State · 812 – 1402
County of Empúries
A state of 812 – 1402 — 590 years in Europe. It replaced Spanish march. It was replaced by Crown of Aragon, Principality of Catalonia and Duchy of Girona. The atlas records 11 things within it — people 11. Its line of rulers holds 30 people.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 590 years
- 812 – 1402
- Rulers
- 30
- the Count of Empúries
- Most ground
- 900 km²
- in 1028
- Within it
- 11
- recorded rows
- Symbols
- 3
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Spanish march · replaces
After it
- Crown of Aragon · replaced by · 1162 – 1715
- Duchy of Girona · replaced by
- Principality of Catalonia · replaced by · 1173 – 1714
Rulers
The line of Count of Empúries - the office this state names as its head of state.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ermenguer | 813 – 817 | 4 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Gaucelm | 817 – 832 | 15 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Berengar the Wise | 832 – 835 | 3 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Sunyer I of Empúries | 835 – 848 | 13 years | ending not on record | |
| William of Septimania | 848 – 850 | 2 years | executedWikidata's manner of death | |
| Humfrid | 858 – 862 | 4 years | ending not on record | |
| Dela | 862 – 894 | 32 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | |
| Sunyer II of Empúries | 862 – 915 | 53 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Bencion | 915 – 916 | 1 year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Gausbert | 915 – 931 | 16 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Gausfred I | 931 – 991 | 60 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Hugh I of Empúries | 991 – 1040 | 49 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Ponzio I di Empúries | 1040 – 1078 | 38 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Hugh II of Empúries | 1078 – 1116 | 38 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Ponç II d'Empúries | 1116 – 1154 | 38 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Hug III d'Empúries | 1154 – 1173 | 19 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Ponzio III di Empúries | 1173 – 1200 | 27 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Ugo IV di Empúries | 1200 – 1230 | 30 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | child |
| Ponzio IV di Empúries | 1230 – 1269 | 39 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Ugo V di Empúries | 1269 – 1277 | 8 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Ponç Hug IV, Count of Empúries | 1277 – 1313 | 36 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Ponzio VI di Empúries | 1313 – 1322 | 9 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Marquesa d'Empúries | 1322 – 1322 | under a year | left office aliveread off the dates alone | child |
| Hugo I de Cardona | 1322 – 1325 | 3 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Peter, Count of Ribagorza | 1325 – 1341 | 16 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | |
| Raimondo Berengario d'Aragona | 1341 – 1364 | 23 years | left office aliveread off the dates alone | sibling |
| John I, Count of Empúries | 1364 – 1398 | 34 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| John II, Count of Empúries | 1398 – 1401 | 3 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | child |
| Peter III, Count of Empúries | 1401 – 1401 | under a year | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone | sibling |
| Martin of Aragon | 1402 – 1410 | 8 years | died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone |
30 rulers, 30 with terms dated as terms, covering 813 – 1410. Median reign 16 years. 3 of 29 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
800 km² in 1012, 800 km² in 1402; at its largest 900 km² in 1037. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
coat of arms, undatedEscut del comtat d'Empúries · CC BY-SA 3.0 
flag, undatedBandera del Comtat d'Empúries · Public domain 
coat of arms, undatedBlason fascé d'or et de gueules · CC BY-SA 3.0
What happened within it, by century
Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.
800 – 8992 rows
- Sunyer II of Empúries · ruler · 840 – 915
- Ermenguer · ruler · 800 – 899
900 – 9993 rows
- Bencion · ruler · 900 – 916
- Gausfred I · ruler · 901 – 991
- Hugh I of Empúries · ruler · 965 – 1040
1000 – 10991 row
- Hugh II of Empúries · ruler · 1035 – 1116
1100 – 11991 row
- Ugo IV di Empúries · ruler · 1170 – 1230
1200 – 12991 row
- Ponzio VI di Empúries · ruler · 1290 – 1322
1300 – 13992 rows
- Raimondo Berengario d'Aragona · ruler · 1308 – 1366
- John I, Count of Empúries · ruler · 1338 – 1398
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood590 years
stood longer than 90% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held900 km²
held more ground at its peak than 2% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- How long a reign lasted, at the median16 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 51% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
- Rulers on record30
has more rulers on record than 95% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 14 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 753 – 1461, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1028, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1541699 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.