orléans Orléans (,"Orleans"
(US) and Odo of France Odo (; c. 857 – 1 January 898) was King of West Francia from 888 to 898. He was the first king from the Robertian dynasty, the parent house of the House of Capet. Before assuming the kingship, Odo was the Count of Paris, since 882. His reign m ...

. 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 Gausbert (died 931) was the count of Empúries and Rosselló from 915 until he died. He was the son of Sunyer II of Empúries and brother of Bencion. With the murder of his father, the counties passed to him and Bencion, but Bencion died in 916 ...

(d. 931), successor of his brother *Elmerat (d. 920), bishop of Elna *Guadal (d. 947), bishop of Elna

References

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