Gausfred I
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Gausfred I was the count of Empúries and Rosselló from 931 until his death. He was the son and successor of Gausbert
Gausbert
Gausbert was the count of Empúries and Rosselló from 915 until he died. He was the son of Sunyer II of Empúries and brother of Bencion....

. He spent his whole life consolidating his authority in his counties, but he divided the realm amongst his sons. By his testament of 989, Empúries
Empúries
Empúries , formerly known by its Spanish name Ampurias , was a town on the Mediterranean coast of the Catalan comarca of Alt Empordà in Catalonia, Spain. It was founded in 575 BC by Greek colonists from Phocaea with the name of Ἐμπόριον...

 and Perelada went to Hugh
Hug I of Empúries
Hugh I , Count of Empúries from 991, was the son of Gausfred I and his first wife, Ava, daughter of Raymond II of Rouergue....

 and Roussillon
Roussillon
Roussillon is one of the historical counties of the former Principality of Catalonia, corresponding roughly to the present-day southern French département of Pyrénées-Orientales...

 went to Giselbert.

He married firstly Ava Guisla, probably the daughter of Raymond II
Raymond II of Rouergue
Raymond II was the count of Rouergue and Quercy from 937 to his death...

, count of Rouergue. By her he had:
  • Hugh
    Hug I of Empúries
    Hugh I , Count of Empúries from 991, was the son of Gausfred I and his first wife, Ava, daughter of Raymond II of Rouergue....

     (c. 965-1040), count of Empúries and Perelada
  • Sunyer (died c. 978), bishop of Elna
  • Giselbert (died 1013), count of Roussillon
  • Guisla


He married secondly Sibylla, with whom he had no children.

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