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Berengaria (circa 1165-1230), queen consort of King Richard I ofEngland. She was the daughter of Sancho VI, king of Navarre(1132?-94), and was betrothed to Richard shortly after hisaccession to the
English throne in 1189. She joined him inReggio, Italy, in 1191, while he was traveling to Palestine onthe Third Crusade, and they were married later the same year inLimassol, Cyprus. From 1191 to
1192, while Richard campaignedagainst the Saracens, she lived in Acre in Palestine, and from1192 to 1194, while he was a prisoner in Germany, she lived inPoitou (now in France). After Richard's
release from captivitythe couple appear to have become estranged, and modernhistorians agree that they were probably never reunited. AfterRichard's death in 1199, Berengaria spent most of her last
yearsin Le Mans, France, where she died.
DATE 21 MAR 1999