Ramon Berenguer, III of Barcelona, Count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona , and Count of Provence

1082 - 1131  (48 years)

• Name	Ramon Berenguer, III of Barcelona
  Suffix	Count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona , and Count of Provence
  Born	11 Nov 1082	Rodez, Toulouse, France
  Gender	Male
  Died	19 Aug 1131	Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
  Buried	Santa Maria de Ripoll, Ripoll, Provincia de Girona, Catalonia, Spain
  Notes	Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramon_Berenguer_III,_Count_of_Barcelona Ramon Berenguer III the Great was the count of Barcelona, Girona, and Ausona, Besalú, Cerdanya, and count of Provence in the Holy Roman Empire until his death in Barcelona in 1131. As Ramon Berenguer I, he was Count of Provence from 1112 in right of his wife. Born on 11 November 1082 in Rodez, Viscounty of Rodez, County of Toulouse, Francia, he was the son of Ramon Berenguer II. During his rule Catalan interests were extended on both sides of the Pyrenees. By marriage or vassalage he incorporated into his realm almost all of the Catalan counties (except Urgell and Peralada). He inherited the counties of Besalú and Cerdanya and in between married Douce, heiress of Provence. His dominions then stretched as far east as Nice. He also established relations with the Italian maritime republics of Pisa and Genoa, and in 1114 and 1115 attacked with Pisa the then-Muslim islands of Majorca and Ibiza.[1] They became his tributaries and many Christian slaves there were recovered and set free. Ramon Berenguer also raided mainland Muslim dependencies with Pisa's help, such as Valencia, Lleida and Tortosa. By 1118 he had captured and rebuilt Tarragona, which became the metropolitan seat of the church in Catalonia. Toward the end of his life he became a Templar. He gave his five Catalonian counties to his eldest son Ramon Berenguer IV and Provence to the younger son Berenguer Ramon. He died on 23 January/19 July 1131 and was buried in the Santa Maria de Ripoll monastery. Ramon's first wife was María Rodríguez de Vivar, second daughter of El Cid (died ca. 1105). They had one child, María, who married Bernat III, Count of Besalú. His second wife Almonds produced no children. His third wife was Douce, heiress of Provence (died ca. 1127) had at least six children who lived to adulthood: 1. Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona (1113/1114-1162) married Petronilla of Aragon, daughter of Ramiro II, King of Aragon. 2. Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Provence (ca. 1115?1144) 3. Berenguela or Berengaria (1116-1149), married Alfonso VII of Castile 4. Jimena (1117-1136), also known as Eixemena, married Roger III, Count of Foix 5. Estefania (b. 1118), married Centule II, Count of Bigorre 6. Almodis, married Ponce de Cervera
  Person ID	I36111	Master File
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2016

  
  

  Family	Douce I of Provence, Countess of Provence,   b. ca 1090, Provence, France ,   d. 1127  (Age ~ 37 years)
  Children	1. Berenguela (Berengaria) of Barcelona, Queen of Castille, León and Galicia,   b. ca 1116, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain ,   d. 15 Jan 1149, Palencia, Castile and León, Spain  (Age ~ 33 years)
  Last Modified	16 Sep 2016
  Family ID	F14890	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart