Sunyer, Count of Barcelona

Sunyer (c. 890–950), the youngest son of Wilfred the Hairy, was count of Barcelona, Girona and Ausona from 911 to 947. He took the offensive against the Muslims of Lleida: in 912 the wali Muhammad al-Tawil routed his army near Tàrrega, but a counter-raid in 914 killed him.

With the count of Empúries he raided Tortosa and Valencia in 936, killing the qadi of Valencia and forcing Tortosa to pay tribute, and he acknowledged Louis IV of France as his overlord. From 929 he repopulated the Penedès south to Olèrdola. He abdicated in 947 and died three years later.