Sunifred I. (Barcelona)

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Sunifred I of Barcelona (around 810, † 848 ) was Count of Barcelona from 844 to 848 .

Origin and descendants

Sunifred's father was in all probability Count Borrell of Osona , insofar as both were identical to Sunicfredo and his father Bosrello mentioned in a document from Emperor Ludwig the Pious from 829 . The probability of this fact is represented at least in more recent historical studies.

Sunifred was married to a lady named Ermesende, who was apparently a daughter of Count Bello of Carcassonne . In the older specialist literature, he himself was regarded as Sunifred's father, since his son Miró is referred to as Bello's grandson in a document from the year 879. More likely, however, was Bello through Miró's mother, i.e. Ermesende, his grandfather. The children of Sunifred and Ermesendes were:

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Life

In 834 Sunifred received the counties Urgell and Cerdanya from the Frankish King Louis the Pious , which were occupied in 835 (Cerdanya) and 838 (Urgell) by Galí I. Asnar , an ally of Musa ibn Musa .

In 842 a Moorish army of the Emir of Cordoba , Abd ar-Rahman II, invaded the county of Barcelona under the leadership of Abd al-Wahid and Musa ibn Musa . The Moors turned inland to move on to Septimania . But they could be repulsed by Sunifred before they even reached the Cerdanya .

This success is considered to be the reason why the new Frankish king, Charles the Bald, appointed Sunifred as Count and Margrave of Barcelona, ​​Girona, Osona, Besalú, Narbonne, Agde, Béziers, Lodève, Melguelh and Nîmes after the death of Bernhard of Septimania - in addition to his Counties of Cerdanya and Urgell.

In December 847 the emir asked for a peace treaty.

After the death of Berà II (between 846 and 848), the county of Conflent also became dependent on the Cerdanya and thus on Sunifred.

It is considered likely that both Sunifred and his brother Sunyer were murdered by William of Septimania , son of Bernard of Septimania. Wilhelm had allied himself with Pepin II of Aquitaine , rose against Charles the Bald in 848 and occupied the counties of Empúries and Barcelona.

One of his sons, Wilfried, became Wilfried the Hairy Count of Barcelona in 878. He is considered to be the founder of Catalonia .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Diplomata Ludovici Pii Imperatoris , ed. in Recueil des Historiens des Gaules et de la France , Vol. 6 (1879), CLIII, p. 561.
  2. ^ Miquel Coll i Alentorn: Guifré el Pelós en la Historiografia i en Llegenda (1990), p. 108. Archibald R. Lewis: The Development of Southern French and Catalan Society, 718-1050 (1965), cap. VI, footnote 9.
  3. ↑ Marca Hispanica sive limes Hispanicus , ed. by Petrus de Marca (1688), no. 39, col. 804–806.
predecessor Office successor
Bernhard of Septimania Count of Barcelona
844-848 		William of Septimania
personal data
SURNAME Sunifred I.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sunifred I of Barcelona
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Count of Barcelona
DATE OF BIRTH around 810
DATE OF DEATH 848