Raymond Berenger III "el Grande", Marquis of Barcelona and Count of Provence

Raymond married Dulce di Gievaudun on 3 Feb 1112. Dulce (daughter of Gilbert, Vicount of Gievaudun, Carlat, and Milhaud and Gerberga) was born about 1095; died between 1127 and 1130. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Raymond Berenguer IV, Marquis and Count of Barcelona was born about 1113; died on 6 Aug 1162 in San Dalmacio, near Turin (not found).
2. Berengaria of Barcelona died in Feb 1149 in Palencia, Castile and León, Spain; was buried in Santiago de Compostela Cathedral, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain.

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His full title was the Count of Barcelona, Gerona, Osona, Carcassonne, and Rasez.

Died:
He was murdered by his half-brother.

Raymond married Mathilda of Apulia in 1078. Mathilda (daughter of Robert Guiscard d'Hauteville, Duke of Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily and Sikelgaita) was born about 1058; died in 1111/12. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Military: say 1030; Ramon Berenguer campaigned against the Moors, extending his dominions as far west as Barbastro and imposing heavy tributes (parias) on other Moorish cities. Historians claim that those tributes helped create the first wave of prosperity in Catalan history. During his reign Catalan maritime power started to be felt in the western Mediterranean. Ramon Berenguer the Old was also the first count of Catalonia to acquire lands (the counties of Carcassonne and Razés) and influence north of the Pyrenees.
• Title(s): 1035; In 1035 he became the Count of Barcelona. He was also the Count of Gerona, Osona, Carcassonne and Rasez. Oddly enough, with the title change, he is called the first, same as his father.
• Religion: 1054; Pope Victor II excommunicated Almodis and Ramon for there illegal marriage until 1056.
• Legal: say 1060; He promulgated the earliest versions of a written code of Catalan law, the Usages of Barcelona.
• Last Full Review: 7 Aug 2020

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Raymond married Almodis de la Marche, Countess of Limoges in 1053. Almodis (daughter of Bernard I, Count de la Haute Marche and Perigord and Amelia, Countess of Aubnay) was born about 1020; died on 16 Oct 1071; was buried in Barcelona Cathedral, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was famed for her marriage career, in particularly for her third marriage to Ramon Berenguer I, Count of Barcelona, with whom she committed double bigamy, for which the Pope had them excommunicated. William of Malmesbury reflected that she was, "sad, [of] unbridled lewdness". Her name was also spelt Arlette or Almode.
• Religion: 1054; In 1054 Pope Victor II excommunicated Almodis and Ramon for this illegal marriage until 1056.
• Travel: 1066/67, Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France; In 1066/67 she traveled to Toulouse for her daughter's wedding.
• Last Full Review: 7 Aug 2020

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Died:
Peter Raymundi resented Almodis' influence and was concerned she was trying to replace him with her own two sons, his consanguinous nephews, both who had claims through their father, Count La Marche. He murdered her.

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• History: birth to death

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He was the Norman conqueror of Southern Italy.

History:
Robert was a leader in the First Crusade.

In 1098, he captured at Antioch.

Robert married Sikelgaita in 1058/59. Sikelgaita (daughter of Guaimar IV, Prince of Salerno, Capua, Amalfi, Calabria, and Apulia and Porpora of Tabellaria) was born in 1025; died on 27 Jul 1090. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: She was the heiress of Salerno.

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• Title(s): 1018; He became the Count of Barcelona upon the death of his father in 1018. He was also the Marquis of Barcelona, and Count of Girona and Ausona.
• Last Full Review: 7 Aug 2020

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Raymond married Sancha Sánchez in 1021. Sancha (daughter of Sancho Garcia, Count of Castile and Gisela of Lluçà) died on 26 Jun 1026; was buried in Santa Maria de Ripoll, Ripoll, Catalonia, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 7 Aug 2020

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• Last Full Review: 8 Jun 2020

Bernard married Amelia, Countess of Aubnay on yes, date unknown. Amelia (daughter of Geraud de Montignac and Nonia de Granol) was born about 1005; died in 1072. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Last Full Review: 8 Jun 2020

Tancred married Fredesende of Normandy. Fredesende (daughter of Robert I "the Devil", Duke of Normandy) died in 1057. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: Guaimar IV's name was also spelt Waimar IV. In 1043, he lost Capua, Calabria, and Apulia to the Normans.

Guaimar married Porpora of Tabellaria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]