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Sunifred of Urgell

Male Abt 800 - 848  (~ 48 years)


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  1. 1.  Sunifred of Urgell was born about 800; died in 848.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 849

    Notes:

    "Sunifred was the Count of Barcelona as well as many other Catalan and Septimanian counties; including Ausona, Besalú, Girona, Narbonne, Agde, Béziers, Lodève, Melgueil, Cerdanya, Urgell, Conflent, and Nîmes; from 834 to 848 (Urgell and Cerdanya) and from 844 to 848 (others). He may have been the son of Belló, Count of Carcassonne, or more probably, his son-in-law." [Wikipedia]

    Todd A. Farmerie, 26 Apr 2016, post to soc.genealogy.medieval:

    I would suggest for Iberia that the cutoff for the most stringent level of evidence with every generation solidly documented would be at Ramiro I in Asturias; Gonzalo, father of Count Fernan Gonzalez in Castile; Garcia, father of Sancho I in Pamplona; Galindo, father of Count Aznar I in Aragon; Lope, father of Raymond I of Ribagorza and Pallars; and Sunifred, father of Wifred I in Catalonia.

    Family/Spouse: Ermesende. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Wilfred "the Hairy" de Barcelona  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 840; died after 21 Aug 897; was buried in Santa Maria de Ripoli, Ripoll, Catalonia, Spain.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Wilfred "the Hairy" de Barcelona Descendancy chart to this point (1.Sunifred1) was born about 840; died after 21 Aug 897; was buried in Santa Maria de Ripoli, Ripoll, Catalonia, Spain.

    Notes:

    "The Hairy", or in Catalan, Guifré el Pilós. Count of Urgell (from 870), Cerdanya (from 870), Barcelona (from 878), Girona (from 878, as Wilfred II), Besalú (from 878) and Ausona (from 886).

    "Wilfred was of Gothic lineage from the region of Carcassonne. Tradition claims he was born near Prades in the County of Conflent, now Rià, in Roussillon, France." [Wikipedia]

    "By 884, the Muslims had become increasingly uneasy by the expansion of the Christian counties to the north. Wilfred had established defensive positions or castles in Ausona at Cardona, Bergueda, and Vall de Lord; some were even south of the River Llobregat in the Vall de Cervelló. Essentially the frontiers of Wilfred's counties had now extended too far to remain irrelevant. The Muslim ruler Ismail ibn Musa ibn Qasi fortified Lleida in response. Provoked by this, Wilfred attacked Ismail at Lleida. The attack however was a disaster. The historian Ibn al Athir describes the massacre of the attackers by the city's defenders. Buoyed by this success, Ismail's successor Lubb ibn Muhammed ibn Qasi attacked Barcelona in 897. Wilfred died in battle on 11 August 897." [Wikipedia]

    "Wilfred the Hairy has become a figure of importance for contemporary Catalan nationalists. Nineteenth century European Romanticism looked to the medieval world for references and links to modern national and cultural identities, and in the context of Catalan nationalism and its search for its historical foundations in a distant and idealised past, Wilfred soon arose as a figure of independence, the de facto founder of the House of Barcelona, and, by purported extension, one of the forefathers of the latter Catalonia. One of the legends that has arisen around his person is that of the creation of the coat of arms from which the Catalan flag (the Senyera) derives today. After being wounded in battle (some versions say against the Moors; others, the Normans), the Frankish king Charles the Bald rewarded his bravery by giving him a coat of arms. The king slid Wilfred's blood-stained fingers over the Count's copper shield, and thus was the Senyera first born, with its four pallets in Gules on Or. As much as this legend is popular and extended, there is no historical evidence to support it." [Wikipedia]

    Wilfred married Winilda in 877. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Miron II  Descendancy chart to this point died in Oct 927.
    2. 4. Wilfred II de Barcelona  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 878; died on 26 Apr 911.
    3. 5. Sunyer  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 880; died on 15 Oct 950.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Miron II Descendancy chart to this point (2.Wilfred2, 1.Sunifred1) died in Oct 927.

    Notes:

    Called "el Joven." Conde de Besalú et de Cerdaña.

    Family/Spouse: Ava de Ribagorza. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Oliva II Carreta  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 920; died in 990 in Montecassino Abbey, Italy.

  2. 4.  Wilfred II de Barcelona Descendancy chart to this point (2.Wilfred2, 1.Sunifred1) was born about 878; died on 26 Apr 911.

    Notes:

    Conde de Barcelona, Gerona and Osona.

    Family/Spouse: Gersende. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Riquilda de Barcelona  Descendancy chart to this point died in 962.

  3. 5.  Sunyer Descendancy chart to this point (2.Wilfred2, 1.Sunifred1) was born about 880; died on 15 Oct 950.

    Notes:

    Also called Suniario. Count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona.

    Sunyer married Richilda between 920 and 925. Richilda died after 954. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 8. Borrell II de Barcelona  Descendancy chart to this point died on 30 Sep 992.


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  Oliva II Carreta Descendancy chart to this point (3.Miron3, 2.Wilfred2, 1.Sunifred1) was born about 920; died in 990 in Montecassino Abbey, Italy.

    Notes:

    Also called Oliba Cabreta. Conde de Cerdaña et de Besalú. Abdicated in 988 and died as a monk.

    Family/Spouse: Ermengarda de Ampurias. Ermengarda (daughter of Gausbert and Trudegarda) died in 994. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. Bernardo I "Tallaferro"  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 945; died after 26 Sep 1020 in River Rhône; was buried in Santa Maria de Ripoli, Ripoll, Catalonia, Spain.

  2. 7.  Riquilda de Barcelona Descendancy chart to this point (4.Wilfred3, 2.Wilfred2, 1.Sunifred1) died in 962.

    Family/Spouse: Odon. Odon (son of Francon and Ersinde de Roussillon) died in 933. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Manfred  Descendancy chart to this point died about 970.

  3. 8.  Borrell II de Barcelona Descendancy chart to this point (5.Sunyer3, 2.Wilfred2, 1.Sunifred1) died on 30 Sep 992.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate death: 993

    Notes:

    Count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona from 945, and of Urgell from 948.

    Borrell married Letgarda in 968. Letgarda died after 977. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Ramon III Borrell  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 972; died in 1017.
    2. 12. Armengol I  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 975; died on 11 Sep 1010.


 

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