Alfonso, Count of Provence, Prince of Aragon

Alfonso married Gersinde of Sabran in 1193. Gersinde (daughter of Raimon de Sabran, Count of Forcalquier and Gersinde) died after 1222. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Raymond IV Berenger, Count of Provence and Forcalquier was born in 1198 in France; died on 19 Aug 1245 in Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France.

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• General Information: He was also the Marquis and Count of Barcelona, Tortosa and Lerida; and the Count of Tarragona, Gerona and Cerdagne.
• Reign: From 1163 to 1196; King of Aragon
• Title(s): 1166; Alfonso became the Marquis of Provence in 1166.

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Birth: Weis (1976) states he was born in 1152.

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Alfonso married Sancha of Castile, Princess of Castile and Léon on 18 Jan 1174/75 in Zaragoza, Spain. Sancha (daughter of Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Léon and Richilde of Poland, Queen of Castile and Léon) was born on 21 Sep 1154; died on 9 Nov 1208 in Villanueva de Sigena, Aragon, Spain; was buried in Royal Monastery of Santa María de Sigena, Villanueva de Sigena, Aragon, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was the Princess of Castile, Léon, Galicia and he Asturias as well as later the Queen of Aragon.

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• General Information: His name was also spelt Ramon Berenger.

Raymond married Petronilla of Aragon on 11 Aug 1137. Petronilla (daughter of Ramiro II "the Monk", King of Navarre and Aragon and Matilda of Aquitaine) was born on 29 Jun 1136 in Huesca, Aragon, Spain; died on 15 Oct 1173 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death: Weis (1976) gives her death date as 1172, and Stuart (2002) gives her death date as 17 October 1174.

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• General Information: He was also the King of Galicia, Toledo, Zaragoza, and the Asturisas.
• Reign: From 1126 to 1157; King of Castile and Léon

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Alfonso married Richilde of Poland, Queen of Castile and Léon in Jul 1152. Richilde (daughter of Wladislaw II, King of Poland and Agnes de Babenberg) was born between 1130 and 1140 in Poland; died in 1166. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Death: Weis (1982) has her death date as before 1176.

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]

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She was the heiress of Provence-Arles.

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• Religion: 1093; Between 1093 and 1134, he was a monk, and was Bishop of Roda-Barbastre in 1134. He had to resign from his religious vocation to give continuity to the dynasty of the Ximenes when his brother died without descendants.
• Reign: From 1134 to 1137; In 1134, Ramiro was crowned The King of Navarre and Aragon. He ruled until 1137.
• Religion: 1137; In 1137, he returned to the cloister.

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Death: Weis (1982) gives his death date as 1147.

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Ramiro married Matilda of Aquitaine on 13 Nov 1135 in Jaca, Aragon, Spain. Matilda (daughter of William VII "the Troubadour", Count of Poitou and Philippa (Mathilde) of Toulouse, Regent of Toulouse) was born about 1100. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: Here name has also been rendered as Agnes.

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• General Information: He was also Count of Galicia, Coimbra, and d'Amous; and the Governor of Toledo.
• Military: say 1086; When Raymond and his cousin, Henry of Burgundy, first arrived in Iberia is uncertain, but it probably was with the army of Duke Odo I of Burgundy in 1086. In April 1087, the army abandoned the siege of Tudela. While most of the army returned home, Odo and his retinue went west. By 21 July 1087 they were probably at Burgos, at the court of King Alfonso VI of León and Castile, and by 5 August he was in the capital city of León. There Odo most likely arranged Raymond's marriage to Alfonso's heiress, Urraca.
• Miscellaneous: 1095; By his marriage, Raymond received as dowry the government of the Kingdom of Galicia (which included the County of Portugal and the County of Coimbra),[2] although shortly after, in 1095, Alfonso VI gave the County of Portugal and the County of Coimbra to Henry of Burgundy, father of the first Portuguese King Afonso Henriques of Portugal, basing it in Bracara Augusta (nowadays Braga.
• Last Full Review: 11 Feb 2021

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Raymond married Urraca "la Temeraria", Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia in 1087 in Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain. Urraca (daughter of Alfonso VI of León and Castile "the Brave", King of Castile, León, and Navarre and Constance of Burgundy) was born in Apr 1079 in Burgos, Castile and León, Spain; died on 8 Mar 1126 in Saldaña, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain; was buried in Basilica of San Isidoro, León, Castile and León, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• General Information: She was the heiress of Castile and León. Her nickname translates to the Reckless.
• Title(s): 1093; She became the Countess of Galicia.
• Reign: From 1109 to 1126; Queen of Galicia, Castile, León, and Toledo.
• Title(s): 1 Jul 1109; She became the Queen of Galicia, Castile, León, and Toledo.
• Last Full Review: 11 Feb 2021

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• Crowned: 1139
• Reign: 1139-1159; King of Poland

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His name was also spelt Vladislas

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He was crowned the King of Poland.

Wladislaw married Agnes de Babenberg about 1126. Agnes (daughter of Saint Leopold III, Margrave of Austria and Agnes of Franconia, Princess of Germany) died in 1157. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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She was also known as Agnes of Austria and Agnes of Bamberg.