Count of Barcelona Raymond (Towhead) Berenger of Provence II

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Count of Barcelona Raymond (The Old) Berenger of Provence I

Almodis de la Haute Marche

Berengar Ramon Borrel

Sancha Sanchez of Castile

Bernard de la Marche I

Countess Amelie Aubnay

le Diable

Jerusalem

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Berenguer Ramon II the Fratricide was Count of Barcelona 1076-1097. He was the son of Ramon Berenguer I, and initially ruled jointly with his twin brother Ramon Berenguer II.

Born in 1053 or 1054 he succeeded his father Ramon Berenguer I the Old to co-rule with his twin brother Ramon Berenguer, in 1075. The twins failed to agree and divided their possessions between them, against the will of their late father. Ramon Berenguer II was killed while hunting in the woods on December 5, 1082. His brother, who went on to become the sole ruler of Catalonia, was credited by popular opinion of having orchestrated this murder.

In the 1080s Berenguer Ramon's involvement in the internal strife in the Moorish taifa kingdoms brought him in conflict with Cid. In the ensuing war the Count of Barcelona was twice taken prisoner.

His life in the 1090s is obscure. Some Catalan nobles are said to have accused him of his brother's assassination before King Alfonso VI of Castile. It is also said that his guilt was determined by trial by combat, which he lost. After that he went to

Jerusalem, either on pilgrimage or as part of the First Crusade, and perished there between 1097 and 1099. Berenguer Ramon II was succeeded by his nephew Ramon Berenguer III, son of Ramon Berenguer II.
emena -> married Roger III, Count of Foix
Second wife, Almodis
Third wife, Douce or Dol a de G vaudaun, heiress of Provence, d. ca. 1127

* Almodis -> married Ponce de Cervera

* Berenguela or Berengaria, b. 1108, d. 1149 -> married Alfonso VII of Castile * Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona, b. 1115, d. 1162

* Berenguer Ramon I, Count of Provence, b. ca. 1115, d. 1144

· Bernat -> died young

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Sunifred Besalu & Urgel ^*
  - b.0878 in Urgel, Lerida, Spain d.0951
  
  Count of Barcelona Raymond Borrel II
  - b.0926 d.30 Sep 0992
  
  Richilde of Rouergue
  - b.0900 d.0954
  
  Raymond Borrel III
  - b.0972 d.25 Feb 1017
  
  Raymond of Toulouse III ^*
  - b.0921
  
  Luitgarde of Toulouse
  - d.1001
  
  Garsinde de Narbonne ^*
  - b.0926 in Aquitaine, Gironde, France
  
  Berengar Ramon Borrel
  - b.1005 d.1035
  
  Arnould of Carcassone I ^*
  - b.0898 d.0957
  
  Siegneur of Comminges Roger of Carcassone I
  - b.0935 d.1019
  
  Arsinde of Carcassonne
  - b.0920
  
  Ermensinde de Carcassonne
  - b.0975 d.01 Mar 1057
  
  Adelaide of Rouergue
  - b.0929 d.1011
  
  Count of Barcelona Raymond (The Old) Berenger of Provence I
  - b.1022 d.26 May 1076
  
  Sancho Sanchez
  
  Sancha Sanchez of Castile
  - b.1006 d.26 Jun 1026
  
  Urraca
  
  Count of Barcelona Raymond (Towhead) Berenger of Provence II
  - b.1055 d.1098 in Jerusalem
  
  Sulpice de Charroux ^*
  - b.0935
  
  Boso de la haute Marche
  - b.0944
  
  Adalbert de la haute Marche
  - b.0960 d.0995
  
  William de Perigord ^*
  - b.0886 d.0920
  
  Emma Perigord
  - b.0940
  
  Regilinda Franks ^*
  - b.0903
  
  Bernard de la Marche I
  - b.~  0986 in Lamarche, France d.1047
  
  Almode de Limoges
  - b.~  0944
  
  Almodis de la Haute Marche
  - b.~  1000 in Toulouse, France d.16 Nov 1071
  
  Cadelon Aubnay III
  
  Countess Amelie Aubnay
  - b.~  0990 in France
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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