Ermenguer was the first known ruler of the county of Empúries (813-817, attested). It seems that he was a Goth, a member of the local nobility. He was given the county when the region was stabilised under the Franks, but it was given to Gaucelm, count of Roussillon, four years later. Ermenguer seems to be a fictional character, in the same fashion as Charlemagne. 9th-century deaths Counts of Empúries 9th-century Visigothic people Gothic warriors Year of birth unknown 9th-century rulers in Europe