Sunifred de Barcelone

Abt 805 - 849  (~ 44 years)

• Name	Sunifred de Barcelone  [1]
  Born	Abt 805
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Abt 835
  	Conquered Cerdagne and Urgell while stopping the Muslim invasion
  Occupation	835
  	Succeeded Aznar Galindez of Aragón (installed by the Franks) to Urgell-Cerdanya
  Occupation	838
  	Able to drive Aznar Galindez of Aragón from Pallars and Ribagorça (which he had usurped)
  Occupation	842
  	Contained an attack by Muslim Spain, launched by Cordova, before it reached the other side of the Pyrénées
  Occupation	844
  	Rewarded for his earlier success against the Muslims by being given the counties of Barcelona and Gerona upon the death of Bernard of Septimania
  Occupation	844-848
  	Count of Ausona
  Occupation	844-848
  	Count of Urgell-Cerdanya-Confluent in Catalonia, España
  Occupation	844-848
  	Margrave of Barcelona in Spanish March, Frankish Empire (supported by the French King, Charles le Chauve)
  Died	849
  	Cause: Killed in a counter-attack by Guillaume le Pieux
  Person ID	I15664	Godbout
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Borell d'Urgel,   d. 820
  Family ID	F8291	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ermesende de Carcassonne,   b. Abt 810
  Married	Abt 840
  Children	1. Guifred de Barcelone,   b. Abt 847,   d. Abt 21 Aug 897  (Age ~ 50 years)
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F8290	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S629] Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Herausgegeben Von Detlev Schwennicke, (Verlag Von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Deutschland, éditions 1978 à 1993), Volume 2, p. 68.