Polity County of Empúries

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Was one of the many independent counties that emerged in Catalonia during the period of instability after the death of West Frankish King Louis the Stammerer.

Establishment

  • January 990: At the death of Gausfred I, the count of Empúries and Rosselló, in 989, Roussillon and Empúries were separated.

Chronology

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1. Events

  • January 1015: In 1014, Hugh I of Empúries invaded Roussillon.
  • January 1020: In 1019 a pact was signed making the two counties of Roussillon and Empúries permanently separate entities.

Disestablishment

  • January 1079: Ponce I was the first count of Ampurias to render vassalage to the counts of Barcelona in 1078.