Count of Barcelona Raymond (Towhead) Berenger of Provence II 
Raymond, known as Towhead, was born in 1055.1 Towhead's father was Count of Barcelona Raymond (The Old) Berenger of Provence I and his mother was Almodis de la Haute Marche. His paternal grandparents were Berengar Ramon Borrel and Sancha Sanchez of Castile; his maternal grandparents were Bernard de la Marche I and Countess Amelie Aubnay. He had two half-brothers named le Diable and William. He died at the age of 43 in 1098 in Jerusalem.2 General Notes
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
ยท Bernat -> died young
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.0878 in Urgel, Lerida, Spain d.0951
- b.0926 d.30 Sep 0992
- b.0900 d.0954
- b.0972 d.25 Feb 1017
- b.0921 d.0944
- d.1001
- b.0926 in Aquitaine, Gironde, France
- b.1005 d.1035
- b.0898 d.0957
- b.0935 d.1019
- b.0920
- b.0975 d.01 Mar 1057
- b.0870 d.0937
- b.0929 d.1011
- b.0880
- b.1022 d.26 May 1076
- b.1006 d.26 Jun 1026
- b.1055 d.1098 in Jerusalem
- b.0935
- b.0944
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- b.0960 d.0995
- b.0886 d.0920
- b.0940
- b.0903 in France
- b.0986 in Lamarche, France d.1047
- b.0944
- b.1000 in Toulouse, France d.16 Nov 1071
- b.0990 in France
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Details of Towhead's family with Mafalda Guiscard d'Apulia
Details of Towhead's family with Dolca of Provence
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