Sunyer I, Count of Barcelona

E929561

count historical figure medieval ruler nobleman

Sunyer I, Count of Barcelona, was a 9th–10th century Catalan nobleman who ruled Barcelona and neighboring counties, helping consolidate the region’s autonomy from Frankish control.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Count Sunyer I of Empúries and Girona	1
Sunyer I, Count of Barcelona canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	count ⓘ historical figure ⓘ medieval ruler ⓘ nobleman ⓘ
allegiance	County of Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfBirth	9th century ⓘ
centuryOfDeath	10th century ⓘ
child	Adelaide of Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ Borrell II, Count of Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ Ermengol d'Osona NERFINISHED ⓘ Wifred of Besalú NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	County of Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth	c. 870 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	after 950 ⓘ
endCause	retirement to monastic life ⓘ
endTime	as Count of Barcelona: 947 ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Catalan ⓘ
event	repopulation of Osona ⓘ wars against the Caliphate of Córdoba ⓘ
father	Wilfred the Hairy NERFINISHED ⓘ
givenName	Sunyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Latin ⓘ
memberOf	Catalan nobility ⓘ
mother	Guinidilda of Empúries NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Sunyer I, Count of Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ
nobleFamily	House of Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	consolidating autonomy of the Catalan counties from Frankish control ⓘ defending Catalan territories against Muslim incursions ⓘ promoting repopulation and fortification of frontier areas ⓘ
occupation	military leader ⓘ ruler ⓘ
partOf	Catalan counties ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Catalonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Monastery of La Grassa NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Count of Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ Count of Girona NERFINISHED ⓘ Count of Osona NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Wifred II, Count of Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism
residence	Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sibling	Miro the Younger NERFINISHED ⓘ Wifred II, Count of Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ
spouse	Riquilda of Toulouse NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	as Count of Barcelona: 911 ⓘ
successor	Borrell II, Count of Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ Miro I of Barcelona NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Wilfred the Hairy → child → Sunyer I, Count of Barcelona ⓘ

County of Girona → notableRuler → Sunyer I, Count of Barcelona ⓘ

this entity surface form: Count Sunyer I of Empúries and Girona