Almonde de la Marche , Countess of Barcelona 
Almonde de was born about 1015 in Marche, Creuse, Limousin, France. Almonde de's father was Bernard I Comte de la Marche and her mother was Amelie d' Aulnay. She had a brother and a sister, named Alberic III Comte de and Almodis de. She was the second oldest of the three children. She had two half-sisters named Rangearde de and Matilda de. She died on November 16th, 1071 in (Murdered).General Notes
The following is excerpted from a post to SGM, 8 Apr 1999, by Todd Farmerie:
From: Todd A. Farmerie (taf2@@po.cwru.edu)
Subject: Re: Still more Hugh de Lusignan
Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.medieval
Date: 1999/04/08
> Almodis b.ca. 990
>
> m1. 1044/5 Pons of Toulous d. 1060 (several children)
> m2. 1053 Raymond I Bernger
> m3. Hugh V de Lusignan d. 1060 son Hugh VI b. ca. 1050 (latter date
> according to Lusignan list recently provided by Gen-Med listers.)
She m1 Hugh, m2 Pons, m3 Ramon B.
> Plenty of problems here. First we have Almodis marrying for the first time
> at age 54/5 and having several children. Then we have her marrying for the
> 2nd time in 1053, age 63, while her first husband is still living. Then
> she marries for a third time, year unknown, presumedly now in her late
> 60s, but has a son born to husband three in 1050 while still married to
> husband two...
First of all, that ca. 990 birthdate is just wrong. As to remarrying while her former husband was still living, yes, she did that, twice, and it raised a few eyebrows at the time.
> Whoever Paget is, he is stumbling badly thru his chronology.
Assuming that he was the source for the chronology, which is not certain.
taf
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