Ramon Berenguer I Count of Barcelona 
Ramon Berenguer I Count of was born in Barcelona, Spain. Ramon Berenguer I Count of's father was Berenguer Ramon I Count of Barcelona and his mother was Sancha Sanchez de Castile. His paternal grandparents were Raymond III Borrel Count of Barcelona and Ermensinde of Carcassonne. He had a half-sister named Sibylle of. He died on May 26th, 1076 in Barcelona, Spain.General Notes
Ramon Berenguer I, byname RAMON BERENGUER THE ELDER, Catalan RAMON BERENGUER EL VELL (b. 1023/24--d. May 26, 1076, Barcelona? [Spain]), count of Barcelona from 1035 to 1076.
His father, Berenguer Ramon I (reigned 1018-35), divided and bequeathed his lands among his three sons; however, SanA (or Sancho) in 1049 and Guillem (or William) in 1054 renounced their inheritances in their eldest brother's favour, thus reuniting the lands. Ramon Berenguer I also expanded his domain by securing control over the adjacent counties of Ampurias and Pallars. His most noted achievement was convoking the local Cortes (assembly) and having it deliberate on a choice of Roman and medieval laws for Catalonia. The result was the promulgation of the celebrated legal code known as the Usatges de Barcelona (1064-68). [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97]
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0878 in Urgel, Lerida, Spain d.0948
- b.~ 0926 in Barcelona, Spain d.30 Sep 0992
- b.~ 0892 in Villefranche-de-Rouergue, Aveyron, Midi-Pyrenees, France d.>12 Nov 0954
- b.0972 in Barcelona, Spain d.25 FEB 1018/19
- b.0952 in Toulouse, France d.> 0997
- b.1005 in Barcelona, Spain d.26 May 1035 in Barcelona, Spain
- b.0898 in Comminges, Haute Garonne, Midi Pyrenees, France d.0957
- b.~ 0945 in Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc, France d.1012
- b.~ 0920 in Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc, France
- b.0975 in Carcassonne, Aude, Languedoc, France d.1 MAR 1057/58
- b.0949 in Pons, St Hippolyte, Languedoc, France d.~ 1011
- b.BET 1023 AND 1024 in Barcelona, Spain d.26 May 1076 in Barcelona, Spain
- b.1006 in Castille, Spain d.26 Jun 1026
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