Sunyer I of Pallars
Count Suñer I was sovereign Count of Pallars from 948 until his death. He was also the Count of Ribagorza de iure uxoris.Biography
Count Suñer was a son of the Count Lope I of Pallars and his spouse, Goltregoda of Cerdanya.
He was thus a younger brother of the Count Borrell I of Pallars and the Count Raymond II of Pallars.
Suñer succeeded his father and his uncle, Isarn, Count of Pallars. Suñer ruled together with his brothers, who died in 995.
From 995 until his death, Suñer ruled Pallars together with his paternal nephew, Ermengol I of Pallars.Suñer was first married to Ermengarda/Ermentruda, his sister-in-law. Suñer and his sister-in-law were the parents of two sons – Raymond III of Pallars Jussà and William II of Pallars Sobirà – and a daughter, Ermengarda. The second consort of Suñer's was Countess Toda of Ribagorza, daughter of his cousin Raymond II, Count of Ribagorza.
