Dela () (d. c. 894),
count of Empúries
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(862–894), 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 ...
, whom he succeeded along with his brother,
Sunyer II 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
Sunyer ( 870 – 950) was count of Barcelona, Girona and Ausona from 9 ...
, in 862.
The brothers tried to conquer the
county of Girona
The Counts of Girona (, ) ruled over the County of Girona (currently in Catalonia), the earliest-established of the Catalan Counties which formed the ''Marca Hispanica''. The line was established by the Frankish noble Charles Rostan, Rostany, firs ...
, but their relative,
Wilfred the Hairy
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, halted their advances.
He married Sixilona, daughter of
Sunifred I, Count of Barcelona
Sunifred (died 848) was the Count of Urgell and Cerdanya from 834 to 848, and the Count of Barcelona as well as many other Catalan and Septimanian counties, including Ausona, Besalú, Girona, Narbonne, Agde, Béziers, Lodève, County of Melgue ...
, and they had the following children:
*Ranló (d. 960), abbess of the
Monastery of Sant Joan de les Abadesses
*Virgilia (d. 957)
References
890s deaths
Counts of Empúries
Year of birth unknown
9th-century counts in Europe
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