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Alfonso II, King of Aragon

Male 1157 - 1196  (39 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Alfonso II, King of Aragon was born on 25 Mar 1157 in Villa Mayor del Valle, Huesca, Aragon, Spain (son of Raymond Berenguer IV, Marquis and Count of Barcelona and Petronilla of Aragon); died on 25 Apr 1196 in Perpignan, Spain (now France); was buried in Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet, Conca de Barberà, Spain.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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.

    Notes:

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

    Name:

    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]

    Children:
    1. Pedro II, King of Aragon was born in 1176; died on 14 Sep 1213; was buried in 1217 in Royal Monastery of Santa María de Sigena, Villanueva de Sigena, Aragon, Spain.
    2. Alfonso, Count of Provence, Prince of Aragon was born in 1180; died in Feb 1209 in Palermo, Sicily.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Raymond Berenguer IV, Marquis and Count of Barcelona was born about 1113 (son of Raymond Berenger III "el Grande", Marquis of Barcelona and Count of Provence and Dulce di Gievaudun); died on 6 Aug 1162 in San Dalmacio, near Turin (not found).

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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]


  2. 3.  Petronilla of Aragon was born on 29 Jun 1136 in Huesca, Aragon, Spain (daughter of Ramiro II "the Monk", King of Navarre and Aragon and Matilda of Aquitaine); died on 15 Oct 1173 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

    Notes:

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

    Children:
    1. 1. Alfonso II, King of Aragon was born on 25 Mar 1157 in Villa Mayor del Valle, Huesca, Aragon, Spain; died on 25 Apr 1196 in Perpignan, Spain (now France); was buried in Royal Abbey of Santa Maria de Poblet, Conca de Barberà, Spain.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Raymond Berenger III "el Grande", Marquis of Barcelona and Count of Provence was born on 11 Nov 1080 (son of Raymond Berenger II "Cabeza de Estope", Count of Barcelona and Mathilda of Apulia); died on 19 Aug 1131.

    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]


  2. 5.  Dulce di Gievaudun was born about 1095 (daughter of Gilbert, Vicount of Gievaudun, Carlat, and Milhaud and Gerberga); died between 1127 and 1130.

    Notes:

    Name:
    She was the heiress of Provence-Arles.

    Children:
    1. 2. 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.

  3. 6.  Ramiro II "the Monk", King of Navarre and Aragon was born in 1075 (son of Sancho Ramirez I, King of Aragon and Felicie de Roucy); died on 16 Aug 1157 in Huesca, Aragon, Spain; was buried in Abbey of San Pedro el Viejo, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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.

    Notes:

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

    Name:

    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]


  4. 7.  Matilda of Aquitaine was born about 1100 (daughter of William VII "the Troubadour", Count of Poitou and Philippa (Mathilde) of Toulouse, Regent of Toulouse).

    Other Events and Attributes:

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

    Children:
    1. 3. Petronilla of Aragon was born on 29 Jun 1136 in Huesca, Aragon, Spain; died on 15 Oct 1173 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Raymond Berenger II "Cabeza de Estope", Count of Barcelona was born about 1055 (son of Raymond Berenger I "the Old", Count of Barcelona and Almodis de la Marche, Countess of Limoges); died on 5 Dec 1082.

    Notes:

    Name:
    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]


  2. 9.  Mathilda of Apulia was born about 1058 (daughter of Robert Guiscard d'Hauteville, Duke of Apulia, Calabria, and Sicily and Sikelgaita); died in 1111/12.
    Children:
    1. 4. Raymond Berenger III "el Grande", Marquis of Barcelona and Count of Provence was born on 11 Nov 1080; died on 19 Aug 1131.

  3. 10.  Gilbert, Vicount of Gievaudun, Carlat, and Milhaud was born about 1071 (son of Berenger II, Vicomte of Gievaudun, Milhaud, Carlat, and Lodeve and Adele); died on 1110 to 1113.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: He founded the Abbey of Monts in Auvergne with his father and brothers.

    Gilbert married Gerberga on 1092 to 1098. Gerberga (daughter of Geoffrey, Comte de Provence and Arles and Stephanie of Marseilles) was born about 1055; died in 3 Feb 1112 to Jan 1113. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Gerberga was born about 1055 (daughter of Geoffrey, Comte de Provence and Arles and Stephanie of Marseilles); died in 3 Feb 1112 to Jan 1113.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: In 1060, she was the heiress of Provence and Arles.

    Children:
    1. 5. Dulce di Gievaudun was born about 1095; died between 1127 and 1130.

  5. 12.  Sancho Ramirez I, King of Aragon was born in 1042/43 (son of Ramiro I, King of Aragon and Gilberga de Conserans); died on 6 Jul 1094 in Spain.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Crowned: 1063; Sancho was crowned the King of Aragon in 1063.
    • Crowned: 1076; In 1076, he was crowned the King of Navarre. He was known as Ramiro IV King of Navarre.

    Notes:

    Name:


    Died:
    He was killed in the battle at Huesca.

    Sancho married Felicie de Roucy on Yes, date unknown. Felicie (daughter of Hildouin III, Count of Montdidier and Roucy and Alice of Roucy) died on 24 Apr 1123. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Felicie de Roucy (daughter of Hildouin III, Count of Montdidier and Roucy and Alice of Roucy); died on 24 Apr 1123.
    Children:
    1. 6. Ramiro II "the Monk", King of Navarre and Aragon was born in 1075; died on 16 Aug 1157 in Huesca, Aragon, Spain; was buried in Abbey of San Pedro el Viejo, Huesca, Aragon, Spain.

  7. 14.  William VII "the Troubadour", Count of PoitouWilliam VII "the Troubadour", Count of Poitou was born on 22 Oct 1071 in Poitou, Nouvelle Aquitaine, France (son of William IV, Count of Poitou and Hildegarde of Burgundy, Duchess consort of Gascony and Aquitaine); died on 10 Feb 1127.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: He was also the Duke of Aquitaine and a crusader.
    • Title(s): 1086

    Notes:

    Birth: Weis (1982) gives his birth date as 1061.

    Name:


    Title(s):
    He was created the Count of Poitou.

    William married Philippa (Mathilde) of Toulouse, Regent of Toulouse in 1094, and was divorced in 1115. Philippa (daughter of William IV of Toulouse, Count of Toulouse and Emma de Mortain) was born about 1073; died on 28 Nov 1117. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Philippa (Mathilde) of Toulouse, Regent of Toulouse was born about 1073 (daughter of William IV of Toulouse, Count of Toulouse and Emma de Mortain); died on 28 Nov 1117.

    Notes:

    Name:
    She was also known as Philippa.

    Children:
    1. William X, Duke of Aquitaine was born in 1099; died on 9 Apr 1137 in Galicia, Spain.
    2. 7. Matilda of Aquitaine was born about 1100.