Berengaria of Barcelona

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Parents: Weis (1982) gives her parents as Raymond IV, Count of Barcelona and Marie.

Death: Weis (1982) gives her death date as 1131.

Berengaria married Alfonso VII, King of Castile and Léon in Nov 1128 in Saldaña, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain. Alfonso (son of Raymond of Burgundy and Ivrea, Count of Castile and Urraca "la Temeraria", Infanta of Castile and León, Countess of Galicia) was born on 1 Mar 1105 in Castile, Spain; died on 21 Aug 1157 in La Fresneda, Aragon, Spain; was buried in Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Constance of Castile died on 4 Oct 1160; was buried in Basilica of Saint-Denis, St. Denis, Île-de-France, France.
2. Urraca Alfansa of Castile was born after 1126; died on 12 Oct 1189 in Palencia, Castile and León, Spain.
3. Sancho III, King of Castile was born in 1134; died on 31 Aug 1158 in Toledo, Castile–La Mancha, Spain.
4. Sancha, Infanta of Castile was born about 1140; died on 5 Aug 1179; was buried in Catedral de Santa María la Real, Pamplona, Navarre, Spain.

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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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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• 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]

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

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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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 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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• History: He was present when Hugh de Roverge, Comte de Roverge, and Hugh's mother, the Contesss Richarde, made a gift to Conquer Abbey on 29 February 1051. On 12 April 1080, he was named in a letter from Pope Gregory VII, complaining that he had refused homage which he owed to the Abbey of Curillac.

Berenger married Adele before 1050. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• History: She was the heiress of the Viscounts of Carlat and Lodeve.

Geoffrey married Stephanie of Marseilles. Stephanie (daughter of Bertrand) died on 11 Sep 1095. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]