1157 - 1196 (39 years)
Generation: 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:
- 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.
- Alfonso, Count of Provence, Prince of Aragon was born in 1180; died in Feb 1209 in Palermo, Sicily.
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Generation: 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. 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.
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Generation: 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]
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Generation: 4
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]
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